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Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Ubuntu
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name PC
System Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
System Model MS-7577
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor, 3200 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V1.11, 4/23/2010
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 5400rpm 1.0tb
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name PC
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 5.95 GB
Total Virtual Memory 11.7 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9.54 GB
Page File Space 3.72 GB

and I rebooted

also can't run two E-MU sound cards at the same time... getting bsod and such

It took me a few hours too.. Be patient, it's going to finish

Yes, it *can* take a while especially on win systems. We´re trying to improve this.

Best,
Christian

Christian, with all due respect, how is it that I can have a library which can be installed, all files copied, etc., in under 20 minutes take... so far... 9 hours to scan, with 16% still left (meaning I can expect 12 hours of solid scanning).

The CPU and disk I/O are at near-zero the entire time. Ableton is WAITING for stuff most of the time.

This is a debilitating bug - a showstopper literally, as I had to abandon my music work last night after what should have been a short repair ended taking the entire night, and all of this morning too.

This is on a VERY fast, new machine. Something like this can't be difficult to patch - very specific, focused functionality, very obvious effect.

Rather disappointed that apparently QA doesn't really test major features like this before release? Either that or your management thought that disabling somebodies copy of ableton randomly for half a day was acceptable?

Need a better answer now that it's over a month since your last.

Hello StickPlayer,

Unfortunately, i can not offer you an immediate solution to this issue.
We´re aware of the fact that the library scanning on windows machines can
take a very long time and we hope to have a solution in the (hopefully) not so distant
future. We´re working on it.

Best,
Christian