First of all, thanks to those who helped me sort out my problem with installing the Studio 10.8 patch.

Now however I have another problem. While in studio I go to change my capture source to the DVC170 or whatever it's called, but when I go the system crashes immediately after I hit "OK". I downloaded the Stido 10.8 Vista 32 version which is the only possible problem I can think of (I don't know if I have Vista 32 or 64)

I'd say it was essential that you install the correct version - 32 or 64. So you will need to find out what version of Vista you have. I'd be surprised if you did have 64-bit and didn't know.

I don't have Vista, so I can't guide you to where to find the info, but if you can't find it, ask again and someone is bound to help.

I think that all 3 links go to the same download -- in other words, there isn't any difference between the 10.8 patch for XP, Vista32 or Vista64.  I think.

Sounds more to me like either a bad install of the application (yuck!), or a bad install of the drivers of the capture device.

BittMann

Sorry - I misread that. I thought you were talking about drivers. Have you loaded the vista drivers for the DVC 170?

(did you have a nice holiday Bittmann? You missed some drama)