ILOK Plugins Taking Long To Load

Cubase
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Okay, based on pretty good instructions from PACE -

The steps on how to proceed with a diagnostic/selective startup are:

  1. Click the Start button

  2. Type “msconfig” (minus the quotes) and DO NOT hit enter

  3. Right-click “msconfig.exe” (or “System Configuration” in on Windows 10) that should appear as the first item on the list and choose “Run as administrator. If prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation

  4. Click the General tab and then click Diagnostic startup

  5. Click the Services tab and then the “Hide all Microsoft services checkbox at the bottom

  6. Click on the Disable all button to the right if available to be clicked. If not, proceed with the next step

  7. Under the listing of Services, look for “PACE License Services” and check on that service to enable it (if found. If not continue with the steps anyways)

  8. Click the Startup tab and then click the Disable all button to the right (or if on Windows 10 choose “Open Task Manager”)

8a) If on Windows 10 for each item listed with a status of “Enabled”, select it and click on the “Disable” button to temporarily disable that service. Do this for every enabled service. If services are not visible, click on the “More details” wording at the bottom of the Task Manager to expand it allowing you to click on the “Services” tab.

  1. Going back to the System Configuration window, Click OK and then click Restart

  2. Once back from the restart try reproducing the issue

  3. If no error, start from step 1 above and enable half of the previously disabled items

  4. Reboot and try to reproduce the issue

  5. If still no error, enable half of the other disabled items. Continue this until all items are enabled again or the error occurs

  6. If error occurs, disable half of the items just enabled and then try to reproduce. If error occurs still disable a few more until the error does not occur. Keep doing this process until the problem item is found.

  7. To get back to normal follow the steps again up to #4 but instead of “Diagnostic Startup” choose “Normal Startup”.

There are also several other copy protection technologies running at the same time on your system. Although we attempt compatibility with other solutions, others may not offer that same courtesy causing issues with the operation of our technology.