Win ME users?

[toyL]

anyone running WinME encounter system trouble that may be related to Cubase?....I did just install r4, but, this damn thing locked up again--not while running CuBase though.....just wondering....thanks.

 

[BBB]

One known conflict between Win ME and Cubase is the "restore function" in Win ME. The fucntion should be reduced or disabled on Win ME.

To reduce it:
(My Computer > Control Panel > System > Performance > File System)

To disable it:
(File System > Trobleshooting > disable System Recovery)


What is r4?

Otherwise, I am contemplating a new system with Win ME and Cubase 3.6 VST. Have you encountered any other problems (like the Win 2000 people do)?


Matt

 

[tcmusic]

Well welcome to the club. I installed ME on two completely different machines and have trouble with both. On the machine with Cubase it crashes constantly w/ver 5 R1 of Cubase. The strange thing is after about three crashes it runs great till shutdown.
I'll up greade to R5.05 this weekend. Hopefully it will help.
Here are some general things:

Turn off Restore and PC Health
Turn off Scheduled Task
Don't run screen savers or HD sleep modes

What error messages do you get?
Does it lock up?


Terry

 

[tcmusic]

I finally got tired of the crashing abd went back to WIN98SE and
have had two whole days of music heaven without crashing....
With ME I couldn't go two hours without crashing...tomorrow it's coming off my office computer also...it crashes also.


Terry

 

[toyL]

thanks tcmusic and BBB....as you have probably already firgured out, r4 was one of the VST "revisions"--this number is usually found after the second decimal point in the "version" description of software....CuBase always advises to check with their site regularly to download the latest updates and fixes...they even have a cd burner update--if your burner is on the list....yes BBB, I have noticed problems with the restore function--it did fail to work on one occasion....I wish that were the sum of it....right now, using r5 I am getting "a serious problem has occurred" messages whenever I try to open or close a .arr file....nothing drastic occurs as a result, but, it won't open .arr files....the .all files work fine and always "open" to the last "arrangement" (eq, effects, tracks) I was working with....for a couple of days I thought my problems had gone away--as a result of uninstalling WAVELAB--but then I had another lock-up while on the net and the "serious problem has occurred" messages continued upon exiting or opening a .arr file (these messages make no mention of exactly what the the problem is)....I have not ruled out the possibility that ME is the cause of the lock-ups while net-surfing....actually, CuBase has only locked-up (unresponsive) the computer a few times--first, when I tried to get Free-Filter to perform the Learn function, and then a couple of times upon exiting what I presume VST recognized as an "arrangement".... after reading your replies, it is apparent that ME has some problems of it's own--I encountered a crash while on the net when Cubase wasn't even on my computer....thanks BBB for the details, and I'll try reducing the Restore function right away, but, I'm afraid that I'm not quite ready to disable it--I need the safety net....I'll keep you guys posted and please do the same....later, dean.

 

[LongWaveStudio]

DONT USE WIN ME!!!!

awful for audio! i installed win me on 12 computers here at Long Wave and EVERY FUCKING COMPUTER have trouble. ive gone back to 98, more support, much more stable. there's loads of bugs in ME.