Can’t get Vegas to work any more

[Kelly Griffin]

Hey Jim, as soon as I saw “Norton”, I thought I’d reply. A couple years back I had some big troubles on another system, and my user group unanimously yelled, “Get rid of Norton”, which fixed my problem.

Three things:

(1) I’m not sure that’s your problem, but it might have something to do with it,

(2) My local computer geek told me that anymore, Microsoft Security Essentials, which is free, works as well as any third-party anti-virus tool,

and

(3) If I were you I wouldn’t put myself in a position to even be able to get an infected computer. I have a “workstation only” system that’s not connected to the net, and is only occasionally connected if I need a driver or something. Anything and everything I do on the internet is done on a separate laptop.

–Kelly

[Russ Froze]

Yup, no cloud on my workstation and that’s what my clients want and like… no internet connection. And certainly I suspect Noton.
Russ Froze

[Dave Osbun]

If I knew for certainty that my system had a virus, I would not trust any software to safely remove it. No program is 100%. I’d reformat the system drive and reinstall the OS.

Dave

[Mark Barton]

It could be a lot of things. Try disconnecting any USB devices plugged in except for the mouse and keyboard and see if you still have a problem. Many times it is failing hardware rather than a virus, unless you have a specific reason to believe it was a virus. Did you try a restore point, in case it was a driver update that is causing the problem?

[Jim Murphy]

I like the workstation only idea, and will pursue it ASAP. Thanks, Jim

Vegas Pro 12 DVDA 6 Excalibur 6

Dell 3.4 GHz Intel® 3rd Generation Core™ i7
12GB RAM

[Jim Murphy]

Before posting I was assuming I would have to start from scratch, as you suggest. I was hoping there was a simpler fix. Probably will wait a day or so to see if anyone comes up with that. Then proceed as you suggest. Thanks, Jim

Vegas Pro 12 DVDA 6 Excalibur 6

Dell 3.4 GHz Intel® 3rd Generation Core™ i7
12GB RAM

[Jim Murphy]

Tried removing the usb devices. Still the same problem.

I already tried two of the few restore points that were available, with the same results. Thanks for posting, Jim

Vegas Pro 12 DVDA 6 Excalibur 6

Dell 3.4 GHz Intel® 3rd Generation Core™ i7
12GB RAM

[Nigel O’neill]

[Jim Murphy] ” I was hoping there was a simpler fix”

Jim, after removing Vegas, have you tried creating another user account on your PC and seeing if Vegas installs then under those credentials?

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Jim Murphy]

Vegas is working again. I formatted the drive and added the OS and reloaded Vegas 12. Thanks to everyone who posted. Jim

Vegas Pro 12 DVDA 6 Excalibur 6

Dell 3.4 GHz Intel® 3rd Generation Core™ i7
12GB RAM