moving on to a new computer

[djbikeerrob]

finaly got a new computer went from xp to windows 7 the new one is i7 core with 12 gigs of ram and 1.5 terabite hard drive 7200 rpm what i need to know is exactly how do i move hoster or do i have to download another version and if so how much is that going to cost me?or is there some sort of transfer credit?

[Beavis]

just uninstall from your old computer (make sure your online) then do the adjustments to your windows 7 computer then re-install

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by djbikeerrob

finaly got a new computer went from xp to windows 7 the new one is i7 core with 12 gigs of ram and 1.5 terabite hard drive 7200 rpm what i need to know is exactly how do i move hoster or do i have to download another version and if so how much is that going to cost me?or is there some sort of transfer credit?

First it will depend on what version you have and if you have a copy of the installation file. Anything less than version 4.16 will not work on Windows 7. If you have any older version then yes you will need to upgrade and it will cost you an upgrade fee which is less than the original cost.
Second be sure you do the changes in the following link to your Windows 7 computer before you install it.
http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster/windows7-changes.htm
Be sure you uninstall from the original computer while on line as Beavis said.

[nfountai]

I have a similar situation.
I am using Ver. 4.3. I want to keep my old computer as is since I use multiple computers and have the licenses. I want to be able to use my external hard drive with both. I told the computers that the external hard drive is the same letter on both.
The problem I have on the new computer is that the "C:\USER" folder is not the same as the old computer. When I do a song search, the "C\USER" error pops up and is different than what is on the old computer.
I'm not sure what to do or change

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by nfountai

I have a similar situation.
I am using Ver. 4.3. I want to keep my old computer as is since I use multiple computers and have the licenses. I want to be able to use my external hard drive with both. I told the computers that the external hard drive is the same letter on both.
The problem I have on the new computer is that the "C:\USER" folder is not the same as the old computer. When I do a song search, the "C\USER" error pops up and is different than what is on the old computer.
I'm not sure what to do or change

Is this a new Windows 7 computer? Have you done all the recommended changes for Windows 7 on this computer? Also are you using the same version of Hoster on both computers?
The link if you need it for the Windows 7 changes is as follows:
http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster/windows7-changes.htm

[nfountai]

yes to all the questions

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by nfountai

I have a similar situation.
I am using Ver. 4.3. I want to keep my old computer as is since I use multiple computers and have the licenses. I want to be able to use my external hard drive with both. I told the computers that the external hard drive is the same letter on both.
The problem I have on the new computer is that the "C:\USER" folder is not the same as the old computer. When I do a song search, the "C\USER" error pops up and is different than what is on the old computer.
I'm not sure what to do or change

Hoster is normally in the C:/MTU folder (C:/MTU/Hoster) Thats the path it should be on all your computers. I don't know where you get "C\USER" from.

Then your external drive with all your songs on could be anything but probably E:/xxxxx or F:/xxxxx (xxxxx being your song folder on that drive)

With your hard drive attached go Start/My Computer, is the external showing the same volume letter when plugged in to all computers?

As long as the external registered as the same on all computers there should be no problem.

[nfountai]

When I do a search for a song on the new computer and click on the song that I want (song files on the external hard drive), a pop up window says "Bad Zip File C:\USER\neilymon\AppData\Local\Temp\MTU_Hoster\auout-2.zzz"

Now on the other computer, the folder is Not neilymon but neil

[nfountai]

When I click on the song to play that is the message

[Roy Dennis]

When you installed Hoster on your new computer, did you change the default path ?

[nfountai]

yes. I used the Windows trouble shoot program to guide me to keeping the same drive letter on both computers.

[Roy Dennis]

If you open your Tools/Songs database/Build database, in the dialog bottom left window, do the file paths in the indexed folders lists match on both computers ?

[nfountai]

I am using converted zip to "KMH" on the external drive so the build did nothing as did the "Add"

[Roy Dennis]

My question was "do the file paths in the indexed folders lists match on both computers ?"

[nfountai]

yes

[Roy Dennis]

can you use the K-oke button to load one of these same zip files and see if it plays that way or does it still say bad zip ?

The kmh file has to be in the same folder with the original zip file they have to remain in their pairs.
Example: Mcgraw, Tim - The- All I Want Is A Life.zip
Mcgraw, Tim - The- All I Want Is A Life.kmh
Or have you just copied the kmh file ?

[nfountai]

Yes I was able to play a song using the K-oke. All the kmh are in the same file

[Roy Dennis]

Try this: Close Hoster, now with your external drive connected open your Hoster folder and find your songs.mdb file and delete it. Then restart Hoster. It won't open right away, don't panic you should see a dialog box saying it is rebuilding the database and depending how many songs you have will take some time, after it has rebuilt the database Hoster will open. Take note of how long it takes before opening Hoster as a very short time could mean it is not finding the songs.
I'm off to bed now so can't reply further till tomorrow.