Maybe YOU can help

[crazycarl]

It seems that I have to open hoster 2 or 3 times before it stays open. the first couple time i open hoster i get that dreaded box that says Hoster has to close. This is on a brand new dell laptop (2 weeks) using 4.06 with windows xp. Also nothing running in back ground.
Crazycarl

[OneEskalera]

Try to uninstall hoster and shut down your computer.Re-start computer and re-install hoster.

[crazycarl]

That would be a great Idea, But.... i have had so much trouble with registration codes, I know MTU says if you remove the program via internet it frees it up automaticly, but that did not work for me a couple weeks ago. and i was days and days waiting for support.
Crazycarl

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by crazycarl

That would be a great Idea, But.... i have had so much trouble with registration codes, I know MTU says if you remove the program via internet it frees it up automaticly, but that did not work for me a couple weeks ago. and i was days and days waiting for support.
Crazycarl

SystemRestore works also! If this is a new computer & you haven't done anything else to it, Restore it to before you installed 4.06 & start over. Be sure you read what should be "turned off" prior to installation. Also, some XPs work better with WMP-9 instead of WMP-11.

Even NEW computers have to have everything UPDATED before you install anything NEW. They are usually built months before, so be sure you have done ALL Windows Updates also.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by crazycarl

That would be a great Idea, But.... i have had so much trouble with registration codes, I know MTU says if you remove the program via internet it frees it up automaticly, but that did not work for me a couple weeks ago. and i was days and days waiting for support.
Crazycarl

If I remember correctly Carl it was not your 4.06 license that was locked but it was the previous version. If you uninstall it (on-line) and re-install it back on the same computer you should not have a problem. I have never had any problem with this and I have to do this all the time as a beta tester. The only problem we run into is when we hit the 100 installs limit, because we do it everytime a new beta is sent to us.
Like Skybird said a new computer is not fully updated and ready for operation. Get the Custom updates first and see if that fixes it, if not then uninstall, etc.

[hwheeler43]

Just as an observation, there are a number of tweaks that have to be done with Windows XP on a new computer. I would recommend going through the manual and making sure all those tweaks are done. They do make a difference.

[Hawkman]

I am having the same problem with hoster shutting down since I downloaded 4.06 (no problems running 4.03) I'm running XP sp 3-2gb memory.

Hoster shutdown 8 times in an hour. Most of the time (6 out of 8) it was when I was deleting songs from a playlist.

Any suggestion.

Hawkman