Hoster 3.315 DOES RUN on Windows Vista

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Rippera

I did a search on my system (including start, programs...) Al it found was the instalation app. No "icon" or way to start the program... Hoster said it installed fine and never said anything about and error or anything... When I click on the app program it wants to install agian but either as upgrade or remove... I have a gig tonight and this is not cool... I even asked at Best buy if I could get a laptop with XP but they do not offer it anymore...
Laptop 1200.00
Hoster 199.00
Ots DJ (also does not work) 100.00
The fact I have a gig tonight with over 1500.00 invested to use a notebook computer that is useless to me now because of Vista... Priceless

Don't know where to go from here... I hope MTU makes a fix fast...


Ripper

What has happened to the computer you were using before you bought the laptop?

[Rippera]

I bought a laptop about a month ago and starting using it... Everything worked well... Then the speaker outputs stopped working... I took it back and Best Buy said they will replace it with a model that is similiar... Well They called and told me to come and pick it up.. Well I found out last night that it has Vista on it... I tried to load Hoster and Ots to no avail... Now I called BB this morning and they said it will be 199.95 for a version of XP to load on my notebook...

Ripper

I never wanted Vista...

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Rippera

I bought a laptop about a month ago and starting using it... Everything worked well... Then the speaker outputs stopped working... I took it back and Best Buy said they will replace it with a model that is similiar... Well They called and told me to come and pick it up.. Well I found out last night that it has Vista on it... I tried to load Hoster and Ots to no avail... Now I called BB this morning and they said it will be 199.95 for a version of XP to load on my notebook...

Ripper

I never wanted Vista...

Vista should work. Did you follow George's instructions and look for the Hoster executable?

[Rippera]

I understand that there has been posts saying that hoster has not been tested with Vista...

Do you think I should have said "I guess I don't want a laptop then"... Getting a refund was not an option at this point... It was past the 14 day return policy... (I would have even paid the 15% restocking fee) Now I'm with out my "old" computer also that I used before I sold it to buy a notebook computer... When it rains it pours...

Ripper

[Rippera]

Thanks for all the help... I have a gig in 7 hours...

Ripper

I'll update everyone on if it works or not... about 1 PM Central

[Rippera]

Made some calls and the guy I sold my "old compter to" will sell it back to me! He was going to use it for Video editing... (He is a videographer for weddings) I had planned on purchasing 2 notebook computers... One for gigs and the other for back up... Now I'll use my desktop as back up... The best part is... I removed all the KMA files and hoster off of it before I sold it to him. He was going to wipe the harddrive and install XP PRO on it... Well he hasn't done anything with it yet so I'm good to go... (just have to reload all the same stuff and I'm golden... So for now there is a happy ending to today's gig situation... I do not want to go back to using discs... If even for a night... I hate to admit it but I have them all scattered around between my house, basement, truck, storage unit and so on... So finding them would have been a hassel... Back to my Sony desktop for now!

Ripper

[Rippera]

If George's fix idea works.. I did search the C; drive for anything with hoser listed last night and all it found was the application file I saved to the computer... Hopefully MTU will find a fix for it soon...

Ripper

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Rippera

If George's fix idea works.. I did search the C; drive for anything with hoser listed last night and all it found was the application file I saved to the computer... Hopefully MTU will find a fix for it soon...

Ripper

I would not be too sure the software (MTU) is the problem because it has been loaded by a couple of people who have reported here that it is working fine in Vista.

Default setup for search (at least in XP and I am pretty sure they didn't change that for Vista) is to not look in hidden or system folders. The program files area is considered as a system folder. You can change the settings in Explorer by going to Tools/Folder Options and set to be able to view everything. This is set up to keep the average user from messing with files they shouldn't.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Rippera

I hate to admit it but I have them all scattered around between my house, basement, truck, storage unit and so on... So finding them would have been a hassel... Back to my Sony desktop for now!

Ripper

For legal reasons KEEP THEM ALL in a safe place!

[admin]

Interesting point at MTU today... sales talked to 6 people about Vista.

It appears that ALL computer distributors were ready to cut over today. None of the biggies appear to have XP any more.

We'll start on Monday to prepare our Microsoft VisualStudio .NET to work with VISTA so we can compile for it. We're working hard on Microstudio 4.0. It now appears VISTA has stormed in and XP is REMOVED. Thus, we'll have to make Microstudio 4.0 work under Vista before releasing. I don't know if we can do that. If there is minimal work, we can. If major work required, we can't. Then we'll have to come out with a 4.001 for VISTA.

If there is a DirectX 10.0 that is very different, we may have to jump off a cliff now rather than later.
I'll add that to our schedule.

[Beavis]

i would always have a back up computer, even a desktop !


BTW: i hope you have a back up of all your kma's

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Beavis

i would always have a back up computer, even a desktop !


BTW: i hope you have a back up of all your kma's

And your player and CDs just in case.....

[admin]

Originally Posted by Rippera

I bought a laptop about a month ago and starting using it... Everything worked well... Then the speaker outputs stopped working... I took it back and Best Buy said they will replace it with a model that is similiar... Well They called and told me to come and pick it up.. Well I found out last night that it has Vista on it... I tried to load Hoster and Ots to no avail... Now I called BB this morning and they said it will be 199.95 for a version of XP to load on my notebook...

Ripper

I never wanted Vista...

LEGALLY... they did NOT replace what you took back under warranty. Get your money back and buy somewhere else that ships XP. I'm shocked that Best Buy has TOTALLY converted to VISTA. Heck, Microsoft just released it if I'm right.

This is NOT on our radar for development yet. We have a full plate. We DO NOT recommend anyone convert to VISTA. We will probably wait for at least SR1 to come out before we "waste" our time.

XP works fine. DON'T CHANGE TO VISTA!!!!!!