Posted by T.B. on 02/01/08 00:17

"Richard Crowley" wrote:

> "T.B." wrote ...
>>I recently bought Sony Vegas Studio 8 specifically because it's advertised
>>as being Windows Vista compatible, plus I have an older version of Vegas
>>and for the most part, really liked the software and had few if any
>>problems with it.
>>
>> However, once I installed the software, it fails to initiallize, and
>> crashes as it's loading the "audio engine."
> ....
>> By reading many other threads on several a/v forums, I can see that my
>> problem of Vegas 8 crashing during application start-up under Windows
>> Vista is far from an isolated case.
> ....
>> I specifically bought this new version of Vegas because it said on the
>> box it was Vista compatible. Obviously, it's not judging by the number of
>> customers with the same problem.
>>
>> Does anyone have a solution for this issue yet?
>
> We have already conducted several "intervetions" and saved
> friends who had become "Vista Victims". Dunno if Vista will
> ever be production-worthy at this rate.

Tell me about it. I'm a graphic artist and buying a new pc with Vista
pre-installed has wound up costing me a lot of extra money and aggravation
dealing with upgrading costly programs like QuarkXPress that will run on and
supposedly be supported by the new OS.

T.B.

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