It is a good question. I have been wondering that one too since, like you, I got a trail nero 7 with my recent burner purchase. I loaded it on and was quite turned off at how much stuff it wanted to be associated to it. Personally I want nero to burn and rip otherwise I want them to stay away from my audio, video, and pictures. Am I too missing something? I did locate several sources for nero 6 ultra (or whatever it is called), but am still a bit leary after the nero 7 install.