have to re-boot a lot

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I absoltuly love Audacity and I use it all the time, but it's recenlty become very unstable. It works fine after a fresh boot-up, but if I go off and do other stuff my files no longer play (play bar just stays where positioned and flashes. thx much for any suggestions.

Alex


Other info:

xp sp2
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Default playback device number: 3
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Device ID: 0
Device name: MME: Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0.200000
Low Output Latency: 0.200000
High Input Latency: 0.400000
High Output Latency: 0.400000
Supported Rates:
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Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0.200000
Low Output Latency: 0.200000
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High Output Latency: 0.400000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 2
Device name: MME: Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output
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Device name: MME: SB Live! Wave Device
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Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.200000
Low Output Latency: 0.200000
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Device ID: 4
Device name: Windows DirectSound: Primary Sound Capture Driver
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.000000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.000000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 5
Device name: Windows DirectSound: SB Live! Wave Device
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.000000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.000000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 6
Device name: Windows DirectSound: Primary Sound Driver
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.000000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.000000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 7
Device name: Windows DirectSound: SB Live! Wave Device
Input channels: 0
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Supported Rates:
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Available mixers:
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3 - CD Audio
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6 - Auxiliary
7 - TAD-In
8 - Wave
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Available playback volumes:
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2 - MIDI
3 - CD Audio
4 - Line-In
5 - Microphone
6 - PC Speaker
7 - Auxiliary
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Capture volume is native
Capture volume is native

[kozikowski]

I'm a lot less interested in the software drivers than I am in how it went the last time you defragmented and error checked your hard drive. How big is it and how full is it? Is it the only hard drive on the system and how are the others connected?

Koz

[steve]

There may be something hijacking the sound system when you "go off and do other stuff". For example, programs like skype can mess up your sound system settings, or even a flash plug-in in your web browser.

It may also be worth trying the DirectSound drivers.