Warning: Nord Sound Manager does not run in 32 bit systems

[Mr_-G-]

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[HrSys]

Where could i have Nord Sound Manager v7.40 please
thanks
Harvey

[HrSys]

1. Go to the download page at Clavia.
2. Put the mouse over the link of the file you want to download.
3. Copy that link location
4. Paste it in your browser, but before pressing return to go to that link, change the version number to the one you want to download.

[HrSys]

1. Go to the download page at Clavia.
2. Put the mouse over the link of the file you want to download.
3. Copy that link location
4. Paste it in your browser, but before pressing return to go to that link, change the version number to the one you want to download.

I did not think about it !
Thanks for all.
Nord Sound Manager v7.40 no more valid win32 application !
I must wait for a new PC.
(When uninstall NSM v7.40, always not new EP's but on another hand i noticed 265 (!) Hkeys remaining in my registry ! ):-x
Always patiently waiting and customising my old V1.0 EP's
Harvey

[moralrecordings]

Apologies for bringing this thread back from the dead, but I've found a way to run Nord Sound Manager 7.54 in XP and I figured some people would appreciate it. While the program has dependencies on XP-era DLLs, the program was built with an OS target of Windows Vista. But as it doesn't rely on anything Vista specific, you can edit the EXE with a hex editor to mark it as an XP target and it'll run fine.

(For anyone interested, all the below does is change some bytes in the EXE header responsible for MajorOperatingSystemVersion, MinorOperatingSystemVersion, MajorSubsystemVersion and MinorSubsystemVersion. 6.0 is Windows Vista, 5.1 is Windows XP.)

1. Download Nord Sound Manager 7.54 from the official site and install it on XP.
2. Open "C:\Program Files\Clavia\Nord Sound Manager v7.54\Nord Sound Manager v7.54.exe in a hex editor
3. Change the byte at offset 0x170 from 0x06 to 0x05
4. Change the byte at offset 0x172 from 0x00 to 0x01
5. Change the byte at offset 0x178 from 0x06 to 0x05
6. Change the byte at offset 0x17a from 0x00 to 0x01

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Disclaimer: do the following at your own risk, XP is old, etc. I did this and was able to update the patches on my Electro 5 from my XP VM without a problem.

[Mr_-G-]

Great, thanks for reporting this!

[FZiegler]

Hey moralrecordings,

if you've successfully hex tweaked that EXE file, do you have a hint which sorts of Win XP might be treated that way? It's not for me, but a forum attracts all sorts of peple searching for help. It won't cure the WinXP MCE problem reported, right?

[maxpiano]

I did this and was able to update the patches on my Electro 5 from my XP VM without a problem.

Nice finding and trick of course if the VM is Win7(Vista = no way!) 32 bit or later there's no tweaking required, right?