It fails. It's on the context menu and when you click it, the flag that
says it's stopping pops up, then fades. But it never stops. And the time
I tried, killing the process in the task manager would not work. In all
cases, rebooting works, obviously.
Are you logged in as a non-privileged
mherger;297142 Wrote:
It fails. It's on the context menu and when you click it, the flag
that
says it's stopping pops up, then fades. But it never stops. And the
time
I tried, killing the process in the task manager would not work. In
all
cases, rebooting works, obviously.
Are you
I'm running 7.0 on Home Premium
The application cannot be stopped using the tray icon, a reboot of the
computer is required.
The application fails with some frequency and again, it cannot be
stopped and started from the tray icon and cannot be killed from task
manager either.
It's important
The application cannot be stopped using the tray icon, a reboot of the
computer is required.
Is there no option to do this or does it fail? If there's no option, then SC is
being run as a background service - user Windows service manager to start/stop
it.
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mherger;296754 Wrote:
The application cannot be stopped using the tray icon, a reboot of the
computer is required.
Is there no option to do this or does it fail? If there's no option,
then SC is being run as a background service - user Windows service
manager to start/stop it.
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malone;295674 Wrote:
Has anyone managed to get SqueezeCenter_7.0 going on on Windows Vista
x64 Ultimate SP1? I can't get SqueezeCenter to start as a service - I
get the error message that it started and then shut down again. I've
tried many of the things mentioned in this thread without
illis102;296075 Wrote:
We have a home network and an XP desktop with the SlimServer software
installed and working with our SqueezeBox.
I just installed SqueezeCenter 7.0 on my Vista laptop and it can't find
my SqueezeBox. Do I need to stop SlimServer on the XP machine before I
can
We have a home network and an XP desktop with the SlimServer software
installed and working with our SqueezeBox.
I just installed SqueezeCenter 7.0 on my Vista laptop and it can't find
my SqueezeBox. Do I need to stop SlimServer on the XP machine before I
can connect to the SqueezeBox from my
MrStan;294983 Wrote:
I understand that for Windows Networking they are now insisting on a
every packet being acknowledged before sending the next packet.
Is this really the case, this will kill performance completely
There is something called sliding windows where you have to
acknowledge
Has anyone managed to get SqueezeCenter_7.0 going on on Windows Vista
x64 Ultimate SP1? I can't get SqueezeCenter to start as a service - I
get the error message that it started and then shut down again. I've
tried many of the things mentioned in this thread without success.
Before I continue
Yes it looks like Microsoft have been playing around with TCPIP again.
They have also made some changes in the latest update to XP. I
understand that for Windows Networking they are now insisting on a
every packet being acknowledged before sending the next packet. This is
causing havoc to
Yes, it worked fine before.
Looking at the log, I'm getting lots of errors, mostly of 2 types
[08-04-20 23:36:28.6423] Slim::Networking::Async::_async_error (256)
Error: [Connect timed out]
[08-04-20 23:36:28.6426] Slim::Networking::Async::HTTP::_http_error
(264) Error: [Connect timed out]
Stevie, i run Vista Ultimate Sp1 with AVAST! and have no conficts with
this excellent free program.
in fact i have vever had any problems running SlimServer etc with
Vista!.
cheers
dennis
stevie;293438 Wrote:
I Have a Dell XPS M1330 running Vista Ultimate and Trend Micro PC Cillin
Internet
I've just installed SP1, now SC7 is playing up! Songs are freezing
after playing several seconds and the remote is very unresponsive.
I'm on a wired connection and have 100% health on 5000kbps network
check. Have tried with both vista firewall and AVG turned off - no
difference. It plays
parrydave44;293744 Wrote:
I've just installed SP1 Any thoughts?
Sure - uninstall SP1! ;^P
I kid, I kid... That said did SC work ok prior to going with SP!?
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Internet Security 14.
I had a terrible time getting anything to work in Squeezecentre or to
figure out how to use Squeezecentre to browse to my Buffalo NAS to scan
my music library.
Central to my most annoying problem is
So my Vista Business updated to SP1, so far SC7 seems OK.
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macenroe0;253322 Wrote:
Windows Vista works based on the capabilities of the hardware installed.
Windows Vista Capable PCs and Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs both are
geared for running Windows Vista but the experience varies with the
premium delivering more advanced user experience.
