DSS problems downloading

[peter brown]

I wonder if anyone can help. I have tried twice to download DeepSkyStacker. It looks as if there are an old and a new version on the Web. I have tried both, can't get either to work, comes up withMicrosoft " sorry, have to shut down your computer etc" , can't close down properly my computer etc. Had to get in and delete all traces of the program.
Has anyone else had this problem or should I just stick to my day job!!

[leon]

Can't say I have Peter, I loaded perfectly when I did it, without a hitch, maybe it is something in you system that is giving you a hard time, sorry I can't really help.

Leon

[TrevorW]

Worked fine for me too, you may be getting data corruption during download or disk write. Try downloading to a USB key then install from that.

Cheers

[peter brown]

Thanks a lot. I'll try the USB stick
PB

[RB]

What hardware and which operating system are you running it on Peter?

EDIT: Ok I had a quick look at DSS and they recommend the following:



So give that a try if you're running XP.

[peter brown]

Thanks for your advice, but I downloaded it from a differenr source and it would appear that it is functional.
Now all I needto do is take some shots and follow the bouncing ball!

Thanks all for your help

PB

[Dennis G]

Peter. If this is any help.
My son down loaded DSS for me this long weekend (WA) without any problems and put a copy on the laptop used for the Astro imaging. He used Virtual Dub to convert long exposed AVI images to BMP and produced good pictures exposed in a darkened room with a book cover picture as the subject, using a focal reducer as the lens - no telescope. The both computers are Windows XP