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takaris7
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29. July 2004 @ 12:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I tried a search and couldnt find a area to post so ill try new...please point me in the right direction if this has been talked about before.

I have had shrink 3.2 installed for a bit and was working perfectly for awile...until last night.

Suddenly and recently when i try to use the program it crashes. Im no computer expert but it looks like it is trying to change the resolution. (basically i activate the program and it blanks the screen for some reason.The only way i can get back in is a reset.) No other program i tested causes the same problem.

I have reinstalled it, used 3.1.2 version and system backed up a day and the problem persists.

Is this a common problem or is there another program conflicting with it? I have shrink 3.2 on another computer and it is having no problems at all.

I can get Shrink on screen after a reset... (or hibernate reset on microsoft media edition)..and it works fine if i dont move the program window..(If i do so then the screen goes blank just like when i start the program up.).


i reinstalled directx 9.0b as suggested in other areas of the board.....Still blanks out the screen and it now adds a new problem...

(when i hibernate under Microsoft media edition and bring the system back the shrink program seems to operate....now when i press..."open disk" i get a new error....)

It tells me that Shrink is not accessing ASPI layer. So i go on Adeptec site and scan my ASPI files in windows and it says i have up to date files.

I reinstall Shrink thinking it didnt grab on to my new Directx 9.0b install but it still acts up. ARGH! (How am i going to backup Dvd's now?)

The only think i can think of doing that might of effected it was the install of gigbyte binary newsreader (which i uninstalled.) It added a number of .Dll files that could of caused conflict.

But its still confusing as i did a system restore back an entire week before i installed GB newsreader and to a point when i knew Shrink was working....and it STILL DOES not WORK.

I know im probably not explaining this right but im giving it a shot. Hopefully someone will understand.
colw
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30. July 2004 @ 03:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Think you have a very sick system.

I would initially check for spyware and viruses with appropriate programs (adaware/norton/avg etc.)

Next I would suggest a h/d defrag.

Ensure your Windows Updates are up to date.

Delete and reinstall your ASPI layers.

Thats for starters - c how we go with this.
takaris7
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30. July 2004 @ 05:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Will do a windows update (though they sometimes cause more problems then they fix.) and do a hard drive defrag. (May take awile as i have 3HD's at 230gig,80gig and 80gig) but...not so sure how i would delete the ASPI files...never done that before.

Though i did go on the Adeptec site and updated using their files and used their ASPI check software. The software says the ASPI is operational and up to date.

Checked using an up to date norton antivirus and found nothing there. The thing is...DVD Shrink is the ONLY program failing on my system. Would a virus target only that program?

I backed up my Nvidia driver to a previous one and that stopped DVD Shrink from blanking out my screen but it still gives me the ASPI error message....

"Dvd shrink encountered a problem and connot continue. Failed to Initialize ASPI device."
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Car.Mike
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30. July 2004 @ 05:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
takaris7,
This will not hurt your system and just might help. Un-install DVD Shrink. Then D/L a trial version of a registry cleaner. Some of them come w/ 15 day trials ( do Google Search for Registry Cleaner). Should be plenty of time for you to finish the registry if there are problems. After it gives you a clean registry then re-boot and re-install Shrink and see if that helps.
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