MarkReif;277381 Wrote:
I plan on using the software embedded in the NAS or using a laptop
connected wireless to the network to control the Slim server linked to
the files on the NAS when the PC (huge draw on power and during the
summer major heat issues)is down.
Not a good idea, you're
I've been running version 6.5.4 on a Vista 64 bit self built system
SCSI SATA 8GB RAM... ETC bottom line no issues whatsoever. I just
tried installing the new SqueezeCenter 7.00 and it failed miserably.
I'm about to transition to setup which will have my database (16,303
FLAC files)
another great feature of windows vista
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carl_skerritt;270743 Wrote:
I have had the same problem as most in this thread. That being, since
upgrading to Vista, SlimServer fails to start and stays in the
Starting... mode.
This week I upgraded ZoneAlarm due to a scheduled upgrade and now
SlimServer starts correctly. I made no
Hercules;272187 Wrote:
Prompted by this post, I just installed Zone Alarm. SqueezeCenter got
stuck in the starting phase... So then I installed SqueezeCenter
again (from the nightly build) and now everything is working
perfectly!
And of course that means I can do away with Vista's dubious
So I hit the problem of stuttering when playing m4a files with
SC7/Vista/ReadyBoost/SATA drives.
This post
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=253734postcount=13
supplied the fix that worked for me, using faad rather than mov123 or
mplayer.
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Some explanation of how services run in Windows, and this is valid for
all versions.
My apologies if this is already explained in this thread, too many
posts to read
The security model in Vista has been made a lot more complex than it's
ever been in Windows, way too complex in my opinion.
Some
I have had the same problem as most in this thread. That being, since
upgrading to Vista, SlimServer fails to start and stays in the
Starting... mode.
This week I upgraded ZoneAlarm due to a scheduled upgrade and now
SlimServer starts correctly. I made no changes to SlimServer, it just
started
It's not a problem - more an irritation. Since getting a new PC with
Vista Home Premium installed, at boot-up Slim Server starts OK but I
always get a pop-up error message from Windows:
slim.exe stopped working and was closed
On opening the Slimserver browser interface I also find more
Gerry Cordon;253994 Wrote:
It's not a problem - more an irritation. Since getting a new PC with
Vista Home Premium installed, at boot-up Slim Server starts OK but I
always get a pop-up error message from Windows:
slim.exe stopped working and was closed
On opening the Slimserver browser
house;252919 Wrote:
Personally, I don't like Vista
Meh, I went back to XP after being on Vista for a few months and
couldn't stand XP anymore. I found that apps launched slower and
overall it just felt archaic to me. All of my Vista issues have been
solved with the latest SqueezeCenter
Windows Vista works based on the capabilities of the hardware installed.
Windows Vista Capable PCs and Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs both are
geared for running Windows Vista but the experience varies with the
premium delivering more advanced user experience.
http://www.ehpdeals.com/
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Upgradealways;229632 Wrote:
I run Vista Premium. My problem is playback. Any song whether it plays
on my squeezebox or softsqueeze jitters. The music keeps on cutting. I
have no problem on squeezenetwork. The squeezebox is wired to a linksys
router so wireless is not an issue. The PC has
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Hi,
I am also having problems since installing 6.5.4 on a previously stable
6.5.3 vista install. Slimserver starts fine and runs in the background
OK - my 3 squeezboxes run fine on a wireless G network, but when i open
slimserver in internet explorer 7, it freezes the first time it
'refreshes'
supporting. Appears to be an Internet explorer / slimserver problem.
Do you see the same freezes if you connect to your server from a different
machine? Or with FF instead of IE?
Michael
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My Squeezebox has been working fine for months since I installed a new
PC under Vista Home Premium with an existing Netgear WGR614. Now, all
of a sudden, the Squeezebox cannot connect to SlimServer. I
re-installed SlimServer (v6.5.4)and reinitiated the Squeezebox, which
connects okay to my
Did you check the Vista firewall? Have you tried a ping test?
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Just to let anyone know the cause of the above problem.
Reading elsewhere on this forum I came across Robert who had the exact
same symptoms. Turned out you need to completely remove Zone Alarm
firewall not just shut it down. It seems Slimserver service has an
issue with the Truevector Zone alarm
First of all let me say how helpful this forum is and that i've tried
most things on this thread to resolve my particular problem.
