Roxio is gone after clean vista installation...

Hello all,

I am kind of new here and also new on computer updates.

I did clean vista installation for my one month old T61 last night. When I tried to burn image DVD and CD I only found out the Roxio application I used to burn CD and DVD before has gone. The IBM system update didn't download any of it for my T61 CD/DVD-RW driver. Please help me with this issue. Where should I go to get that piece of software? Is there any other way from Vista OS?

Thanks a lot, all.

 

You need to have the SWTOOLS folder saved from your factory preload. Specfically C:\swtools\apps\MMCfto . From there, run setup.bat and it will install the Roxio software. It's not available from the software update.

 

Daniel _L

In my case, I do not have that setup.bat file you mentioned above.

However, I do have Multimedia Center For Think Offerings of type Windows Installer Package (in the same folder/directory) which I'm nearly sure will install the Lenovo multimedia offerings, including Roxio, Intervideo etc

 

It's actually setup.cmd for me. Read the batch file, it's really funny.

 

Can we say disgruntled Lenovo employee or easter egg?

@ECHO OFF
REM Version 3.4 for VISTA LPC PCs with NO R&R
echo Installing CD-RW applications.

REM Don't do anything at all if MLPS tag exists
if exist c:\swwork\MLPS.TAG goto end

REM Activate the Setup
rename \swtools\apps\MMCfTO\setup.brt setup.exe

REM Installshield is stewpid
set oldtemp=%temp%
set oldtmp=%tmp%
set TEMP=c:\Windows\temp
set TMP=c:\Windows\temp

REM Check for CD-R presence. If it exists, install everything
\swtools\apps\MMCfTO\customiz\drivez -gC
if errorlevel 1 goto doinstall
if errorlevel 0 goto deleteit

REM do the install
:doinstall
REM save off registry damaged by Stupid Sonic Stuff
REG EXPORT "HKCU\SOftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Folders" shellfolders.reg

REM Install Multimedia Center
echo Installing Multimedia Center...Please wait.
start /w \swtools\apps\MMCfTO\setup.exe /qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress

REM put back registry wrecked by Sonic Stuff
REG IMPORT shellfolders.reg

REM Fix the Home screen
xcopy /S /Y \swtools\apps\MMCfTO\html\*.* "%CommonProgramFiles%\Sonic Shared\Sonic Central\Main\HTML"

REM Icon setup
echo Setting up for Installing Digital Media Icons
copy \swtools\apps\MMCfTO\customiz\SonicIcons.cmd \swwork\app9\SonicIcons.cmd

REM Cleanup so users don't install the wrong thing
rename \swtools\apps\MMCfTO\setup.exe setup.brt

if exist c:\swwork goto preload
\swtools\apps\MMCfTO\customiz\mbox -f\swtools\apps\MMCfTO\customiz\strings.txt
goto end

reload
echo Multimedia Center Installed!
goto end

:deleteit
echo Drive not found >> \swtools\apps\MMCfTO\delete.tag
goto end

:end
set temp=%oldtemp%
set tmp=%oldtmp%

 

Okay, I got setup.cmd. I was specifically looking for a .bat file.

Yes, a little light reading on a mon afternoon, always welcome.

 

Consider yourself lucky. Roxio software is garbage. Said from someone who used to work there.

 

Does Roxio burn an image onto the top of the actual DVD disc? I can't make it do that.

 

In order to do that, you need an optical drive capable of LightScribe. I don't think Lenovo offers one during configuration so you'd have to buy an aftermarket one.

 

Roxio is horrible I don't know why anyone would use it