I have a question about an error message I'm getting on my brand-new Dell desktop equipped with the Vista operating system. Ever since we got it six weeks ago, it has given the same error message every time it boots up: "Windows has blocked some start-up programs. I have no idea what driver this is. Why would a new computer be equipped with an incompatible driver? Would it be OK to uninstall the offending driver so we don't have to see this message every time we boot up the computer?
Any help you could give would be much appreciated. Welcome to Dell Hell, Mr. You are among a large-enough coterie of Windows Vista operating system users getting this start-up squawking about the Sonic DLA, which is produced by Roxio Labs.
It's pretty easy to fix; at least that's what Dell's posting showing how to repair the problem says. What a pain. I miss XP! I'd love to stop getting that to pop up, yet everything I've tried per solutions listed in the forums has not worked.
In fact, there is no DLA listed in the properties area after clicking on the various drives! Any other ideas for me? It's funny, I just bought a new XPS M a couple days ago, and immediately got the same incompatability message just like everyone else. So much for Dell testing systems before they ship, huh?? Anyway, I contacted Dell tech support about this live chat and they disabled one Vista update can't remember which one , and it completely got rid of the error message at startup.
So, in my particular situation, an update was the compatability issue, not the driver. Just to make sure this was the problem, I reinstalled the previously removed update after a day or two, and as expected, the error message came right back. I am still going to try to uninstall both DLA and Drag to Disc since I find both programs produce more problems than not, but at least the driver error message is gone for now until I can figure out how to uninstall correctly.
Just uninstall Roxio Drag to Disk, that will fix your problem. Post Reply. Top Contributor. My Vista Experience, Part One. In dire need of a new laptop, I decided to make the plunge into Vistaland. Actually, when I went looking for a new system, I was going to stick with Windows XP, since it's working for me and I saw no compelling reason to change. I suppose if you call in your order and insist on XP, Dell might cave in. But on their Web site, XP has simply disappeared.
Being adventurous, I decided what the heck and went with the flow. Things went smoothly -- no glitches or hiccups during the initial setup, and the subtle Vista enhancements were compelling more on these to come in Part 2 of my Vista Experience. As soon as I connected to my WiFi network, a process that seems much improved over XP Media Center edition -- and gleefully noting no issues connecting to my security-laden router sporting a hidden SSID -- a big problem with the Zero Configuration utility in Media Center -- Vista wanted to perform a few updates.
That's when a little bit of fun started. Apparently, one of the patches caused one of the Sonic Solutions DLA drivers an audio driver in the system to suddenly become incompatible, and after a bit of research I discovered hundreds of posts about this issue. Apparently, the Vista updates render the driver unusable, and as of this post there is no update available from the device manufacturer. The only "fix" is to remove the Vista patch or live with this relatively minor issue until Sonic comes out with new code.
What I find interesting is that there are already driver incompatibility issues, and this on a brand new, virgin system! In fact, I'm starting to hear about numerous other driver issues as it seems that Microsoft rushed Vista to market before hardware vendors had a chance to catch up. I wonder how many other new Vista users are experiencing similar issues. Otherwise, I must say I'm impressed overall by the performance of the new machine.
I haven't noticed any perceptible Vista "lag" due to the OS overhead, and I'm having fun discovering all of the new features.
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