Hi,
I was posting on the minimize and then crashes thread before this but I think my problem is actually different to the one the others on that post were experiencing.
Starting from a complete fresh install of WinXP and only the drivers for my hardware installed, I installed MC. It loaded and played fine.
So I put on some more software (just office, some adobe applications and some macromedia ones). Everything was still ok. Even after restarting the computer, everything was fine.
So I went to bed with my computer still on but when i came back to it, whenever I tried to load MC it stays open for a few secs, and plays something if i try, and then just dissapears.
I've recreated this many times. Uninstalling everything then reinstalling. Everything works ok, for a while. Leave the computer on for a few hours (doing nothing) and then when I come back, MC doesnt work again. I dont have any screensavers or power saving options on.
This problem also affects my other sound software (soundforge or audtion etc). It stops working at the same time. With that software the splash screen will load then the program dissapears.
I'm guessing its a conflict with something on my machine, but what? Software or drivers? I've tried numerous times to uninstall different drivers to fix the problem and all of the software that loads with windows but always get the same problem. I am working with a fresh install of windows now so my previous experiments wont have affected my basic windows setup.
I guess the problem is at my end because nobody else has it (it was working fine on my machine until i reinstalled windows too). I am using the same drivers and software that I was using before.
Any help appreciated.
On startup my Sony Vaio laptop loads:
drag and drop cd writing software
jog dail utility (for the scroll wheel built into the machine)
ati graphics card tray icon
msn instant messenger (but it is not setup to use)
media scheduler
Here is my system info:
Media Center 9.1.259 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 (Build 2600)
Intel Unknown 1193 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 329 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2730.1200 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.115 (xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright c 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)
Ripping / Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive E: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4080N Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:8 MaxSpeed:8 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None