Error Message

I used to used Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 for very simple purposes:  play single note (no chords) vocal lines of choir music for each vocal part.  September 2010, my PC died; I got a new PC and upgraded to Sonar LE.

Took me months to figure out the keyboard midi setup, but finally got it.  Recorded vocal parts for 4 songs.  Last time around, S/LE would not play my last entry.  Turned out to be recorded okay, S/LE just stayed silent.  Now, I try to record again. 

Cannot get any sound, not recording the notes on the staff; S/LE died with this error message:

                                 "SONARESL.exe has stopped working" 

and the program closes.  Do I need to reinstall it?  I have the downloaded files - maybe it'll be easier the second time around....

Any advice?

 - Rita.

Computer:  HP Pavilion Elite HPE (HPE-204f) / Win 7 Pro - 64 bit / AMD Phenom II X4 945 processor 3.00GHz  / 6 GB RAM /

Sound info gathered from Control Panel display:
 ATI DP Output / ATI high def audio device / not plugged in / ---red down arrow on icon
Speakers / Realtek high def audio / default device------------checked off as active on icon
Headphones / Realtek high def audio / not plugged in -----red down arrow on icon
Realtek Digital Output / Realtek high def audio / ready-------no chk or arrow on icon
                              ==================
Speakers and RD Output also have blue bars at the right (like piled blue rectangles).



Below is my record of prgms I've dnloaded or owned, as per registration info on this site:

Date  5/27/2011
Digital Sound Factory Free Cakewalk Sound Center Instruments Examples Pack
N/A



5/27/2011
Digital Sound Factory Free Rapture Examples PC
N/A


5/27/2011
Free SONAR X1 Explained sample video
N/A


3/19/2011
SONAR X1 Essential


3/15/2011
SONAR X1 Essential


3/15/2011
XGear (incl w SONAR X1)


11/26/2003
Pyro 2004


1/1/1900
Home Studio 2002


What confuses me is that it was working just fine for a little while - and then suddenly stopped.  I have auto-updates on Win7; and have been leaving the PC in sleep mode instead of actually turning it off nightly.  Any of this relevant????

TIA for any help you can give me.
 - Rita.

Most of my multitasking is Firefox/notepad/a clock-weather gadget while using Sonar.  The clock-weather gadget is the most active thing running.  I will try shutting it down first....  Wireless?  Cordless phones by AT&T.  XM receiver transmitting to the house radios.  Cell phone - usually at the other end of the house.  Thanks for catching the numbers/codes in my post.  I can get stupid when this beloved/hated PC annoys me!!

Will turn off some of this stuff and try again.

Thanks - Rita.

Cool. You can check the weather later, and time? Who has the time anyway?