I just installed slimserver 6.5.4 on my pc with Vista Ultimate.
However I notice that the slimserver service always shows 'starting'
rather than started. The
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Trying to use SlimServer running on a Vista machine controlling it
through the CLI interface. Having problems making it work. Vista
firewall disabled. McAfee firewall enabled. Softsqueeze works. As soon
as CLI based device connects on 9090 slim server or somebody sends a
TCPIP socket close.
I run Vista Premium. My problem is playback. Any song whether it plays
on my squeezebox or softsqueeze jitters. The music keeps on cutting. I
have no problem on squeezenetwork. The squeezebox is wired to a linksys
router so wireless is not an issue. The PC has plenty of capacity, 3
gigs of RAM.
Well, the question here is, does anythng work on Windows Vista? I work
as an IT Engineer, and can say that for me, Vista is the biggest
headache Msoft have ever been responsible for. I'm not surprised
people are having so many problems. Vista is a truly awful product,
which just doesnt
russj1975;225966 Wrote:
Vista is a truly awful product, which just doesnt work!Stick to XP
I understand your frustration but you shouldn't generalize; Vista works
perfectly for me and I find it better than XP in every way.
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Silent computer, Windows Vista Ultimate, dBpowerAMP
Vista has many problems, but, interestingly, Windows Server 2008, which
shares some of the same code, is a super operating system.
We have been running Server 2008 since April 2007. It is ultra stable.
We have not had a single BSOD or any other major problems with this
operating system.
I tried everything listed here to get SlimServer to allow me to access
the web based interface without crashing on Vista (via the remote
worked fine). My problem was a result of some issue b/w my router
(configured as a switch b/c I have satellite internet), Vista, and/or
SlimServer. I finally
volatileacid;209757 Wrote:
I really think this scanner needs to be sorted out! It's always giving
one problems! I remember on XP I was having issues when once in a while
it would go into a loop and run infinitely, or just get stuck somewhere.
Then a debug would usually indicate what the
I really think this scanner needs to be sorted out! It's always giving
one problems! I remember on XP I was having issues when once in a while
it would go into a loop and run infinitely, or just get stuck somewhere.
Then a debug would usually indicate what the problem file was etc.
BUT NOW, on
You need to add slim.exe usually in C:\Program
Files\SlimServer\server\ to the Windows Vista firewall exceptions
rather than opening a specific port.
It should hopefully work then.
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?WindowsVista
Mike
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vista home premium, ss 6.5.2. The slimserver starts in vista and
installs fine, I can bring up my songs and it looks like the db is
getting updated with new songs, BUT I can not connect to the slimserver
from the squeezebox. I removed all authentication and I can connect to
the squeezenetwork,
dfetzer;208686 Wrote:
vista home premium, ss 6.5.2. The slimserver starts in vista and
installs fine, I can bring up my songs and it looks like the db is
getting updated with new songs, BUT I can not connect to the slimserver
from the squeezebox. I removed all authentication and I can
thanks for the reply...I do have windows firewall and hardware firewall
and had opened both the ports for tcp and udp...no antivirus.
I do think it was a conflict in the xp 6.5.1 and 6.5.2 installed on a
second hhard drive in vista. Uninstalled both, reinstalled 6.5.2 in
vista under no
I just installed 6.5.2 on 64bit Vista Ultimate and it installed and
started the tray icon first time with no reboots. So far all is well.
I can't remember if I Ran as Administrator which I found works wonders
for programs that want to do things Vista is trying to discourage.
It's also worth
James
That makes sense as Vista locks downs the Program Files folder. Great
thinking though! However, SS should be updated so that it works in this
folder I think.
Recently there has been a lot of effort making the installer behave better
on Vista systems. Could you please try the latest
Michael,
It was a 100% improvement! :)
I didn't uninstall 6.5.1 but I did exit the tray icon, remove the
additional two exe's from the Firewall exception list, and set the Slim
Service back to 'Manual'. After installing May 12th's v6.5.2 build
Firefox immediately opened the SS page (at
It was a 100% improvement! :)
Good to know! I'll let Triode (who did the work) know.
My only complaint is that all my preferences were wiped so I had to
set-up my plugins, etc again. If that what has to be done to get in
working in Vista then so be it BUT if possible it would be nice if they
jmoo2;201510 Wrote:
That makes sense as Vista locks downs the Program Files folder. Great
thinking though! However, SS should be updated so that it works in this
folder I think.
