Nero nero burnrights User Manual

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Under Windows 2000 and Windows XP there must be a way to handle the 
security aspects of CD/DVD recording. CD/DVD pre-mastering software like 
Nero must be able to send SCSI/IDE commands to CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 
drives or CD/DVD recorders. However, from the operating system's point of 
view, being able to send SCSI/IDE commands to devices is a huge security 
problem, because software could use the SCSI/IDE commands to format 
the hard disk, read other user's data or create other severe problems. That 
is why Microsoft decided to allow low level driver access only for programs 
running with administrator rights. 

 

Now, let's assume the situation of a Windows 2000 or Windows XP PC in a 
network environment and with many different users. Security considerations 
make it absolutely impossible to grant administrator rights to all users. So 
firstly, there must be a way to allow CD/DVD recording for non-
administrators and being able to decide which users may record 
CD’s/DVD’s and which users may not. 
The way to solve this situation is to install Nero BurnRights. After Nero 
BurnRights has been installed, the system administrator can assign a 
specific group the rights to record CD’s/DVD’s on the system. If an 
administrator wants to allow or disallow CD/DVD recording rights for certain 
users, it is enough to make the user a member of this group or to remove 
the user from the group. If everybody should have the right to record 
CD’s/DVD’s, the recording rights can be assigned to everybody. 

If you want to install Nero BurnRights you must be member of the 
administrator group. Please shut down all other applications before you 
execute the installation file. 

 

The installation is pretty simple, because all steps will be accomplished 
automatically. You will be informed if problems occur. Please follow the 
steps in this description to succeed. You can assign additional groups that 
should have the right to burn, when Nero BurnRights is running as soon as