Vegas Movie Studio Platinum won't start up in XP..

DaleVB11 wrote on 5/17/2015, 1:38 PM
A while back I ordered Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11.0 from Amazon.

My computer is a desktop, Hewlett Packard Pavilion m7667c, 2 GB of RAM, E6400 processor.

I have Windows XP, with Service Pack 3 installed.

I loaded it in my computer after doing a system restore, and the registration page was outdated, so I registered it manually. That worked.

When I tried to first open the program to use it, it creates file I/O manager, initializes video services, the little "load bar" at the bottom gets half way, then an error pops up, "program must shut down," and then it closes.

I tried closing a few processes, but same thing happens.

I opened it in Safe Mode, it took a long time to load up, but it DID finally start in Safe Mode, all the windows came up with the editing bays, etc.

I was able to load a few videos in, but it's REALLY slow in Safe Mode, obviously, and not that really usable.
(Edit: I tried to open it in Safe Mode again yesterday, now it didn't work, had the same error as in regular Windows.)

Is there something I can do to get it to start normally in regular Windows?

If I buy another 2 GB of RAM, would that help, or is it an unrelated conflict?

Is there a process/processes I can shut down to make it open?

Dale

Comments

MSmart wrote on 5/17/2015, 10:26 PM
A system restore? From a full system backup or from a Windows disc? You could be missing some key prerequisites.

But first, have you tried the Ctrl+Shift reset?
musicvid10 wrote on 5/18/2015, 7:16 AM
Did you install the .NET version that is in the Sony installer?
Important to do so. It is OK to have several .NET versions on your system.


BrooksAZ wrote on 5/18/2015, 9:28 AM
Dale, from using VMS Platinum 11 on my XP machine, I can tell you it works just fine normally. Yes a little slow at times, but the memory will make a difference for sure. As to it not starting, I am betting it is missing something as the othe posters have stated.