niftydog Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Hi gang,Let me first say thanks to all here for providing me with enough information to at least get to this point. This is truly a wealth of information for those attempting to deal with SonicStage. Thanks to all contributors! Huzzah! Here's my dilemma; My work PC is running XP service pack 1, with no hope of upgrading to SP2 I cannot use the latest (3.3) version of SonicStage. At least, that's what I have read here. (I have tried [following the clean install instructions in the FAQ] believe me, but the program simply crashes upon launch.)Details:XP Pro 2002 SP1Intel P4 1.6GHz512Mb RAMUSB 2 (I think, how do I check?)Mindisc model: MZ-NH900So, I am stuck with the version that came with my MZ-NH900, which is 2.1. This CD works fine on my vanilla 98SE PC at home (albeit a little sluggish!) It also installs without protest on my work PC, and it even launches properly and everything appears to be fine...until I plug the USB cable into my minidisc at which point it crashes.So, is this something people have encountered before?Any suggestions?Does anyone know the latest SonicStage version that doesn't require SP2? Where might I find it?Thanks in advanceSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Hiya, and welcome. Tell me why you can't use SP2, please. I want screenshots or in depth explanation of the error messages. If your PC cannot install a necessary and critical service pack, that is much more important than this business. We will correct that first and then fix Sonicstage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niftydog Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 If your PC cannot install a necessary and critical service pack, that is much more important than this business. We will correct that first and then fix Sonicstage.This is not my personal PC and I have no authority to install updates, hotfixes or service packs. The best I can do is get temporary admin access to install software - and even that is stretching the relationship! Sorry, I know that SP2 seems like it would be the silver bullet. This is why I thought that the best solution would be to roll back the version until I found one that worked - somewhere in between 2.1 and 3.3 might do the trick, but I'm loosing hope fairly quickly.Another problem discovered: I tried "recording a CD" (terminology doesn't make sence to me, but that's a whole other thread!) and I perpetually get "An error occured while preparing to record the CD. Please try again."Anyway, the details of the original error are here:Shortly after plugging in the MD I get "Omgjbox.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close..." etc.Clicking for more info I get:Error signatureAppName: omgjbox.exeAppVer: 2.8.0.6040ModName: unknownModVer: 0.0.0.0Offset: 7fffffffand clicking further I get:Exception InformationCode: 0xc0000005Flags: 0x00000000Record: 0x0000000000000000Address: 0x000000007fffffff...and the rest is a lot of typing! So I have saved the accompanying text file which might be useful. I have uploaded it to here.Thanks againSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 this was fixed in sp2. there was a windows hotfix for it too.a quick search bring it up here, although you'll need administrator accesshttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niftydog Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 this was fixed in sp2. there was a windows hotfix for it too.That doesn't help me (see original post), but thanks anyway. I have already read about the SP2 fixes on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 i did read it. that patch will fix it. get your temp. access & install the patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 That seems kind of odd that you can't get rights to install the service pack but you can get rights to install a non business software package on a business computer. That is one messed up IT department you have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) I'm running SonicStage 3.3 on Windows XP Pro with SP1 and without SP2. Not sure if I have the M$ hotfix noted above. But there have been no problems with it at all (knocking on wood). Edited January 17, 2006 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niftydog Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 That seems kind of odd that you can't get rights to install the service pack but you can get rights to install a non business software package on a business computer. That is one messed up IT department you have there. Aren't they all messed up!? It's not a vanilla installation at all (modified by Microsoft specifically for this network) - this is a large part of my problem. However, it's frustrating to discover that of all the non-sanctioned software I'm running, the only one that's causing me grief is SonicStage. I've managed to disable my PC on a couple of occasions in the past, so I'm trying to stick to the rules this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I am part of the IT department in my company . YOu would have been fired by now at my company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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