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Factory installed OS required for software?
requirement: FACTORY installed OS (Win98se and up). Not upgraded (like from 98 to XP). Software will not work on homebuilt computers. This seems to be true. I could not get software to run (it installed ok) on my homebuilt AMD computer with WIN98SE complete install. I have an old PIII HP 8575C with WIN98SE factory installed. The Sony software works fine there. My question is, what is the difference between factory installed OS's (like when you buy a computer from HP or Compaq) and an OS you install yourself from a complete install disk you can buy when building your own computer????? Perhaps there is something I could do to my homebuilt to make it compatible with Sony's software??? Fred You might check the system properties
of the 2 98SEs and see if one is OEM and the other not. Right click mycomputer select properties and compare. Show quoteHide quote "Fred" <frederick_balm***@excite.com> wrote in message news:smtRd.2297$u87.938@bignews6.bellsouth.net... > Sony has Minidisc/Atrac software, Sonicstage, that states the > following > requirement: > > FACTORY installed OS (Win98se and up). Not upgraded (like from 98 to > XP). > Software will not work on homebuilt computers. > > This seems to be true. I could not get software to run (it installed > ok) on > my homebuilt AMD computer with WIN98SE complete install. > > I have an old PIII HP 8575C with WIN98SE factory installed. The Sony > software works fine there. > > My question is, what is the difference between factory installed OS's > (like > when you buy a computer from HP or Compaq) and an OS you install > yourself > from a complete install disk you can buy when building your own > computer????? > > Perhaps there is something I could do to my homebuilt to make it > compatible > with Sony's software??? > > Fred > > Yes, the HP is OEM, the homebuilt is not.
Difference? Show quoteHide quote "Pen" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:H8mdnQhlZOyL9IvfRVn-iQ@adelphia.com... > You might check the system properties > of the 2 98SEs and see if one is OEM and the other not. > Right click mycomputer select properties and compare. > > "Fred" <frederick_balm***@excite.com> wrote in message > news:smtRd.2297$u87.938@bignews6.bellsouth.net... > > Sony has Minidisc/Atrac software, Sonicstage, that states the > > following > > requirement: > > > > FACTORY installed OS (Win98se and up). Not upgraded (like from 98 to > > XP). > > Software will not work on homebuilt computers. > > > > This seems to be true. I could not get software to run (it installed > > ok) on > > my homebuilt AMD computer with WIN98SE complete install. > > > > I have an old PIII HP 8575C with WIN98SE factory installed. The Sony > > software works fine there. > > > > My question is, what is the difference between factory installed OS's > > (like > > when you buy a computer from HP or Compaq) and an OS you install > > yourself > > from a complete install disk you can buy when building your own > > computer????? > > > > Perhaps there is something I could do to my homebuilt to make it > > compatible > > with Sony's software??? > > > > Fred > > > > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:49:30 -0500, "Fred"
<frederick_balm***@excite.com> wrote: >Sony has Minidisc/Atrac software, Sonicstage, that states the following Is this an OEM licensed edition of the software? Perhaps>requirement: > >FACTORY installed OS (Win98se and up). Not upgraded (like from 98 to XP). >Software will not work on homebuilt computers. it's a validation check. > What, exactly, does "not get software to run" mean? Be>This seems to be true. I could not get software to run (it installed ok) on >my homebuilt AMD computer with WIN98SE complete install. verbose. > Nothing that should keep software from running.>I have an old PIII HP 8575C with WIN98SE factory installed. The Sony >software works fine there. > >My question is, what is the difference between factory installed OS's (like >when you buy a computer from HP or Compaq) and an OS you install yourself >from a complete install disk you can buy when building your own >computer????? > There certainly is "something" that could be done, but>Perhaps there is something I could do to my homebuilt to make it compatible >with Sony's software??? determing what, and your abilities, might be two obstacles. Since you have it running on one box, given another box with same os, one thing you could try is to copy the installation folder over to the other box, export the registry entries and merge 'em from working to non-working box. There might be some files scattered about in the windows folder too, you'd just have to look around and try it. I had two problems with the homebuilt.....
The software installed ok. 1) The software would not work correctly with the CD drives. It would run forever, then sometimes get the number of tracks displayed, but when it did the CDDB lookup it froze. 2) Whenever I plugged the MD unit to a USB port the programs would freeze. I don't think this is a software problem, though it could be. I have a lot of USB stuff hanging off the usb chain. The MD uses USB power when running and connected. I think I don't have the USB power, and I think I can correct that. I don't want to overwrite a working computer with system files from another computer, so that's out. Show quoteHide quote "kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:8ucd11h1j9k17tubm4e8ui1lgk9ajd3utv@4ax.com... > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:49:30 -0500, "Fred" > <frederick_balm***@excite.com> wrote: > > >Sony has Minidisc/Atrac software, Sonicstage, that states the following > >requirement: > > > >FACTORY installed OS (Win98se and up). Not upgraded (like from 98 to XP). > >Software will not work on homebuilt computers. > > Is this an OEM licensed edition of the software? Perhaps > it's a validation check. > > > > >This seems to be true. I could not get software to run (it installed ok) on > >my homebuilt AMD computer with WIN98SE complete install. > > What, exactly, does "not get software to run" mean? Be > verbose. > > > > >I have an old PIII HP 8575C with WIN98SE factory installed. The Sony > >software works fine there. > > > >My question is, what is the difference between factory installed OS's (like > >when you buy a computer from HP or Compaq) and an OS you install yourself > >from a complete install disk you can buy when building your own > >computer????? > > Nothing that should keep software from running. > > > > >Perhaps there is something I could do to my homebuilt to make it compatible > >with Sony's software??? > > There certainly is "something" that could be done, but > determing what, and your abilities, might be two obstacles. > > Since you have it running on one box, given another box with > same os, one thing you could try is to copy the installation > folder over to the other box, export the registry entries > and merge 'em from working to non-working box. There might > be some files scattered about in the windows folder too, > you'd just have to look around and try it. 
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