dvd maker is a flawed and broken program. it works fine on a clean windows
install (which i have had to do about 5 times with vista), but the second you
install almost any other program, driver or codec the errors come in swarms.

"Janosch Ulmer" wrote:

> Quite interesting problem, never heard of it - Does the PC really initiate a
> shut down or does it switch off immediately?
> To troubleshoot this, my further question would be: Does the event log offer
> any information what happened when the system was shut down? Any Problems
> listed in Problem Report?
> Nero does actually cause much trouble on Vista Systems, the first Vista
> Ready version as the recent one - it's not causing problems within Nero, but
> for Movie Maker & DVD Maker, so it would be interesting what happens if Nero
> is removed from the system.
> I had to disabled alle Codecs & Filters installed by Nero since they caused
> DVD Maker to work anymore.
> Not an easy-to-fix problem - if you think it's a bug you can call MS support
> for free :-)
> Good luck
>
> .. and good night (In europe however)
>
>
> "barl0w" wrote:
>
> > I wish that was the answer. I used Nero instead as a workaround, since I
> > experienced a complete shutdown 3 times in a row now.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> >
> > > Heat issue? Encoding is quite a power intensive item.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Graham Hughes
> > > MVP Digital Media
> > > www.myvideoproblems.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "barl0w" <barl0w@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:F6D057CA-4A6E-461C-A5A5-0707D72339D9@microsoft.com...
> > > > Using Windows Ultimate, I have added an .avi from Windows Movie Maker to
> > > > Windows DVD Maker. I start the burn process, and approximately 50% through
> > > > the encoding phase, my laptop shuts down.
> > > >
> > > > It was done this twice. It's a full power-off, not just sleeping.
> > > >
> > > > If there are any suggestions, please reply.
> > > >
> > > > Regards -
> > > >
> > > > barl0w
> > >
> > >
> > >