Hoster shuts down my computer

[is14fun]

everytime I use the edit songs comand in Hoster and hit the button "Apply changes", my computer abruptly shuts down. This started all of a sudden. I have reinstalled the program but that did not correct the problem. Does anybody have a thought on this?

[ddouglass]

How is it shutting down? Do you get a Blue Screen error message or does it imediately automatically shutdown and restart?
What version of Hoster and what operating system?
If you get a blue screen write down what the error is and post it here along with above information.
If it automatically shutsdown and restarts follow the next procedure then run Hoster again to make it crash again.

1. Click Window's Start button at the bottom left
2. Click Settings in the menu
3. Click Control Panel
4. Double-click the mouse left button on System near the bottom of the list
5. In the dialog that appears, click Advanced Tab
6. In the Startup and Recovery group, click the Settings button
7. In the System Failure group, if the Automatically restart checkbox is checked , then click it so it is NOT checked
8. Click all the OK buttons to close out of this dialog, and accept your changes.

[is14fun]

My screen just goes black. No blue screen. I have to push the computer start button and it reboots in its regular fashion. I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 running xp media edition. Hoster is the lastest release.

[ddouglass]

Did 4.06 do this or 4.07?
Do you have all the Custom Updates from Microsoft installed?
This has not come up before. Blue screen crashing the computer or just crashing Hoster yes, but never seen anything about it locking up the computer.
If we analize this the Apply function would call the first file, open it, rewrite the header and save it. Have you been trying to do this to the same exact file or group of files? If so try using another file to edit and see if it will go through.

[OneEskalera]

Check for virus in your computer. It happened to me a couple of weeks ago and all of a sudden I have virus.

[is14fun]

Thanks for your replies. I have the latest updated installed. I tried a backup copy of my database and got the same results. The second I hit apply changes, it beeps and the screen goes black. It acts like it has shut down. I have to restart computer and wait for all that start up crap. I looked at the event log but nothing is recorded there, I guess it happens to fast to record. I'm at wits end with this. I have run registery cleaners, virus scans but nothing seems to help. I can delete files and as far as I can tell, use all the other functions of the program. The problem is when I try to edit a song and apply the change.

[admin]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Did 4.06 do this or 4.07?

You still haven't told us which Hoster you are running, and also which Windows.

Hoster is not causing this. Something in your computer is broke.

Do a System Restore (find out from the Hoster manual topic on installation changes for XP or Vista) back to a known good point.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by is14fun

are you running on battery? , i had the experienced i was playing a private gig and al of a sudden my screen went black, i did what you did pushed the power button back and it worked but a minute later it the screen went black again..i was running on battery.. make sure you power source is plugged in .

[MTUSUPPORT]

It shows you have version 4.06a installed, and we have never had this problem reported with that version. Please updated to version 4.08 to see if it does the same thing, and as stated above, try version 3.400 to see if it also does this.

Here is how to run Version 3.400.

NOTE: Hoster 3.400 was also installed with Hoster 4.0. This is located at C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\Hoster34.exe - This version is the same as Hoster 3.321 which was the last stable version before releasing 4.0. If you have any problems you can run this version if you need to, without having to uninstall version 4.0. It was built with the same security as a backup if you experience any problems. You can also make a short cut to this if you need.

You can download version 4.08 from here http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster.htm

Also, are you files on an External hard drive or on the C: drive?

[OneEskalera]

Also, try running an electric fan infront of the computer, perhap something is heating in it, causing it to shut down prematurely.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by OneEskalera

Also, try running an electric fan infront of the computer, perhap something is heating in it, causing it to shut down prematurely.

Good call. That was what I thought. The combination of the Hard Drive, and increased CPU usage probably overheated it. Even if the fan doesn't work, a good cleaning sure can't hurt. I have one that is a pain to clean (have to take out the keyboard to get to 1 screw) but it is required a couple of times a year.

[is14fun]

I thought about this and tried to get inside to clean but after removing all the screws I could find, I still could not remove the bottom or top cover. Does anybody know to open up a Dell Inspiron 9300 to the point where it can be cleaned?