I would like to share my experiance installing Studio12 Ultimate on a brand new PC I purchased from Walmart a few weeks ago. I purchased Studio 8 Full Version some years ago and figured I would install Studio 12 Ultimate on this machine for the very first time.

WARNING: You will require the Studio 10 cd's or have the “SmartSound Pinnacle Music.exe” application saved somewhere.

First my PC config:

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Operating System: MicroSoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3

System Manufacturer: Gateway

System Model: W3650

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 440 @ 2.00GHz

Memory: 1016 MB RAM

DirectX Version: 9.0c

Video Card: Inter(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family 128 MB

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Next is the install process:

Step 1: Installed Studio 8 Full Version (Please keep in mind this is a new PC)

Note: Follow the onscreen directions.

Step 2: Installed Studio 12 Ultimate Upgrade.

Note: Follow the onscreen directions.

Step 3: Launched Studio 12 Ultimate to see if SmartSound pulled down menu was present. I was not surprised to find out it was not.

Step 4: Downloaded “QuicktracksInstaller3090.exe” from http://www.smartsound.com/support/QuicktracksInstaller3090.exe

Step 5: Installed “QuicktracksInstaller3090.exe”.

Note: Follow the onscreen directions.

Step 6: Took my “Studio Plus Titanium Edition Upgrade” V10.5 cd's and placed it in my drive.

Step 7: From the START menu on my PC I hovered my mouse over the START button, right moused and launched Explorer.

Step 8: I navigated over to my Studio icon and moved into the Setup directory within my Studio Plus Titanium Edition cd.

Step 9: Within the Setup directory I navigated over to the SmartSound directory.

Step 10: Installed the “SmartSound Pinnacle Music.exe” application.

Note: Follow the onscreen directions.

Step 11: Launched Studio 12 Ultimate and found my SmartSound drop down menu present.