Hi there, You may find running Sibelius as Administrator helps as per the following. Note that while it does refer to Sibelius 4, it seem logical that it may also apply to 5. It certainly won't do any harm to try. http://tinyurl.com/7kuahyf or http://www.sibelius.com/helpcenter/article.php?id=525&languageid=1&sea rchid=4201007 George. -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar on Laptop Sent: 12 January 2012 03:09 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Using Sib 5.2.5 on Windows 7 A new install. Dave Carlson Sent from my Dell Latitude E6520 using Windows 7, San Francisco Bay Area ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rugman" <daniel.rugman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 15:16 Subject: [sib-access] Re: Using Sib 5.2.5 on Windows 7 Dave, I've only seen this when trying to run version 5 on Windows 7. Is this a new installation or a previously functional configuration? Dan -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar on Laptop Sent: 11 January 2012 21:50 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Using Sib 5.2.5 on Windows 7 Anyone had trouble doing this? If so, how did it resolve? I get stuck with a message "Initializing Playback Configuration" and that's it. Dave Carlson Sent from my Dell Latitude E6520 using Windows 7, San Francisco Bay Area If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx