I have no real intentions of using Studio either but the class I want to take requires it. Thanks for you input.
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--- In Crestron@..., "gchappell35622" <gerrychappell@...> wrote:
I ran into problems with the SQL server not being able to start and spent days fighting with it. At the same time I installed it on another machine and it worked fine. Both were W7 64 bit systems but I never could get it to work on one of the PC's. A couple weeks later I attended Crestron Masters class and was told it could very well be a hardware issue. They said they experienced situations where 2 identical Dell machines with everything setup the same, one would install and work fine and the other would not. FWIW my machine that would not work was a Dell 17" XPS so not a 500 laptop. The instructor "Yoda" said flat out " If you want a good PC buy a Mac!" because they have better hardware and more consistent production. If the hardware is not stable or predictable the software won't work right either.
That said after trying the Suite for a couple days on the machine that was working I decided I did not have time to work thru and around all the issues I was running into. I'm sure some of it was a lack of training on it but I've got to make a living and get jobs turned out so maybe a year from now I will look at it again.
Good luck.
GC
