Solved Lightscribe & Windows 8

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Has anyone had any luck with the Lightscribe disk labeling applications on Windows 8 RTM? I've tried the latest version (1.18.26.7, which won't even install) and an older one (1.18.24.1) which will install but bombs out after starting the labeling process.

Thanks in advance!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell E520
    CPU
    Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    Whatever Dell put in there...
    Memory
    8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
    PSU
    PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
    Internet Speed
    100/10 Time Warner Cable
I used the 1.18.24.1 Software also but used the SimpleLabeler 1.18.15.1 and it works fine.

Jim :cool:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64BIT
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS - Home Built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A99X EVO
    Memory
    Crucial Balistic DDR-3 1866 CL 9 (8 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
    Sound Card
    On Chip
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata 6gbs
    WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
    Case
    Corsair 400R
    Cooling
    Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
    Keyboard
    AVS Gear Blue LED Backlight
    Mouse
    Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
    Internet Speed
    15MB
    Antivirus
    NIS, Malwarebytes Premium 2
    Other Info
    APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program,
    Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem.
    Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer,
    Epson V300 Scanner
Thanks for the info, Phone Man. I'll give that a shot...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell E520
    CPU
    Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    Whatever Dell put in there...
    Memory
    8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
    PSU
    PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
    Internet Speed
    100/10 Time Warner Cable
I used the 1.18.24.1 Software also but used the SimpleLabeler 1.18.15.1 and it works fine.

Jim :cool:


Hi, I was googling but couldn't find the place to download old version, can you share please?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 8300
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon HD 5600 1GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x DELL 27"
    Internet Speed
    22Mbps

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell E520
    CPU
    Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    Whatever Dell put in there...
    Memory
    8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
    PSU
    PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
    Internet Speed
    100/10 Time Warner Cable
Thanks alot, I was so frustrating because of this.

Thanks again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DELL XPS 8300
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon HD 5600 1GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x DELL 27"
    Internet Speed
    22Mbps
Glad to be of help. I was going to cleanout some SkyDrive junk awhile back but got lazy. Good thing, I guess! I'll just leave it up there in case someone else stumbles across the thread.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell E520
    CPU
    Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    Whatever Dell put in there...
    Memory
    8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
    PSU
    PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
    Internet Speed
    100/10 Time Warner Cable
An update...

After a fresh re-install of Win 8 x64 on my desktop, I tried Lightscribe again and this time the latest version of the Lightscribe System Software (1.18.26.7) installed successfully (I chose "Run as Administrator"). In addition, the latest Lightscribe Simple Labeler installed ok (and actually works) as well...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell E520
    CPU
    Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    Whatever Dell put in there...
    Memory
    8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
    PSU
    PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
    Internet Speed
    100/10 Time Warner Cable
An update...

After a fresh re-install of Win 8 x64 on my desktop, I tried Lightscribe again and this time the latest version of the Lightscribe System Software (1.18.26.7) installed successfully (I chose "Run as Administrator"). In addition, the latest Lightscribe Simple Labeler installed ok (and actually works) as well...

You must live right. Over at LightScribe forum they are all using 1.18.24.1 as they can't get that new version to install. And their site doesn't list any version for windows 8.

Jim :cool:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64BIT
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS - Home Built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A99X EVO
    Memory
    Crucial Balistic DDR-3 1866 CL 9 (8 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
    Sound Card
    On Chip
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata 6gbs
    WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
    Case
    Corsair 400R
    Cooling
    Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
    Keyboard
    AVS Gear Blue LED Backlight
    Mouse
    Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
    Internet Speed
    15MB
    Antivirus
    NIS, Malwarebytes Premium 2
    Other Info
    APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program,
    Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem.
    Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer,
    Epson V300 Scanner
If you upgraded to Windows 8 From Vista or 7, the installation creates a folder 'Windows.old' on your hard drive, so hopefully you didn't delete it before trying to install Lightscribe. Go to the Program Files(x86) in the Windows.old folder and copy and paste the Lightscribe template labeler folder (the entire folder) into the Windows 8 Program Files (x86) folder, then create a shortcut for the executable file in that folder and put it on your desktop or pin it to your taskbar. Works perfectly, you can even add new templates after this.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built system
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA
Lightscribe and win8

My old windows folder is for the most part empty. This crap makes me want to go back to WIN7. Also, Lightscribe site says they don't support the forum anymore and have taken it down......:sarc:
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD
    Memory
    3 GIG
    Graphics Card(s)
    RADEON
    Browser
    FIREFOX
    Antivirus
    McAfee

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell E520
    CPU
    Intel Q6700 Core 2 Quad - 2.66 GHz
    Motherboard
    Whatever Dell put in there...
    Memory
    8 GB Mushkin 800 MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GTX 650 - 2 GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 19" ViewSonic LCD's
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 Intel X25-M 120G SSD, 2 WD RE4 2TB HD's
    PSU
    PCPower & Cooling Silencer 500 Watt
    Internet Speed
    100/10 Time Warner Cable
Lightscribe version 1.18.27.10 works well with Windows 8 64bit. Can't speak for the 32bit, but it should . . .

LightScribe - Downloads
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8 Pro Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Dell Oct
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5450
    Browser
    IE 11
    Antivirus
    MSSE
I found that the latest LS software and the Simple labeler will install under Windows 8.1 (i used compatibly for W/7), but the LightScribeTemplateLabeler_1.18.27.10.exe will not install on it. I use an old version of SureThing so i do not actually need any LS labeler, but a complicated hack to install the TemplateLabeler is here.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 pro w. Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom - ALLPCZONE
    CPU
    AMD 6350 (6core; 3.9ghz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock 970 EXTREME3
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    PowerColor HD5450 1gb 64 bit
    Sound Card
    REALTEK 8-CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND ONBOARD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19'' LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    WD_10EZEX SATA 1Tb 6.0Gb/s
    PSU
    Corsair CX430
    Case
    ALLPCZONE ENTERPRISE MID-TOWER ATX CASE
    Cooling
    AMD COPPER HIGH PERFORMANCE COOLING FAN
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia
    Mouse
    MS optical v2.1
    Internet Speed
    3-8mbps
    Browser
    Firefox 25+
    Other Info
    Also Open Office, PhoneTrayFree, AUtoHotKey, etc. Thank God for such helps and those who make them. Web site: http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org
Lightscribe for win8.1

I had gotten it going once then it refused to work so I ended up downloading "audio label" free from cnet and it has the lightscribe template labeler in it works great.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
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