Problem w/Hoster changing drive drivers

[whits_end]

Oh well, wanted to try attaching a screenshot. Anyway, it's the registry listed in your tip. Deleted both upper and lowerfilters and restarted, cd drive still not working in Hoster (tried reinstalling Hoster numerous times).

[whits_end]

well, i guess the subject line says it! Checked again and no filters were replaced when I updated Hoster. Nor when I deleted it entirely and reinstalled it.

[Steve Bauer]

There are some other things I did afterwards as Hoster would not work on my laptop but would on my office computer. First of all someone recommended that I check to make sure since I had XP that I had Service Pack 3 which is latest upgrade. I did not so I installed it. Then Hoster would lock up every other click and madjim recommended that I check for new video drivers. I did, downloaded an upgrade and walaaaah everything worked fine. I just searched google for Compaq drivers, selected and downloaded graphics drivers.

I can't tell from the graphic on your last post about the number but I'm sure you looked pretty good at it!

Hang in there, there is something probably really small that is not right. Don't give up on Hoster because once you get it going, you'll love it.

S

[Steve Bauer]

I assume from the tools menu in Hoster that you selected the CD and saved it. I know you probably did but just in case.......

[ddouglass]

Whit when was the last time you updated the computer from Microsoft Updates web site? As Steve said SP3 really is a must for both security and updates of operating system utilities.
Also, I would check and see if there is updated firmware and drivers out there for that CD drive. MTU makes sure those laptops are up-to-date when you buy them but you have to keep them updated. Search the internet for Optiarc (and try under NEC also) to find the drivers and firmware.

[whits_end]

Yes, in the tools menu, i'm not able to save a drive, because no drive will show up..even when typing the drive in manually and attempting to save or by hitting the "show/hide" button.

I'll do the sp3 update..not sure which sp its running, but the computer gets auto update popups and has been updated each time.

Tech updated the ticket and called me back today, but i was out. They are working to help us out, so that's good. I'll post any updates here. Thanks again for your help.

[Steve Bauer]

Whit, to see what SP you have, go to START, MY COMPUTER, and view System Information.......Under the General Tab/System, it will say which SP you have. I had the auto updates on also but only had SP2.

Good Luck

[ddouglass]

SP3 will eventually pop up as an auto update. It did on mine but I had already set up to do it.
Auto Updates is not everything that you need. Microsoft only sends automatically updates that they deem as critical security updates. With those you get no hardware updates (drivers), no updates for Office if you have it, no .Net Framework updates, no WMP updates, no IE updates, etc. That is why you need to do the Custom Updates from their web site to keep you system running correctly.

[whits_end]

I'll check today and install sp3 (and let you know what's what). It's my neighbor/friend that actually owns the computer and runs the karoke show...I'm just his "friend that knows a little bit about computers", so I'm trying to help him out.

He took the computer back home yesterday to try and get ready for tonight's show. All of his old cdg programs (about 250 discs) will run from Hoster, and he bought a dual disc, rack-mount player to handle all of his new discs that Hoster won't (yet) let him load.

It would be great if sp3 was the issue. In other words, the Hoster 3.321 update went on and conflicted with sp2, causing the problem. Maybe I can run down there before he goes to set up for tonight's show and check the service pack version.

To be continued!...

Eric (Whit's proxy)