Sonic record now and blue screen of death

[shirlhow]

Everytime I try to use my sonic burner to record some data, etc. I get the blue screen saying there has been an error. I always have to reboot the computer. It only does this when using the sonic program to burn. Everytime I try to close sonic I get three pop up boxes with mediahub.exe application errors. Sonic came preinstalled on my Dell with windows xp home edition, so I can't remove and reinstall it.

I was hoping someone might have some suggestions. Thanks in advance.

[zep516]

Hi shirlhow

From what I can see or find.
There are a few reasons this may be happening:

• Your Dell copy of Sonic Digital Media is incompatible with Windows Media Player 11.
• You need to reregister an xml.dll file
• Windows Media Player 11 is having compatibility issues.

C++ Runtime error citing "mediahub.exe"

zep516

Let us know if the information is helpful.

[Canuck]

If Zep's suggestion doesn't work for you, here are my views on the subject.
Sonic (alias Roxio) has had problems integrating with some MS and other programs. This goes back quite a few years and my experience with them was far from helpful. I really don't know why MS has chosen them for their default copy program (probably $$$). Here are the instructions from Sonic on how to remove their product from XP Complete Uninstall of Creator 9 & 10 on Windows XP .

A better way to go is with Nero, their paid version is rated very high, but they also offer Nero Lite for free Nero - Nero 9 Lite ? download . Other programs are CDex (free) , Audacity (free), I'm sure others will have their favourites that they will share.

[arraknid]

I have to agree with Canuck. Sonic/Roxio is pile of problems waiting to happen. As far as a free replacement, I'd add CDBurnerXP to that list. Works on Vista and Win7 too!

[shirlhow]

Thanks guys for all the help, the problem is taken care of. I rolled back Windows Media Player to version 10 and it took care of the problems.