James
James,
I completely agree. I too am looking forward to an official Vista
Version but I am in no hurry
On Vista, the latest nightlies will store all files created by the
server in %ALLUSERSPROFILE% rather than under the program folder for
this reason. Vista allows admin to write to the program folder, but
not normal users. In this case it silently virtualises the filesystem
to the users account.
What version of Vista are you running?
Home Premium
What version of Slimserver have you installed?
6.5.2
I have a new HP Laptop and have 6.5.2 working great. I found that
installing it in its own directory of C: works much better than putting
it in C:\program files\slimserver\slimserver. I
That makes sense as Vista locks downs the Program Files folder. Great
thinking though! However, SS should be updated so that it works in this
folder I think.
James
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I got v6.5.1 working in Vista. Had to add the 2 exceptions mentioned
before to the firewall (scanner.exe mysqld.exe); slim.exe added
itself to the firewall when Vista prompted to give it access. I also
had to set Slim.exe as a delayed auto start in Services.
My tray icon still doesn't work, but
bpa;200049 Wrote:
There was some changes in directory layout of 6.5.2 recently for Vista
so I think if you are upgrading from one 6.5.2 nightly to another you
could try to uninstall first and then re-install to see if it helps.
Yes... I could try that, which means then that I would have to
fingers;197219 Wrote:
I have had the most success with the build 6.5.2 from a couple weeks
ago. However, I still occastionally experience SlimServer not starting
up when the OS launches even with the service set to Automatic Delayed
or just Automatic (actucally Automatic seems to work
There was some changes in directory layout of 6.5.2 recently for Vista
so I think if you are upgrading from one 6.5.2 nightly to another you
could try to uninstall first and then re-install to see if it helps.
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*What version of Vista are you running? *
Home Premium
*What version of Slimserver have you installed?*
6.5.2
*What error messages are you getting? *
Can't open to write to C:\program files\slimserver\slimserver web
interface.url permission denied
I understand this can rectified by installing
Xorro what build of 6.5.2 are you using? Could you update to the latest
please, the error message you mentioned is no longer a problem in the
latest nightly builds, see:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4905
Are you seeing any other problems?
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mbr;198299 Wrote:
As to firewalls: I think I'm all set with McAffee. But with Windows
Firewall I guess I must be OK (since it's working now), although I
confess I do not see SlimServer come up when I look for inbound rules.
OK, I am running SlimServer reliably with Vista Ultimate 32bit and
...and worked out that my SB wasn't working because the wife had
switched off the socket the Homeplug network widget was plugged into
when she was using the hoover.
Have solved that one blindingly obvious gaff, I can confirm the I now
have SS, SB and Vista all playing quite happily together...
Purchased a new PC (basic Dell) with Vista about two weeks ago, as it
was time. Vista is definitely proving itself to be buggy with other
applications, but nothing like Silserver. I'm a certified Old Guy, and
not computer literate by any stretch, but I do worship the slimserver
experience, both
I've had a variety of issues with Vista refusing to run certain apps
automatically (even is they are set to 'run as administrator') and
decided to switch off the user account control function. Potentially
risky I know but there's no-one in the house who would cause problems
and I'm pretty
I have had the most success with the build 6.5.2 from a couple weeks
ago. However, I still occastionally experience SlimServer not starting
up when the OS launches even with the service set to Automatic Delayed
or just Automatic (actucally Automatic seems to work best). This
always requires
HifiSteve you might want to call/email support. I think something might
be wrong with your player, have you checked its MAC address?
Hold the left arrow on the remote for 5 seconds, then scroll down to
'current settings' and hit the right arrow. Then scroll down to MAC
address and compare it
I am using SS 6.5.1 and Vista Ultimate 32 bit clean build on a
home-built system with top-of-the-line hardware. I followed the advice
of Chris on the wiki for installation. All that worked fine, but..
Running thereafter was intermittent. Slimserver tray would usually
appear to hang on startup
Some changes have been made in the most recent nightly build that seem
to be clearing up the blank web interface after restart issue, without
the need for any work around. (bug 4748)
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_6_5_x_v2007-04-23/
I realize most people that have run
Just curious if there's been any official response on all these Vista
issues from SD yet?
