Ever wished you could share that CD /DVD writer on the LAN / home network, saving you the time to run back and forth between your computer and the one with disk writer or the Money to install one in each computer?

I am sure many of you might have tried sharing the Disk recorder only to realise that by sharing it only shares the data in the disk and not the device. Some even said sharing the CD / DVD writer is not possible Until I came across NeroNet.

NeroNet doesn’t actually share the CD / DVD but it allows you to burn CD/DVD via LAN which is exactly you want, multiple users using a common Disk Writer. NeroNet acts like a server and the bridge between the Writer and the client on Network.

Note: You need Nero 6 or higher to get the maximum benefit.

This is how you do it.

1) Download NeroNet and Install in that Computer which has the common CD/DVD writer.

You get something like this:

Just click Ok and go to step 2.

2) Right Click on the NeroNet systray icon and go to Web configuration.

On clicking this a web browser will open with the address http://127.0.0.1/www/index.html that’s the localhost address.

In this click on “User Management” and create a new user id. This is the user Id and password the different users will enter in their Nero.

Also don’t forget to change the password of the administrator account.

Server Installation is done !

3) Now go to each computer from which you need to burn disk remotely and Open “Nero Burning Rom” from the Program list.

File > Preference > Expert Feature Tab

Check on the Enable NeroNet Support the click on NeroNet Button

This will open the NeroNet Accounts Window. Now to enable a new account click on Create.

Now Give the account name, The user name and password should be the same as any one created in Step 2.

The Ip address given is the server address and you need to enter this in the address bar of your browser to access the control panel of the server.

You can even launch the Control Panel Site by clicking On “browser ” in the NeroNet Accounts Window
Click Ok and you are Done !

If you get Login Failed that means you might have entered the wrong User name and password and check step 2 again.

Now we get to the good part How to Burn Disk Remotely !

Choose the Files you want to Write as you would do with Nero until you reach the “Final Burn Setting” Window. In this Choose the “Current Recorder” as the Profile you created in Step 3.

Then Click on Burn. This will queue your request to the Nero Server which will in turn burn the Disk on the Common CD /DVD burner.

You Can check the status at Control Panel Site.

Now One last tip: By default the Disk is ejected after burn which means the disk is no longer available to be written and someone needs to carry their lazy geek ass to reset it every single time writes it. Now a simple setting solution is to disable Disk ejection after Burn.

You can do that by going to Nero Burning ROM > Files > Preferences > Expert Features > Check: Do not eject the Disc after the Burn is complete.

• Split Content On Your Browser

This splits the content area of the browser window as you like.

This splits the content area of the browser window as you like. It will help you in various cases. For example, to compare multiple web pages, to show a calendar always, and so on.

There is some ways to split window.

* Choose the “Split Browser to” menu in the context menu.
* Choose the “Load in Split Browser” menu in the context menu on link.
* Click popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area.
* Drop links, bookmarks, etc. to popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area while dragging.

You can split browser infinitely, as many as your RAM and your screen allow. Enjoy split and split to your heart’s content!

Drag and drop is available to load links, bookmarks, and so on, into split browser. If you drag the toolbar of split browser, you can load the page in another split browser.

Split browsers can be closed by their close box. “File” > “Close All Split Browser” closes all of them at once.

You can tile all of tabs as split browsers, and, gather split browsers to tabs. If the Multiple Tab Handler ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/4838 ) is available, you can tile tabs with selection.

This includes tabbed browsing feature. You can open new tab in split browsers, by “New Tab” menu in the context menu in the toolbar of split browsers, or middle click links in them. (But this feature doesn’t work with TBE or TMP. They are designed for environments without multiple “tab browser” widget.)

Status of split browsers are saved, and automatically restored on the next startup.

Works with:

• Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a6

Lots of screen real estate is great, but sometimes the applications that use that screen may not take full advantage of the hardware you run on. Take for instance Firefox, running Firefox in maximized mode on a 1920 X 1200 screen is a huge waste. A screen that big could show up to four web pages, but you would have to manually set each window up. So along comes Split Browser, its an extension for Firefox that can literally split your Firefox into two or more sections for side by side reading. This is great for Google fans who want to run their Google Calendar and Gmail right next to each other without a goofy grease monkey script. Maybe you are writing a review on a website and you want to write in one section and browse in the other. The possibilities are endless. Whether you have an second monitor or just have one Split Browser is a must have extension for Firefox.

Here are some ways to “Split” your browser from the publisher’s website.

* Choose the “Split Browser to” menu in the context menu.
* Choose the “Load in Split Browser” menu in the context menu on link.
* Click popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area.
* Drop links, bookmarks, etc. to popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area while dragging.
As part of my Web Browser Guide for Bloggers series on the Blog Herald, I explored a lot of new Firefox Extensions to improve my blogging skills and efficiency. In the process, I discovered the Split Browser Add-on.The Firefox Extension splits the browser’s screen into two or more parts, allowing you to view one or more web pages side by side, or one on top of the other. You can split your screen in many ways.

There are many benefits to this, especially for bloggers. Of most interest is the ability to copy links and references from one page into the blog post you are writing about. Instead of switching back and forth between tabs, both web pages are visible and moving back and forth is incredibly simple.

Another advantage is that the split browser allows me to have “two screens” up, one the draft of my word press post in the Write Post panel and the other, the “preview” of my blog post, which is an interesting work-around for this annoying lack-of-feature for the recent version of word press.

The reality, however, is a little different.

• Burn/Write Disk Via LAN