After an hour, it was still stuck at that stage on the splash page. Same thing after rebooting the computer.
Just to try, I rebooted the computer again, but this time I reconnected to the internet before I started up Cubase. It booted up completely normally!
Why does Cubase need the internet connection to boot up? Does iLok need to phone home before working and allowing Cubase to proceed to the next VST3 plugin?
Absolutely not. The elicenser works online or off. I suspect there is a plugin that is trying to update or re-register. Does the issue re-occur when you disable the internet again?
Yes agree. Almost certainly one of the plug-ins but this seems unusual. You could try temporarily moving all the VST3 plug-ins from the plug-ins folder and then launch C9 again. If it starts OK then this is your problem. Then re-introduce the plug-ins back into the VST3 plug-ins folder one by one to find out which one is causing the problem.
Waves relies on the mac address of the network adapter. If you want to disconnect from the internet, just remove the cable instead of disabling it, or use a firewall.
same issue here, but i did this when the problem starts…
1 run c10
2 while scanning plugins, i started chrome,.
3 it stuck on scanning vst3 plugins.
4 i tried c9.5 also, it stuck at the same point.
now
this is how i recovered.
1 restart system
2 not run any apps.
3 start c9 (not 9.5) ,it run like butter.
4 close c9 and start c10.
5 Enjoy…