i also get the same error ... happens on a fresh install of Windows XP Pro (german) I see the exact same issue and dialog box as above, and offer the following in the hope that it will help you fix it. This is on a clean install of Windows XP, using Norton Ghost to check-point the installation at various stages. I got to the point where I wanted to install Nero. I bought and downloaded a full copy of Nero 7 just for this system. I started to install the full copy of Nero 7. It got to the point where it wanted to install directx 9.0c. Since I already had directx 9.0c installed, I hit cancel at that point. (FYI, I had already entered my key before the directx window came up.) Because I was already frustrated with Nero's bloat (why does it need to install directx anyway?), I got online to look for an answer and found Nero Micro. This seemed like the solution to my issue with the Nero Full's attempt to re-install directx, because Nero Micro would not include directx. It installed like a charm, no problems whatsoever. For reasons that are not relevant, I decided to go back to my previous check-point using ghost and to re-install Nero Micro. This time I did not attempt to install Nero Full first. I got the same error that everyone has been seeing as shown above. It took me several tries (each time going back to the previous check-point) before I realized that the reason Nero Micro installed with no problems the first time was because I had begun the installation of Nero Full, and cancelled at the directx 9.0c window, before I attempted to install Nero Micro. So, I think you will get a clean install of Nero Micro (and maybe Nero Lite, which I have not tried) if you first start installing Nero Full, abort at the directx 9.0c window, and then install Nero Micro. Acheron, maybe this information will help you diagnose the problem. Thank you so much for your work creating Nero Micro and Nero Lite, which I think fill a real need for a lot of people like me, who do not need all extra cruft in Nero Full. As an additional note, I have seen references to a "debug.txt" file that some people are seeing. I have not seen it created when I did the installation as described above.
