Why is Smartsound Quicktracks a required SpywareBlaster plugin?
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From: PC on 7 Nov 2005 17:56 "PC" <abuse(a)local.host> wrote in message news:NPQbf.1549$xD6.92410(a)news.xtra.co.nz... > "Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1131382109.967333.18010(a)g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> What is the "Smartsound Quicktracks plugin" & why does SpywareBlaster >> now require it? >> >> Lately, every time I try to update SpywareBlaster 3.4 on Windows XP I >> get a very annoying demand to install the "Smartsound Quicktracks" >> plugin. The installation of Smartsound Quicktracks fails every time so >> I've learned by trial and error to cancel it, then when it asks again, >> to cancel it again - and only after those two cancels can I update my >> SpywareBlaster database. >> >> Does anyone know why SpywareBlaster is asking for this "Smartsound >> Quicktracks" plugin? >> >> What is a "Smartsound Quicktracks" plugin anway? >> >> Is it good or bad for our PC? >> >> Thank you in advance for your advice, >> Susan >> > > > Susan > > I had the same problem a few weeks ago. > > Updating SpywareBlaster 3.4 would bring up the Smartsound Quicktracks > installation window. > > In my case I traced Smartsound Quicktracks to Ulead's Video Studio 9 that > I have on my system. > > Smartsound Quicktracks is an Audio component of Video Studio that allows > the addition of automatically generated background music to your Video. > To be honest I don't at this point have a lot of idea how it works as I've > only recently got VS9, more to the point how the two got crosslinked is > even more of a mystery. > > Now unfortunately I can't remember precisely how I 'fixed' it but I > vaguely remember either just persisting with the updates in Spyware > Blaster & it came right or I uninstalled Spyware Blaster & reinstalled > after a reboot. > > Regards > Paul. > > > Cancel that should have been to the OP Paul.
From: PC on 7 Nov 2005 17:57 "Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1131382109.967333.18010(a)g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > What is the "Smartsound Quicktracks plugin" & why does SpywareBlaster > now require it? > > Lately, every time I try to update SpywareBlaster 3.4 on Windows XP I > get a very annoying demand to install the "Smartsound Quicktracks" > plugin. The installation of Smartsound Quicktracks fails every time so > I've learned by trial and error to cancel it, then when it asks again, > to cancel it again - and only after those two cancels can I update my > SpywareBlaster database. > > Does anyone know why SpywareBlaster is asking for this "Smartsound > Quicktracks" plugin? > > What is a "Smartsound Quicktracks" plugin anway? > > Is it good or bad for our PC? > > Thank you in advance for your advice, > Susan > Susan I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Updating SpywareBlaster 3.4 would bring up the Smartsound Quicktracks installation window. In my case I traced Smartsound Quicktracks to Ulead's Video Studio 9 that I have on my system. Smartsound Quicktracks is an Audio component of Video Studio that allows the addition of automatically generated background music to your Video. To be honest I don't at this point have a lot of idea how it works as I've only recently got VS9, more to the point how the two got crosslinked is even more of a mystery. Now unfortunately I can't remember precisely how I 'fixed' it but I vaguely remember either just persisting with the updates in Spyware Blaster & it came right or I uninstalled Spyware Blaster & reinstalled after a reboot. Regards Paul.
From: PC on 7 Nov 2005 17:58 "Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1131382109.967333.18010(a)g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > What is the "Smartsound Quicktracks plugin" & why does SpywareBlaster > now require it? > > Lately, every time I try to update SpywareBlaster 3.4 on Windows XP I > get a very annoying demand to install the "Smartsound Quicktracks" > plugin. The installation of Smartsound Quicktracks fails every time so > I've learned by trial and error to cancel it, then when it asks again, > to cancel it again - and only after those two cancels can I update my > SpywareBlaster database. > > Does anyone know why SpywareBlaster is asking for this "Smartsound > Quicktracks" plugin? > > What is a "Smartsound Quicktracks" plugin anway? > > Is it good or bad for our PC? > > Thank you in advance for your advice, > Susan > Susan I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Updating SpywareBlaster 3.4 would bring up the Smartsound Quicktracks installation window. In my case I traced Smartsound Quicktracks to Ulead's Video Studio 9 that I have on my system. Smartsound Quicktracks is an Audio component of Video Studio that allows the addition of automatically generated background music to your Video. To be honest I don't at this point have a lot of idea how it works as I've only recently got VS9, more to the point how the two got crosslinked is even more of a mystery. Now unfortunately I can't remember precisely how I 'fixed' it but I vaguely remember either just persisting with the updates in Spyware Blaster & it came right or I uninstalled Spyware Blaster & reinstalled after a reboot. Regards Paul.
