Need help getting REW going

[737NG]

I recently got a new laptop with Vista on it. I bought an M-Audio fast track pro, ECM8000, and a BFD over a year ago and am just now trying to get things tied together and make this work. REW wasn't working right with Vista, and after some reading in the forums, I decided to do a dual boot setup with XP PRO sp2.

Initially with Vista, I started to calibrate the soundcard and was getting some readings, but then it started locking up. This is when I went ahead and installed XP. That was a 2 day headache in itself. Now, I am getting the same result with REW, either in XP or Vista. When trying to take a soundcard calibration measurement, REW locks up. Before running the program, I downloaded and installed current M-Audio driver and current Java. I went and looked at previous REW logs and there wasn't anything there, but now I do have something and this is what it says:

Jan 22, 2008 6:18:21 PM roomeqwizard.RoomEQ_Wizard A
SEVERE: IOException java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04\bin\win32com.dll (Access is denied) while trying to copy win32com.dll to C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04\bin\win32com.dll
Jan 22, 2008 6:18:21 PM roomeqwizard.RoomEQ_Wizard main
INFO: Room EQ Wizard started
ss is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at roomeqwizard.RoomEQ_Wizard.A(Unknown Source)
at roomeqwizard.RoomEQ_Wizard.B(Unknown Source)
at roomeqwizard.RoomEQ_Wizard.main(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at jexepackboot.run(Unknown Source)
at jexepackboot.main(Unknown Source)
Error loading win32com: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no win32com in java.library.path

[737NG]

It appears I have different versions of Java installed under Program files. A couple versions didn't have the win32com.dll there so I copied the file in. I no longer have the previously mention error in REW log, but REW still does the same thing, locks up.

Does it matter if you have different versions of Java? Under program files, java, I have 3 folders: jre.1.6.0, jre1.6.0_03, and jre.1.6.0_.04

[737NG]

Well I finally got it working. I did a dual boot install with XP and didn't have the onboard sound fully setup with the proper driver yet. I really didn't think this would matter or make a difference though since I would be using the external USB M-Audio. I got onboard sound functional, then reinstalled driver for the M-Audio and set it as the default device for input/output. All this apparently did the trick. I did trial and error on 3 different computers and had similar results with REW locking up when you try to take a calibration measurement, and there was still nothing in the log file.

Anyway, here is the soundcard reading if anybody is curious. This is for the M-Audio Fast Track Pro.

[JohnM]

Looks fine, the card seems to have a nicely extended low frequency response. Re the win32com.dll, it is only needed if you need serial comms to an equaliser (currently only supported for the TAG McLaren Audio AV32R and AV192R). It doesn't matter if you have multiple Java installations. When you were getting the lockups, at what point did they occur?

[737NG]

Hi John. It would lock up after I went to settings, clicked on measure, then clicked next, and then after clicking next one more time is when it would lock up. The only way to get REW to close would be to go into task manager and end process REW or Java. Mind you, this is before the sun, moon, and my tongue were in proper alignment to get it working. No problems since. Now on to the next step of hooking up to the system and taking some measurements.