John

I wouldn't count on a dvd or CD. I would build a new install on a USB stick.

I totally agree.

The key might be in an email from MS. If you do as I do and have more than one computer accessing email it might be on the other one. I am so sorry you are having this problem. I have been through this sort of thing more than once. Its not fun.

If it is booting at all then your MBR is being accessed. If it wont much past the BIOS and gives an error that it can't find the MBR all you need is to restore that. This sometimes happens when one has multiple HDs. It might happen on a single HD system too.

You should not need to buy a new copy. All you need is the key to the one you already have. It might be enough to have the Windows 7 key. You can download the latest version non beta from MS as an ISO. That can be made to run on a USB stick for install.

On you system drive is the MBR record there and if not can you restore it?

Very useful. Thank you for sharing.

How did Bayoubill get into my room?

I am for both ideas!

Sorry, I saw it as a rant just as your statement above is. Try to look at it objectively. If you do that you will see it too.

I'm on the insider program and at present I am running version 1903, build 18362.53. Installed on April 4 2019. Windows 10 Pro. I have no issues with the OS so far. I have an i7 8700 CPU and 32 GB of ram. I also run an old 550 ti Nvidia GPU on two monitors. I have a laptop with an i7 4 core running stock Windows 10 Pro that is up to date. I have had no issues on it either. The laptop has a multi touch screen. On my Macbook Pro I was locked out of updating any app until I had to contact Apple. LOL

No it's not about me. Never said it was. However this was posted in an open forum and is there to do with as we see fit within the TOS. I gave my view of it. Others gave theirs. That is what a forum is all about when there is no way to solve the issue. Few of us have had the problems you describe. Plus not a whole lot of information on how this happens. Steps to reproduce the issue is a good way to get something solve or a workaround. This place is about helping each other. That is what we do here. When we are presented with a declaration of no further usage it becomes a place to comment. I for one want to help you solve the issues you have so you can continue to use Cakewalk. I saw the original post as a good thing for awhile. We all want bugs fixed; but there was not enough information to do more than simply comment.

I think Bandlab let it run as long as they could. At some point it would have to be locked or removed. I saw it at first as a rant about a bug. But even so it was for a time useful to Bandlab by alerting them to the problem. The only problem I had with it is there are ways to accomplish the same thing without bashing anything or anyone. This reminds me of the falling out of Ted Pearlman with Twelve Tone and that was epic. However, that was in a newsgroup where this fellow is on you tube. A far greater audience. No one is to blame for that video other the one that made it. I would love to see this reconciled between Scott and Bandlab. But what ever happens is beyond our control.

"So much to be learned by reading other people's questions and answers here on the forum." I've been doing that for a long time. 😁

Could be due to a lens or a mixrecall?

What is showing as 32 bit? I went to the Serum page and it says 64 bit only.

That is if it is turned on. If it is off it does nothing.

I agree with post above the one I posted. I think it can be solved by the OP starting over.

He could close the inspector.

Windows does not block Cakewalk. Never did. On my machine running Cakewalk the Prochannel is off until I turn it on for a particular track. If a template is opening up the Prochannel and turning it on that was set that way when the template was created. At least that is my understanding.

And what are those exactly?

Windows 10 ransomware settings? What are you referring to?

I agree.

MP3s are only 16 bit. There is no reason to place them into a 24 or 32 bit wav file. If you expect to process them as wav files 24 or 32 bit is fine, though.

Right it does stay as a wav file in Cakewalk. You would have to export it as an MP3 to change it back. There may be an editor that directly edits MP3s but offhand I can't think of any. Nor would I be interested in one.