SONAR 4 No Audio

Maybe its because its looking for Windows 2000 or XP. Try compatibility mode.

I do implore you to upgrade. Sonar 2015 will run rings around Sonar 4.

20K in plug ins ? that's a little dramatic ?
I think what john meant was for all the hassles  you are going to running in to...
for a small price you could at least be running a newer version. that alone would give you a great plug in selection to do anything you wanted.
money ? totally understand where you are coming from. but as always, the headaches..you get what you pay for..yada, yada, yada.
good luck man.
 

bitflipper: Yes, all other audio seems to work including some DJ type software he is running. I think he has Cakewalk's old Kinetic on there and it runs too. Thanks for that info, will look into that.
 
chuckybaby: For me it's a lot more than just plug-ins. My machine is also a video editing workstation with proprietary EDIUS video hardware/software. Lacks all the latest bells and whistles, but is rock solid stable, never crashed once and gets the job done. Unless I hit the lottery upgrading is not an option.

Exactly! Why should people have to come up with that kind of money every 14 years. That's more than I paid for my house.

Doktor Avalanche
"until I can no longer find XP compatible hardware replacement parts. There is simply no money to keep replacing everything every few years."

XP is 14 years old.

some of my kids are 14 years old, doesn't mean i want to upgrade them!

I do recall that the profiler was a problem at one time, insisting on running when it wasn't needed. You're right, it's only supposed to run the first time you start SONAR, or if the interface hardware has changed. I think it was because of that annoyance that I originally switched to ASIO, which doesn't need the profiler. SONAR 4 does support ASIO, IIRC.

I would recommend Windows 7 - instead Vista.
Windows 7 runs much faster than Vista.
Sonar 4 works with Windows 7.

UAC may be only part of the problem. There are also changes in later Windows versions in how the installed programs are addressed due to limits on where a user (or the programs he is running under his account) can write files. Windows uses aliases for locations that older programs  expect to be installed to. If you can run the Sonar installer "as administrator," (which is definitely not the same as installing it from an administrator login account) you may have better luck. Also running Sonar "as administrator" is not the same as disabling UAC, since access of file locations based on user privileges is not the same as the UAC system, but was present in very early Windows versions. Running as administrator gives the program access to locations where it would not otherwise have permission.
 
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001198.htm
 
So first try actually running Sonar as administrator, and if that does not work consider re-installing it by running the installer as administrator. If that doesn't work rub a penny on the monitor screen while chanting "evil out of the dead man's eyes" three times, and bury the penny in a graveyard by the light of the full moon .