Help - Common SonicStage Error?

[Puma]

Sup, people. It's been a few months since I last transfered music onto my MZ-N707 Net MD walkman using Sonic Stage 3.4, which worked fine back then by the way. Now I find there's a new version of Sonic Stage, so I install the 4.0 and it gives me this, and then says "Omgjbox" has "performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown". However I heard the American version doesn't work for other countries, so I tried a Canadian version and the 3.4 version found on this site.. and nothing !! .

I have Windows 98. Can someone tell me what is happening and how I can fix this and make it work.

PS: I also tried using RealPlayer, but that didn't work out either. Simply didn't "find" the device.

[A440]

Database? See if this helps.

http://forums.minidisc.org/downloads/details.php?file=8

[Puma]

Database? See if this helps.

http://forums.minidisc.org/downloads/details.php?file=8

Tried the re-registering functions on that, still the problem persists.

[raintheory]

I'm doing some research myself to find out what the problem/solution might be...

In the meantime, I like your avatar pic... reminds me of some of my abstract photography (for example, my avatar)

EDIT: You may have to reinstall/update MDAC in it's entirety... Let me see what I can find out though,.

Edited September 8, 2006 by raintheory

[Puma]

I'm doing some research myself to find out what the problem/solution might be...

In the meantime, I like your avatar pic... reminds me of some of my abstract photography (for example, my avatar)

EDIT: You may have to reinstall/update MDAC in it's entirety... Let me see what I can find out though,.

Thanks! Any help would be appreicated. I found a handful of topics on this using google, and as far as I know It's been given a cold shoulder. I don't think anyone found a solution yet.

[A440]

Have you tried uninstalling 4.0 completely and following the FAQ here to get all the remnants out?

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=8071

Then install 3.4 again with this:

http://forums.minidisc.org/downloads/details.php?file=21

And if you still get the same error, try the MDAC repair tool one more time.

No guarantee that it will work, but it's worth a try.

[Puma]

Have you tried uninstalling 4.0 completely and following the FAQ here to get all the remnants out?

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=8071

Then install 3.4 again with this:

http://forums.minidisc.org/downloads/details.php?file=21

And if you still get the same error, try the MDAC repair tool one more time.

No guarantee that it will work, but it's worth a try.

Just uninstalled it using the FAQ, installed 3.4 from here and re-used the MDAC repair tool, I still get the same error. However I tried the "Database problems with Sonicstage" solution" in the FAQ but ran into a couple dead-ends.

Section 2

* Click on the [start] button and select [Run...]. In the dialog box

type explorer and click on [Ok].

* Click on the [Tools] menu and select [Folder Options]. Click on the

[View] tab.

* In the [Advanced settings:] section select the option to [show

hidden files and folders]. Click on [Apply] [Ok].

* Go to the folder [C:\Windows\Inf].

* Right click on either [MDAC.INF] or [MSACINST.INF], whichever file

is present, and then click on [install]. <----- (I only found MDACINSTL.inf, after right clicking it there was no "[install]" button visible)

* If you are prompted for your Microsoft Windows CD, insert the <----- (I do not have my Windows CD)

Windows CD into your CD drive, click on the [browse] button and go to either the [C:\I386] or the [C:\Windows\I386] folder on your hard disk and click on [Open]. Click on the [Ok] button.

* If you are not prompted for your Windows CD, click on the [browse]

button and go to either the [C:\I386] or the [C:\Windows\I386] folder on your hard disk and click on [Open]. Click on the [Ok] button.

* Restart your computer.

[Richard]

You may want to re-install MDAC completely by downloading it from the MS site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

[Puma]

You may want to re-install MDAC completely by downloading it from the MS site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

That worked! Thank you. Simply installing that did it.