Media centre interfering with Reason 3.0?

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Firstly I should start by giving you the specs of my laptop in case that is
blamed as the problem. Its a HP pavilion Entertainment PC; Intel Core Duo 2
1.66 Ghz processors, dedicated GEFORCE GO 7400 graphics card with 2 Gigs of
RAM running on Windows XP Media Centre edition service pack 2.
When I run Reason, the CPU usage bar is barely even registering the program,
in other words my lap top is far more powerful than is required to run this
program. I am having no latency issues, as the lap top can run it at full
capacity or at the least capacity. What the problem is however, is that every
now and then whilst the programing is playing it skips forward. it does so in
such a manner that the tempo of the piece is lost, making thr program usless
for any live performances.This skipping is occuring completely randomly, and
not a feature of the computer struggling to run the program. in fact my
laptop never struggles to run the program at all, it is just skipping. It
does so in such a random manner that it is like a background program is
interfering for a second in the running of reason. What I need to know is how
to stop this, does it require an update, is it a windows program clash with
reason, is it perhaps the internal clock of the laptop, etc.
This is very important and I do not seem to be able to find an answer to the
problem anywhere. Thank you for your time...
 
Peter said:
Firstly I should start by giving you the specs of my laptop in case that
is
blamed as the problem. Its a HP pavilion Entertainment PC; Intel Core Duo
2
1.66 Ghz processors, dedicated GEFORCE GO 7400 graphics card with 2 Gigs
of
RAM running on Windows XP Media Centre edition service pack 2.
When I run Reason, the CPU usage bar is barely even registering the
program,
in other words my lap top is far more powerful than is required to run
this
program. I am having no latency issues, as the lap top can run it at full
capacity or at the least capacity. What the problem is however, is that
every
now and then whilst the programing is playing it skips forward. it does so
in
such a manner that the tempo of the piece is lost, making thr program
usless
for any live performances.This skipping is occuring completely randomly,
and
not a feature of the computer struggling to run the program. in fact my
laptop never struggles to run the program at all, it is just skipping. It
does so in such a random manner that it is like a background program is
interfering for a second in the running of reason. What I need to know is
how
to stop this, does it require an update, is it a windows program clash
with
reason, is it perhaps the internal clock of the laptop, etc.
This is very important and I do not seem to be able to find an answer to
the
problem anywhere. Thank you for your time...

It could be anything. Are the latest sound and video drivers installed?
What AV program? Have you disabled that to see if that's interfering? Have
you contacted Reason tech support for help with their product? You might
need to do a clean install with just the OS and no other programs, install
Reason and see if there are any problems. If not add software back one item
at a time until you find the culprit.

With the current set up try some clean boot troubleshooting to see if it's a
startup program causing the conflict.

Clean Boot Troubleshooting

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

Lastly you might want to post to the media center newsgroup to see if anyone
has experience running Reason 3.0 on MCE.

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...2b8-3f80-48f7-bdd2-95199625519f&lang=en&cr=us
 
sorry to say allmost no one supports MCE in the audio world.bassically you
are screwed.will have to buy pro or home.im in same boat.
 
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