[ddots-l] Re: Sonar cannot be used with out computer restarting itself

Good point, DJX!! Mybad, that's what i did with the update situation.
I have it notify me first, then I select what I want.

On 5/4/12, D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well you don't have to and definitely shouldn't completely turn windows
> update off, because a windows computer without updates that is connected to
> the internet is like building a house in front of a river that is known to
> flood  a few times a year lol!
> What you should do is have windows notify you of new updates, but not
> auomatically download or install them. When windows notifies you of new
> updates, you'll check, and install the security ones, and check everything
> else to see what it does. If there are any driver updates, uncheck those,
> install your security stuff, and then do a second pass (after a restart)
> and
> then install your driver updates; this way you can undo those if they cause
> an issue, without getting rid of the security updates. Whatever you do
> though, *don't* disable windows update if you're connected to the internet!
> However, this doesn't eliminate the malware prolem, and having antivirus
> and
> all that is not 100% fail-proof either.
>
> Here are a few things to try with sonar before going further:
> 1. Start sonar through the start menu, (don't do a safe mode
> start-shift+enter, just a regular start). If a blank project opens, good,
> if
> not (depends on your settings), press ctrl+n to open one. What happens
> then,
> does windows crash? Wait a while, does the project just sit there?
> 2. Assuming the first step passed, now go ahead and load a soft synth like
> tts-1, keep it basic. Once loaded, find a patch, and start playing. What
> happens now? If  you're still alive, keep playing for a few minutes. If
> you're still good, try recording a line with the synth, then play it back a
> few times. Wha happens?
> 3. Now, add a different synth, another. First play it live for a bit, then
> play back the previous recorded line and play along with it. If you're
> still
> good, record something on the new synth... Play that back a few times. No
> crashes?
>
> If all this worked out, close the project with ctrl+f4, and open one of
> your
> problematic projects by using sonar's open dialog (ctrl+o). Play it back,
> what happens? If it crashes, the question is do you have actual audio on
> the
> project, not audio being played by soft synths controlled by midi, but
> actual recorded audio like vocals, a guitar etc.
>
> If this crashed way back in the process, write me and let me know where;
> see
> what we can figure out.
>
> System restore will help you if the problem started a bit ago and is
> related
> to a file corrupted or update etc. Many times malware will still be present
> after system restore, if it doesn't get disabled by the malware.
>
> Regards, D!J!X!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dominique
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 9:06 AM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: D!J!X!
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Sonar cannot be used with out computer restarting
> itself
>
> So, should I have turnd off Windows Update, then?
> On 5/3/2012 10:27 PM, D!J!X! wrote:
>> Hi, it's probably a BSOD, blue screen of deaf, it could be a driver
>> issue, or an application error. Since you stated that you are
>> connected to the web, it could be malware that has infected your comp,
>> (even if you don't download, sites you visit that are infected could
>> infect you). It could have alos been an update (if installed), that
>> could have updated drivers or such, and now causing sonar issues.
>>
>> HTH, D!J!X!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dominique
>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:45 PM
>> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ddots-l] Sonar cannot be used with out computer restarting
>> itself
>>
>> Hi...
>> I'm having a strange problem with Sonar.
>> When i try opening Sonar and opening a project, after a few seconds,
>> most of the time, Sonar will either freeze, or my laptop will studder,
>> then restart itself. I do not know what is going on here.
>> Has anybody had that problem and what did you do to fix it?
>> Any ideas as to wy and how can I stop this?
>>
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