Nero Info Tool 3 User Manual

Nero InfoTool Manual

Nero AG

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manual. The contents of the software supplied, as well as of the Nero InfoTool manual, may
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Copyright © 2007 Nero AG and its licensors. All rights reserved.
REV 1.0, SW 4.4.0.0

Contents

Contents

1 General information 4

1.1 About the manual 4

1.2 About Nero InfoTool 4

2 Technical information 5

2.1 System requirements 5

3 Launching the program 6

3.1 Launching Nero InfoTool via Nero StartSmart 6

3.2 Launching Nero InfoTool directly 6

4 Nero InfoTool 7

4.1 Saving and printing the log 9

4.1.1 Saving the log 9

4.1.2 Printing the log 9

4.2 Refreshing the log 10

4.3 Changing the language 10

4.4 Verifying system requirements for Blue-ray and HD DVD 10

5 List of figures 11
6 Index 12
7 Contact 13

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Contents

1 General information

1.1 About the manual

This manual is intended for all users who want to find out how to use Nero InfoTool. It is
task-based and explains how to achieve a particular objective on a step-by-basis.

In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:

Symbol Meaning

Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be

1. Start …

Æ
Î

OK

Chapter

[…] Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands.

followed strictly.

Indicates additional information or advice.

A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for
action. Carry out these actions in the order specified.

Indicates an intermediate result.
Indicates a result.
Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program

interface. They are shown in bold face.
Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as

links and are shown in red and underlined.

1.2 About Nero InfoTool

Nero InfoTool allows you to call up information about the most important features of installed
drives, inserted discs, installed software, and much more. You obtain detailed data on drive
properties such as firmware, buffer size, serial number, production date, and, for DVD drives,
the current DVD region code. Furthermore, Nero InfoTool tells you the name and version
number of the operating system, the ASPI manager, and the installed burning applications
and also tells you about the hardware configuration of the computer.

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