NERO BURNRIGHTS User Manual
Nero BurnRights
Nero BurnRights
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 nonadministrators 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.
Installation
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
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the installation process is finished. A restart for this system is mandatory to
finish the setup.
You can learn more about installation in the following sections:
Installation directory
When NeroSVC or NeroSecurity is installed already
Installation via script
Realizing Nero BurnRights on your system
Nero BurnRights will show up as icon in the control panel after executing the
installer file. It will give you these three options:
1. Only Administrators will have burnrights.
(
This is the default setting of Windows 2000 and Windows XP)
2. All declared users will be able to burn
3. Only administrators and a selected group of users will have the right to
burn.
(This option is not available on XP home edition)
This option distinguishes between usergrous, which are allowed to burn,
and usergrous, which are not allowed to burn.
The default name for the group with burnrights is "Nero".
Any user can be added to this 'privileged' group anytime, if you proceed
following steps:
Click on:
start->settings->administration tools->computer management->local
users and groups->groups
Choose the group 'Nero' and add the preferred user to this group.
ANNOTATION:
Below you will find the description of what to do in case the group has a
different name.
The group will be set up automatically, if it wasn't there beforehand.
How to uninstall Nero BurnRights
Nero Burnrights can be uninstalled like every other software that is listed in
start -> settings -> control panel -> software Select Nero BurnRights and
press remove.
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