Vegas Pro 18 loses activation if electricity runs out during its start

vagnersouza wrote on 9/21/2020, 12:20 PM

This week I was starting the VP18 and while charging, the electricity ran out.

When the electricity came back on, I went to turn on the Vegas Pro again, but it gave an error message. I don't remember if it was Error -53 or -59. I uninstalled and reinstalled Vegas Pro 18. But he kept asking me to enter the activation key at each startup. I couldn't even use two Vegas at the same time.

I uninstalled everything, cleaned the Windows registry (regedit.exe) with everything that was called "Magix" and "Vegas Pro". I did a thorough examination of the Windows registry with CCleaner, turned off the PC and turned on again, installed Vegs Pro 18 and performed the activation.

Now everything is working perfectly!

People say that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. They are mistaken. This problem had already happened to me many years ago, back when Vegas Pro was still owned by Sony.

I would really like the Magix people to correct this flaw, this bug, to prevent this from happening again, neither with me nor with anyone else!

So, fellow editors, has this happened to you too?

Comments

john_dennis wrote on 9/21/2020, 1:10 PM

Here's a better solution since you seem to have a power reliability problem in your area:

APC Smart UPS

You should also develop a discipline of saving a system image using your favorite tool. Here's my favorite:

AOMEI Backupper STD (Free)

[Techno-Philosophical Personal Commentary]

For the life of me I can't understand why non-developers spend so much time debugging environmental failures when they could restore a working system in a few minutes. It seems like such a dead-weight loss to society to have creatives involved in such activities.

[Techno-Philosophical Personal Commentary]

john_dennis wrote on 9/21/2020, 1:23 PM

"So, fellow editors, has this happened to you too?"

Yes, something similar happened to me in April, 2000 in a hotel in Englewood, Colorado. I was using a modem to connect to the Internet in the bad old days before high speed connections. A lightening strike in the area destroyed my modem. I went to MicroCenter the next day and was up in less than 12 hours. Unfortunately, the hotel didn't get their telephone switch repaired for three days. That's the one and only thing I like about Wi-Fi. No electrical connection.

Musicvid wrote on 9/21/2020, 1:28 PM

It happens when a surge on the neutral line causes an actual crash. Run full diagnostics on your hard disk drive, and sequester bad sectors before going further. It's not a Vegas issue, it's a hardware volatility issue.