Really REALLY slow sweep time! HELP!

[killians1978]

So all caught up in the buzz of running karaoke from a laptop after seeing it work at my former job and how well it has run for them, I decided to jump right in.

Not needing a songbook (I already have one) I downloaded, installed and registered Hoster Lite (the latest version). I imported a couple hundred tracks, and planned on testing it Saturday night at a private party with my discs playing backup.

Regularly, the song sweep time fell FAR behind the lyrics. On a single page, with no other action, it was perfectly on time. But once any kind of sweeping or new graphics appear, it was woeful at best. Knowing the song completely by memory was the only way to sing the songs. This was consistent over about ten songs before I shut the computer down and resorted to discs. I'm a bit dissolutioned because my system meets the requirements. Sometimes the music was over a full two minutes before the lyrics were done.

Here's what I'm running:
Sony VAIO Notebook
PIII 1GHz
256MB Ram
16MB VRam
Windows 2000 SP4
Single-video but with optional monitor-out, which I used.

Here's what I tried:
Closing out all unnecessary processes (yes I know which are which)
Increased virtual memory manually.
Reconfigured startup processes and non-microsoft system services.
Reboot
Ugh.

Ultimately, since I do this on the side, and rarely for any kind of REAL money, I decided not to buy the full hoster program. However, if I can't use the program at all, it was like flushing $90 down the toilet. I don't need a refund (nor do I expect I would receive one) but I'd like to know if I can receive another registration code to install Hoster Lite on my desktop system. Even though it's much more cumbersome than my notebook, it's still easier than hauling around 500 CDs.