From: Fitz on 7 Nov 2005 20:07 Use this link to get more info about SmartSound: http://www.smartsound.com/premiere/index.html It's a third party program that's supposed to work with Adobe Premier Pro. I use the most current version of SpywareBlaster and have never had a problem with it. *** "Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1131385638.817688.149090(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Adam Piggott wrote: >> If it is indeed a Microsoft Installer issue, it should be logging what is >> causing it to pop up. Right-click on My Computer, select Manage then >> navigate to Event Logs and see if there are any Microsoft(or Windows) >> Installer entries in the System and Application logs. If so, post them >> here. > > When I googled prior to posting, I found that many people who use > SpywareBlaster on Windows XP have this exact problem (and many people > don't have it based on the appends prior to this one). So it's common - > but not universal. But nobody seems to have a solution as far as my > googling seems to show. That's why I asked here for advice. > > Most of the googling (both web and groups) seems to say Adobe Premier > Pro is trying to pull a fast one somehow and Spyware Blaster is > stopping it (I think that's what they say anyway). > > I'm pretty confused but like the many other people with this problem, I > don't even know what Adobe Premier Pro is (I have Adobe Acrobat but not > Adobe Premier Pro). I've asked the Adobe newsgroup what SmartSound > QuickTracks is since it seems to be an Adobe plugin to Spyware Blaster > (if that makes any sense at all). > > Trying to faithfully follow your suggestion, I right clicked on My > Computer & selected Manage which opened up the WinXP Computer > Management console. I didn't see anything called "Event Logs" but I did > see "Event Viewer" and "Performance Logs and Alerts". > > In the "Event Viewer", there were three selections, "Application", > "Security", & "System". The top two lines of the "Application" section > (after a re-test of updating SpywareBlaster & canceling twice the > request to install the Adobe Premier Pro Quicktracks Plugin) were: > - Information 11/7/2005 9:30:40 AM MsInstaller None 11729 Administrator > SUSAN > - Error 11/7/2005 9:30:39 AM MsInstaller None 11760 Administrator SUSAN > - Warning 11/7/2005 9:26:23 AM MsInstaller None 1001 Administrator > SUSAN > > Doubleclicking on the top "Information" line revealed "Product > SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin -- Configuratoin failed. For more > information, see Help and Support Center at > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp." > > Doubleclicking on the middle "Error" line revealed "Product: SmartSound > Quicktracks Plugin -- Error 1706. No valid source could be found for > product SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin. The Windows Installer cannot > continue." > > The third "Warning" line revealed "Detection of product > '{4A7FDA4D-blah-blah-blah}' feature 'Quicktracks' failed during > request for component '{22056900-blah-blah-blah}'" > > Obviously something called "QuickTracks" wants to install. I asked my > son if he put anything on the computer but he says no (he has his own > computer but he sometimes uses mine). > > Do you think he did something maybe by playing a video or something? > How do I tell this "QuickTracks" to just go away? > > Thank you ever so much, > Susan >
From: Susan Sharm on 9 Nov 2005 01:18
PC wrote: > I had the same problem a few weeks ago. > Updating SpywareBlaster 3.4 would bring up the Smartsound Quicktracks > installation window. > In my case I traced Smartsound Quicktracks to Ulead's Video Studio 9 that I > have on my system. > Smartsound Quicktracks is an Audio component of Video Studio that allows the > addition of automatically generated background music to your Video. That's it! I too have Ulead Video Studio 8 installed! Maybe that's the culprit (and to think I was blaming my son!). I don't know why it chose SpywareBlaster update to cause trouble, but, I think what I'll do, since I never use the Ulead Video Studio anymore (instead I use Pinnacle Studio 9 for converting my VCR videotapes to DVD nowadays) is delete Ulead Video Studio and delete SpywareBlaster and see if that double whammy solves the problem. I'll let you know the results. Thank all you experts for the wonderfully thoughtful, precise, and intelligent advice! You are what keeps the Internet alive and well, IMHO! Susan BTW, what does BWAHAHA mean for this technical question? Is it an acronym like BTW & IMHO & OP? |