trouble with hoster and laptop

[dhkluesner@clas]

Can anyone please advise me on how to fix my problem?
I only get clicks for audio and no words on my screen when using my laptop. Hoster works fine on my desktop.

I would appreciate any help I can get. I am just starting but can't seem to get past this point so I can start playing small venues.

Thanks for any help.
Dolly, Karaoke Kween

[ddouglass]

Dolly,
For anyone to offer you help you are going to have to supply more information than that. What kind of laptop and what operating system? What version of Hoster? Without this we have no way of knowing what to tell you to look for or try.

[dhkluesner@clas]

I have an Acer Aspire 5570-2067. Intel Pentium dual core processor T2080 (1.73 GHz; 533 MHz FSB, 1 MB L 2 cache), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 160 GB HDD. I have Hoster 3.316. I hope this is enough information.

Thanks for responding.

[ddouglass]

Not quite. Which operating system...XP or Vista?
By no graphics on the screen are you meaning on an external screen (TV) or the laptop's screen?
For the audio, make sure all your volume controls like WAV, CD, etc are up (Mic and Line-in should be muted).
Be sure you have the latest drivers for your video and audio cards. You should be able to find updates at Acer.
Be sure you have all of the updates from Microsoft. Use the Custom update and get all of them as the Express or Auto update will only install what Microsoft deems as "critical"

[dhkluesner@clas]

I have Vista. I can see the program but no words for the songs show up on the little screen in hoster. Does that make sense?

I will go to Acer and Microsoft and get all upgrades.

[Flipeoke]

What type of files are you trying to play? i.e. Are you using kma files or are you trying to play from a disc? If kma, are these kma files you ripped on your laptop or desktop? I do know some laptop cd drives will not work importing karaoke... mine is this way. I have to have a separate external burner in order to import on my laptop. This is why I do all of my importing on my desktop to an external hard drive, which I then connect to my laptop.

Flip

[dhkluesner@clas]

I copied my songs to an external drive from my desktop. When that didn't work, I tried copying them directly on to my laptop. I am still unsuccessful getting them to play.

I uninstalled the program and reinstalled but that didn't help either. I am about to loose my cool with this whole thing.

I was so looking forward to start playing small venues but I don't guess it's meant to be.

Thank you again for you reply.

[dhkluesner@clas]

Ok, I now know that it is a Vista issue. Can anyone lead me to the light? I would really like to figure this out. If I crash my computer I just fix it right,LOL.

Anymore suggestions, please.

[dhkluesner@clas]

I think I am going to solve my problem by converting back to XP. Since laptop is new, will I have to purchase it or is there a round about way and still be legal?

I have searched microsoft, but believe it or not there are no instructions to convert back to xp.

Help please.

Dolly
Karoake Kween

[bobcox- with the Lord]

you will prob have to get drivers disc for that computer

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by dhkluesner@clas

I think I am going to solve my problem by converting back to XP. Since laptop is new, will I have to purchase it or is there a round about way and still be legal?

I have searched microsoft, but believe it or not there are no instructions to convert back to xp.

Help please.

Dolly
Karoake Kween

One you will have to purchase XP to do that. EBay is a good place to look for that.
Two, as Bob said you will need a set of XP drivers for the various components of the laptop and the manufacturer's website is the best place to look for them.

[hwheeler43]

Another thing I found very helpful was having a high speed internet connection (Wired) to connect to during the install of XP. I bought my oem copy through Amazon. I think it cost about 89 dollars. You might do better on ebay. I researched by doing google searches and had most of the needed drivers before I started the XP install. After the install there were about 80 windows updates and there were a few drivers to install. the whole process took a couple of hours. I have been using this laptop as my primary show machine for several weeks and it works great!

[dhkluesner@clas]

I want to thank everyone for all the help. I am going to start working on this project this weekend. I may be bothering you somemore before it is overwith.

Dolly
Karaoke Kween