Both Nero and Roxio updates have ... always been needed. Eventually I find out why.
But in this case I can only share my experience since I don't own or use 7.x.
bob
I purchase the 7.0 version that is Basic CD/DVD, then went on Roxio website and noticed there was an update to 7.1. Does anyone know if the update is really necessary.

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