VSTs hurting my computer

My computer has been crashing and seizing up a lot for ages. I finally got it fixed with a decent virus checker, but this wiped out my entire VST folder

It was working like a dream for a couple of weeks, and then I reinstalled my VSTs and it has started going really slow and taking ages to start again

is thre anything i can do about this because i love my VSTs, but there is no point in having them if my computer won't start up....

odd. are you on windows?

  kid hideous said:

My computer has been crashing and seizing up a lot for ages. I finally got it fixed with a decent virus checker, but this wiped out my entire VST folder

 

It was working like a dream for a couple of weeks, and then I reinstalled my VSTs and it has started going really slow and taking ages to start again

 

is thre anything i can do about this because i love my VSTs, but there is no point in having them if my computer won't start up....

I feel for your bro .... that sounds like a real cunt of a situation. Maybe do a fresh install of Windows and reformat of the c drive.

it's windows XP

and i already formatted my computer about 10 times trying to fix it, but there were some viruses which survived that, it's blatantly the programs themselves causing the problem

the best solution i have thought of is to get ahold of a cheap computer so i can watch movies, post on internet etc while i'm waiting for my music computer to start up

but i am hoping that some computery type person is going to tell me some program or setting which means i don't have to do that.....

do you think an external soundcard would help?

your topic title gave me visions of a bunch of VSTs in an alley with a lead pipe as your computer walks home

anyways sounds like one of your pirated plugin has got some virii goin down. them's the breaks

Damn that sounds like a nightmare, I don't want to make you paranoid, but maybe it's possible that one of the VST installations is a virus?? Can you think of any VSTs that you installed when this all started happening? There are definitely a lot of DLL viruses, so one of those VSTs could definitely be hiding something malicious...

Either way I hope that's not the case, though it'd be hard to really say anything about it without actually seeing the computer first hand, you should ask someone who knows Windows very well to check for you.

Also, have you ever cleaned the inside of your computer before? It's possible that your CPU heatsync/fan is filled with dust, which would cause it to overheat and hang. One of my friend's computer's would hang every time he tried rendering movie files, and after a good cleaning of all the heatsyncs/fans with compressed air the problem went away (don't just blow it out, the moisture in your breath could ruin circuits)

Good luck!!!

oh, if i'm wrong about that, install the plugins one at a time and see which one hoses it. then don't install that one next format

they are all freeware and demos so i thought i would be ok.

and it isn't a problem with the fan or anything like that because it was working good as new until i put the plugins back on.....

i thnk i'll have to follow tamas advice and check them all out...

the ones that i put on are

sumo

db glitch

camelphat(demo)

camelspace(demo)

dsk drumz

echolive

wowandflutter

native instruments massive

and tone2 gladiator

these all came from official sites rather than pirate places.....

So it's a new install of Windows? How many tasks do you have running in the task manager? Ahhh I wish I remembered the name of the program, but there is this program that automatically makes a text file of all running tasks so you could post it on a forum...

And if something you installed has a task that runs in the background, if it uses 100% of the processing power, it could potentially hang your computer if there is bad air circulation...

there are 35 processes running

the mem usage thing says it's under 5%

and the guy who fixed it did it without formatting

ihate computers

Check the System Idle process in the task manager list, should be around 99% if you're doing nothing.

well today my fucking computer did not even fucking start up so i am using a fucking appalling fucking desktop shitty fucking computer

fucking 1000 pounds

cunts

absolutely gutted

absolute shite fucking computer. i am very tempted to smashh it to bits

DONT BUY HP!@!!

Sounds like you're in way over your head, bro. You might wanna just get a Mac Mini and use Garageband if you can't get this shit sorted out. JK!!! 8-)

you know

all i fucking went to work for for the last 5 years was basically to be able to sit and come home after work and make music on my computer

and ok, my music is not amazing, but it's basically all iwant to do

but im saty on a fucking apaling desktop which is good for fuck all and my fucking shitty computerwon;t even start cos i tried to run a couple of fucking programs through it

FUCKING MINT!!!!

ok i go back to drink and masturbating

If you have a job, why don't you just finance a new computer?

i don't have a job at the moment

i'm gonna get a new computer as soon as i get something sorted

and i think even tho it's a senseless waste, once i do that i am going to smash the fuck out of my current computer/paperweight

  children r r future said:

Sounds like you're in way over your head, bro. You might wanna just get a Mac Mini and use Garageband if you can't get this shit sorted out. JK!!! 8-)

thats cold dude

if you don't know what you're doing, stop using warezed ware.

it's the music making equivalent of having sex with a dirty thai prostitute whilst reading a leaflet about safe sex.

edit: it's more likely to be your install policies than your computer.