Please check the following points if Nero does not accept your serial number:

• Make sure that the latest update of your Nero version is installed.


• Make sure that you're not having any typing errors.


• Make sure that the correct Nero version is installed on your PC.

You cannot install Nero 9 using a Nero 8 serial number. Nero serial numbers are structured as follows:
Nero 9/Nero Move it/Nero BackItUp 4/Nero MediaHome 4: 9Mxx-xxxx-xxxx-… or 1Mxx-xxxx-xxxx-…
Nero 8: 9K2x-xxxx-xxxx-… or 1K2x-xxxx-xxxx-…
Nero 7: 1Cxx-xxxx-xxxx-… or 4Cxx-xxxx-xxxx-…
Nero 6: 1Axx-xxxx-xxxx-…
Nero 5: 15xx-xxxx-xxxx-…

If Nero does not accept your Nero serial number, please contact our Customer Service Team. We'll need your Nero serial number as well as your proof of purchase to properly process your request.

Updates
Updates within one Nero version are free of charge.
If you already own a copy of Nero 8, you can update for free to all upcoming Nero 8 updates, no matter if you own a full version of Nero 8 or a Nero 8 Essentials version.

Upgrades
If you use Nero 8 Essentials, Nero 7 or an older version of Nero, you can upgrade to Nero 8 at a very reasonable price.
Please visit our Upgrade - Info Page for information and pricing.

Upgrades are available as serial number only. If you want to receive an installation disc, please add the Backup DVD to your cart. We do not offer retail CD packages as upgrade.

Note:
Your old Nero serial number is required during the order process.
Nero serial numbers are structured as follows:

Nero 8 Essentials: 2k2x-xxxx-xxxx-….
Nero 7: 1Cxx-xxxx-xxxx-…. or 4Cxx-xxxx-xxxx….
Nero 6: 1Axx-xxxx-xxxx…
Nero 5: 15xx-xxxx-xxxx-….

If you cannot find your serial number, please click here.

OEM represents "Original Equipment Manufacturer". These versions are normally sold to customers with bundled hardware like recorders or pc systems. The sale of these versions without the hardware (recorders, pc systems etc.) is allowed in Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and China. It is not allowed to sell these versions without the related hardware in all other countries. Nero 7 and Nero 8 Essentials are OEM versions whith limited functionality. Customers who have purchased an OEM or Essentials version can buy additional plug-ins or upgrade to the full version of Nero 8.

Please read chapter 4 of our EULA.

You can register your Nero software within the My Nero community. When creating a My Nero account you will be able to enter your serial number and register your software.

Please click here to get to the product registration page.

The MP3/mp3PRO plug-in is not included in all Nero versions.

OEM and Essentials versions of Nero never include the MP3/mp3PRO plug-in. All OEM and Essentials versions are limited versions and are mostly sold as a bundle with a hardware device. You can send your serial number by email to us. We will verify if the MP3/mp3PRO plug-in is part of your licence or not. The full versions of Nero 7 (since verion 7.5.7.0) and Nero 8 already include the mp3PRO-plug-in.

If the MP3/mp3PRO plug-in is not part of your licence you can order the mp3PRO plug-in directly in our online store.

This is a common error message when you have a corrupted download. This can be caused by Firewall or Anti-Virus protection. Please disable these first, and then download and install our latest releases of our software.

You may want to download from another system and then bring over to your
system and install.

You may be sure that our software does not contain any viruses or spyware. Our web versions are checked for viruses before they are uploaded to our web page and there is a permantent virus scan running on our ftp servers. Therefore we can rule out the probability that your PC got infected by our files. If you will get a virus warning please check that your virus scanner has the latest updates or virus definitions installed.
If you still get a warning message during the installation, please deactivate your virus scanner for the installation process of Nero. Disconnect from the internet prior to deactivating your virus scanner.