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RWhite
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I posted something on this subject some months ago, regarding EZCD 3X and 4X. Here is an update.
When you install EZCD Creator 3X or 4X the install overwrites several important system .DLL files with its own versions. This does not affect most things but is fatal if you have a USB Compact Flash reader. Simply placing a flash card in the reader in this case causes an instant system crash.
You can fix the problem by reverting back to the prior versions of the .DLLs, which the EZCD install re-labels as .BAK You can get more information on this problem from either of the following sites:
http://www.sandisk.com/imagemate/default.htm
http://ask.roxio.com/cgi-bin/roxio_...7&2715=&15=2&2716=&57=faq&58=&2900=CxReErcTLK
The second link is really buried in the EZCD site - I guess they don't want to actually help anyone who has been screwed over by their defective product(s).
Now for the REALLY stupid part -
It's bad enough that their software overwrote system files. But now they have come up out with new, "improved" version 5 and guess what? IT STILL DOES IT. However instead of just crashing the machine it now simply makes your card reader unusable. When you install Version 5 it first insists that you must uninstall 4 first (couldn't they have put this in their install program). Then you can install 5 at which point it overwrites your files (again).
You know I was just reading the Mac vs. PC post. I love my PCs, I have no problem in picking them over a Mac, but problems like this are what give PCs a bad name. You would think that after 3 versions the IDIOTS who wrote this program would have gotton the message. But stupidity and arrogence rule the day.
Since EZCD seems to have a near monopoly on CD writing software, tens of thousands of people will no doubt have their operating systems damaged by this problem. Many will never know it if they are not using USB devices. But many others will suffer a lot of grief.
When you install EZCD Creator 3X or 4X the install overwrites several important system .DLL files with its own versions. This does not affect most things but is fatal if you have a USB Compact Flash reader. Simply placing a flash card in the reader in this case causes an instant system crash.
You can fix the problem by reverting back to the prior versions of the .DLLs, which the EZCD install re-labels as .BAK You can get more information on this problem from either of the following sites:
http://www.sandisk.com/imagemate/default.htm
http://ask.roxio.com/cgi-bin/roxio_...7&2715=&15=2&2716=&57=faq&58=&2900=CxReErcTLK
The second link is really buried in the EZCD site - I guess they don't want to actually help anyone who has been screwed over by their defective product(s).
Now for the REALLY stupid part -
It's bad enough that their software overwrote system files. But now they have come up out with new, "improved" version 5 and guess what? IT STILL DOES IT. However instead of just crashing the machine it now simply makes your card reader unusable. When you install Version 5 it first insists that you must uninstall 4 first (couldn't they have put this in their install program). Then you can install 5 at which point it overwrites your files (again).
You know I was just reading the Mac vs. PC post. I love my PCs, I have no problem in picking them over a Mac, but problems like this are what give PCs a bad name. You would think that after 3 versions the IDIOTS who wrote this program would have gotton the message. But stupidity and arrogence rule the day.
Since EZCD seems to have a near monopoly on CD writing software, tens of thousands of people will no doubt have their operating systems damaged by this problem. Many will never know it if they are not using USB devices. But many others will suffer a lot of grief.