I may have missed something but since SD initiated this thread back in
Feb there doesn't seem to have been any formal response yet and we're
now up to 8 pages of posts so problems are clearly widespread.
hifisteve;196327 Wrote:
Just curious if there's been any official response on all these Vista
issues from SD yet?
I may have missed something but since SD initiated this thread back in
Feb there doesn't seem to have been any formal response yet and we're
now up to 8 pages of posts so
gtcharlie;195853 Wrote:
Thanks Ross. Now that I know it is a normal message it doesn't bother
me.
hehehehe hehehehe
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Due to problems with Windows Vista(no big surprise there) I had to
reinstall the operation system. I of course also had to reinstall
Slimserver. Now when I try to open up the web interface I get the
message Can't open to write to C:\program files\slimserver\slimserver
web interface.url
Got it figured out. Had to do with my itunes installation. God I hate
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gtcharlie;193483 Wrote:
The problems start when I actually try to play music through the
squeezebox. It shows all my music but when I hit the play button it
says it is playing but nothing happens. When I switch to my rhapsody
account through squeezenetwork everything is fine and music
Just switched from XP professional to Windows Vista Home premium and am
having no luck getting slimserver to work. Downloaded a clean install
of 6.5.2 on a new computer and everything seemed fine. Slimserver
opened up, scanned my music directory and found all music. The
problems start when I
i have recently upgarded to windows vista ultimate (32 bit) from xp home
and cant get slimserver to work properly.
it just seems to crash at lot of the time, mainly when accessing
folders that the music is stored in. (ie artist-album name-then crashes
when trying to go into this folder)
i
KJAWolf;192643 Wrote:
Slimserver does not appear to have updated its library since the initial
scan. It's not seeing new music added to itunes or current itunes
playlists.
Vista 32bit home premium,
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows Vista - EN - cp1252
Server IP address:
Just wanted to say, although I still can't get Defender to allow
Slimserver to automatically run on a restart, once I go into Defender
after getting to my desktop and let it go, it launches - running -
almost instantly. Before it would take about 15 seconds to initialize,
so wow!
Nice work on
Thanks vdorta! SlimServer not displaying the web interface was
documented as a bug here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4748
I've paraphrased your workaround which seems to be working very well
for me. I've also noticed this helps even with Norton and McAfee
related SlimServer
Ross L;192882 Wrote:
Thanks vdorta! SlimServer not displaying the web interface was
documented as a bug here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4748
I've paraphrased your workaround which seems to be working very well
for me. I've also noticed this helps even with Norton and
Slimserver does not appear to have updated its library since the initial
scan. It's not seeing new music added to itunes or current itunes
playlists.
Vista 32bit home premium,
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows Vista - EN - cp1252
Server IP address: 192.168.1.109
Perl Version: 5.8.8
Yup It seems Like SD finally figured it out with 6.5.2. I installed
the beta release a couple days ago and BINGO... all is working... Of
course they still have not figured out how to get Slim Server to start
automatically as in XP without editing the Services Start Up feature to
delayed.
It
kesey;190016 Wrote:
Poddan, are you using the latest nightly download of Slimserver 6.5.2?
Mine was dated March 20th, 2007 Get it here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.5/
Choose the Windows Executable. Install it as Administrator and follow
the instructions below.
I guess using SS 6.5.2 is one of the keys, as I never tried 6.5.1 in
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Vista Ultimate 32-bit
SlimServer 6.5.1
I only get the tray-bar icon. When I select start Slimserver nothing
happens. I have no idea what I should do. I have recently gone from
wireless to wire. I diden´t use Vista on my other computer, wich was an
laptop, thereby the wireless.
Can someone help
Did you read my message (#48) in this thread? If you chose the Vista
default installation of user with administrative privileges, I suggest
you uninstall and reinstall, and then use the workaround I explained.
If there is anything you don't understand, please post a more detailed
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I have done what you explained in message (#48) and still nothing
works.
Any more propositions?
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Poddan;189984 Wrote:
I have done what you explained in message (#48) and still nothing
works.
Any more propositions?
Poddan, are you using the latest nightly download of Slimserver 6.5.2?
Mine was dated March 20th, 2007 Get it here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.5/
Cyber;189191 Wrote:
Just tried the workaround from Vdorta. It works THANKS.
To vdorta -- Got my squeezebox and it is working perfectly. Thanks
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