Jog Nero's memory

An accepted way to help Nero to make a successful burn is to free up more ram.
The Task Manager can identify memory hogging processes which can be closed off before a project begins.
A way of speeding up the closing of these processes is by using a batch file.
The file would contain a list of processes which will be forced down (the processes do not have to be the ones running at the time, but can be processes which may appear from time to time during a PC session).

In XP, the 'Taskkill.exe' app is used to remove the processes.
The batch file is created by right clicking on the desktop and creating a new shortcut.
In the 'type the location of the item box' you would type your list,(the following is my example only.Yours may be different):

%windir%\system32\taskkill.exe /F /IM AVGNT.EXE /im AVGUARD.EXE /im AVWUPSRV.EXE /im IEXPLORE.exe /im FIREFOX.exe /imOOD2000.exe /im PERSFW.exe /im SPYSWEEPER.exe /im WRSSSDK.exe

The /F (used once in the file) "forces down" the /im "image"

After creating the file, clicking the shortcut will shut down the listed processes.If the process does not happen to be running, no matter, no harm done.
Now you can cover most situations where e.g, you are running IE in Firefox, or a defrag prog has popped up in the background.
My example shuts off Virus,Spy,Firewall,defrag, etc.

In Taskmanager the processes can be noted and Google can be employed with doubtfull entries - you don't want to shut down your System.
I use this wrinkle before Nero and Dvd shrink, I also opt to reboot to restore all those usefull apps after my session is complete.