Re: Running Windows Xp Home & Windows XP Media Edition
- From: "Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:21:37 GMT
I think you have that backwards. The product you purchased doesn't support
MCE. It COULD run quite easily on MCE, if the vendor tested and certified
it. They have chosen not to. There really isn't anything that special
about MCE. It is the vendor of your audio product that is lacking here.
"martinrichmond" <martinrichmond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I also have this problem...I bought an M-Audio USB Fast Track Pro to record
our band's practice sessions...after a month or so of configuration
problems,
I find out from M-Audio that Windows XP MCE does NOT support third-party
sound devices...the only option is to load a non-MCE version of XP, or try
and disable the default sound device...problem with that is MCE only
supports
the 'built-in' sound card, so (I found out) if you disable the built-in
card
(Sigma Tel) you wind up with nothing...
it sucks...that's what I bought my dell inspiron for - to record our
band -
and dadgum windows won't let it...I wish I'd bought a mac...
"Mr. Brown" wrote:
I have this exact same problem!!!!! So glad I found this post, hope
someone
can really find an answer.
I too have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows Media edition installed on it.
It's
the Satellite A105-S4134. I am a music teacher and I am trying to use a
MIDI
keyboard with my laptop but I can't seem to get it to function with my
music
composition software (Sybellius).
Here's what I did: I inserted my USB cable into my keyboard which has a
USB
port on it and then inserted it into my laptop. I then powered on the
keyboard and Windows did it's typical "new device detected" deal. It then
automatically installs the driver and calls it a "USB Audio Device." I'm
not
sure if that's right because it is a MIDI device... Anyway, after that
the
software program I use tells me that it does not detect any MIDI devices.
I've looked over the softwares manuals, tutorial vidoes, everything, it
is
NOT the software program.
Here's what I'm thinking:
a.) My sound card doesn't support MIDI input (I called Toshiba about this
and they just did the typical, "lets see if your sound card is
working..."
< I don't know how to tell if it does or not.b.) Windows Media sucks and I need XP (easy fix because my workplace
offers
this to me for free, yay for me!)
c.) The wrong driver is installed. If this is the case, I have no idea
how
to change this and would appreciate some explanation on how to install
and
find the appropriate one. I already did the "update driver" option and
windows said this is the latest Driver.
Pleae help! And don't tell me it's a.) :/
"Roy Bernal" wrote:
Here is my dillema. I just purchased a Toshiba Laptop installed with
Windows
XP Media Edition. I plan on using it primarily for Music applications
and
for school. However, I tried installing my USB powered midi controller
& it
didn't work. I called the manufacturer & they currently don't support
media
edition and don't know when they wil get it fixed. However, it does
work in
XP Home/Pro. So I thought, ok I have to install Windowx XP home then.
So my
question is, do I need to purchase a windows XP home license? Isn't it
technically the same OS? Also, can I install both OS's on my laptop?
Will
there be stability problems? Finally, how do I go about installng it?
Will it
wipe out everything I have? Do I have to partition & how do I do that?
Help.
I have so many questions, I don't know where to start...Best Buy was no
help...The Dork Squad knows less about computers than I do...
.
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