Hoster problem

[George]

Lloyd,

To answer yoiur question, under normal circumstances, reinstalling Hoster does not cause the loss of your KMA files, and reinstalling may or may not solve the problem.

That said, as many problems Vista has been causing I wouldn't want to take the responsibility of telling you to go ahead and reinstall unless you would take the precaution to get a USB hard drive and back those files up before doing anything.

You need that at the very least anyway in the event of a crash.

Ideally, you should have a back up pc with everything on it, or use something like Norton Ghost and have your entire hard drive cloned to an external drive, for immediate recovery.

Some may disagree with me, but that's my take on it as erratic as Vista has been performing.

[ddouglass]

I know we have seen all kinds of problems with Vista, but it usually is security where files can't be found or prevented from opening. I can't think of any that have caused the program to stop in mid-song.
When you say all relevent updates, does that mean you are using the Automatic update or going to Microsoft Update website and doing the Express update? Microsoft has so much integration within its system and programs that many times what may seem as irrelevant is actually necessary.

When it freezes in mid-song is it just video or video and audio or the whole program?

[George]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

I know we have seen all kinds of problems with Vista, but it usually is security where files can't be found or prevented from opening. I can't think of any that have caused the program to stop in mid-song.

Agree wholeheartedly, but when messing with someone else's property I'd rather err on the side of caution. He needs to be backed up anyway.

[Lloyd Te Kani]

Thanks for the advice guys but I make sure I back up Hoster on an external hard drive, I did this right from the start because this is what I do for a living and yes it is bith audio and video that fail. What happens is the program simply stops operating. All I see on the screen is the blank outline of the Hoster screen and the error message "Hoster has stopped" or something equally simple. I click on the OK button and the whole thing reverts back to the desk top.

My laptop has a fault diagnosis program which comes up with the inital diagnosis as specified.

I know, it's a curly one. I've submitted a query to MTU tech to see what they can tell me.

[mindonstrike]

What's the error message Windows gives at the time it happens, those tend to be a little more informational to the laymen. You might check your event viewer as well sometimes it will give a little more info and/or provide a link to Microsoft that can sometimes steer you in the right direction.

If I had to make a totally uneducated guess it would be that some component of windows or a dll is corupt.

Sam

[George]

Lloyd,

Try a new download. You may have a corrupted file causing the crashes.

[MTUSUPPORT]

The only thing that could cause this, is the Video drivers for the GFORCE 7300. You should try updating these, or maybe they have hidden issues or bugs in Windows Vista. I know that in our laptops we are currently using the GEFORCE 8400 To go. It workes fine, but this is also under Windows Vista.

This is where I would start since you have Vista.

[alec.c]

Originally Posted by George

Lloyd,

To answer yoiur question, under normal circumstances, reinstalling Hoster does not cause the loss of your KMA files, and reinstalling may or may not solve the problem.

That said, as many problems Vista has been causing I wouldn't want to take the responsibility of telling you to go ahead and reinstall unless you would take the precaution to get a USB hard drive and back those files up before doing anything.

You need that at the very least anyway in the event of a crash.

Ideally, you should have a back up pc with everything on it, or use something like Norton Ghost and have your entire hard drive cloned to an external drive, for immediate recovery.

Some may disagree with me, but that's my take on it as erratic as Vista has been performing.

I TOTALY AGREE, my kma files are on 2 external hard drives and every week i norton ghost my computer. totally wiped the computer, run ghost and back to normal within 20 mins.

[George]

Originally Posted by alec.c

every week i norton ghost my computer. totally wiped the computer, run ghost and back to normal within 20 mins.

I run Ghost and clone weekly also.

Those that go on indefinately without cloning the entire drive, just back up certain files, are in for a big surprise when their main drive goes funky, and after cloning from their backup drive to get running again find themselves having trouble running programs because they are misssing all the windows updates and have to do that all over again, not to mention missing any new favorites they added, new email addresses, new documents, virus definitions, programs,and on and on, all because they didn't bother to run a clone on a regular basis.

[alec.c]

i agree with george, it only takes about 30-50 mins once a week to backup your ENTIRE SYSTEM. If you find faults atfer that or you are not happy after installing a program, you can set everything back to normal without having to re install updates ect.

[bryant]

I must be doing something wrong then, I clone my 40 gigbyte HD (30 gig of info) and it takes all night.

[George]

Never bothered to clock it before, just knew it was fast, but got curious and just did it. I do it on Fridays anyway.

Have a 40 gb drive with 20gb used.

Cloned in 19 minutes including both beginning and ending re-boots, and overwriting windows.

Seems to be in line with what others are reporting.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by bryant

I must be doing something wrong then, I clone my 40 gigbyte HD (30 gig of info) and it takes all night.

Defrag it and it should speed up.

[Monolithent]

Just answering the question from above about what is a battery backup.

The good ones are essentially a really heavy power/spike/surge strip with a battery incorporated that allows a battery to supply electricity to usually certain plugs on the strip in the event of power failure long enough to shut down a computer or other critical system safely.

The added advantage of many of these is that they operate as a power conditioner as well by running power through the battery. The battery sends out a very stable amount of electricity and prevents fluctuations. The fluctuations may be what is causing the hum in the system.

Other possible options could be bad or insufficient sheilding on power and audio cables that are too close to each other or something is wired wrong causing a ground loop.

I recommend a power conditioner to anyone using a PA system for any purpose. Prevents problems and might even keep equipment from wearing out as soon. I wouldn't recommend running an amp or any heavy draw items through a battery backup. I have had experiences with the batteries failing due to excessive power draw.

By the way, I'm glad to hear you got running Lloyd. I replied to your email, by the way. Sorry it took so long.

Jon

Monolith Entertainment

[Beavis]

Originally Posted by bryant

I must be doing something wrong then, I clone my 40 gigbyte HD (30 gig of info) and it takes all night.

what software are you using b ?

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Beavis

what software are you using b ?

Acronis true image: Someone on here (can't remember) said they use it too.
Seems like they said it takes a while as well.

I'd like to shorten that time (all night) however?