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JohanAlthoff wrote on 4/8/2003, 5:39 PM
You wouldn't happen to have a Logic XSkey plugged in, would you? Try removing it.

It's a known bug, and if I understood Peter correctly, something that is being adressed by SoFo in cooperation with Emagic. Knowing that Emagic's PC division went down the drain six months ago, it might take a while to get it worked out, though.
PipelineAudio wrote on 4/8/2003, 7:41 PM
according to peter, an error readout I had seemed to show a logic USB dongle.

Now I did have a logic dongle, but I removed it and I think it was serial or parallel port and not USB

is there any way to ditch this completely..I mean any mention of it in the regs or wherever?
JohanAlthoff wrote on 4/8/2003, 9:15 PM
OK, apparently what happens (any SoFo guy correct me here) is that Vegas goes looking for HID's (joysticks etc) and when it finds the XSKey it starts querying for HID info, the XSkey goes "say what?" and Vegas bonks out.

Now.

The fact that you removed the dongle WOULD have solved the problem if it had been an USB one, since they're kinda plug-and-play. If it's parallel port dongle it might explain why Vegas still crashes. I *think* you should be able to check out the registry (search for Emagic, perhaps) or clear the drivers for it by selecting "remove device", "show hidden devices" and see if there's some sort of XSKey driver you can kill.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 4/9/2003, 2:26 AM

May be a valid case for a visit to a.b.s.u ....

geoff
JohanAlthoff wrote on 4/9/2003, 7:24 AM
True dat. Let me know what you find!
Jacose wrote on 4/9/2003, 8:15 AM
what about going into the device manager and finding the USB key driver and uninstalling it?
pwppch wrote on 4/9/2003, 9:58 AM
Make sure you have the Close Audio and MIDI ports preference turned on in Vegas. This forces Vegas to close the ports when it looses app focus (and it isn't playing.)

What ever app you are using that also uses ASIO, then make sure it can do the same thing.

ASIO is really a one app driver model. Some drivers behave nicely, others will crash and burn your system (BSOD) if you attempt any kind of sharing.

Peter