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Hi Thomas, In fact VHD-W8-COMPACT works fine for me, it looks as if AO Service Tool Compress doesn't. The only issue with VHD-W8-COMPACT is that AO Service Tool doesn't switch any longer if it is run after VHD-W8-COMPACT. For the tablet connection : yes, I use a fixed IP address, that's why I don't understand what is going on... Totalmix : yes, I have also noticed Totalmix function is ok in core-mode, but the GUI doesn't work, so no settings possible. Ability to load Totalmix with a preset file argument in command line would be nice if it existed Thank you for your kind help ! Francois

Hi Claudia, I followed your advice with mitigate results : compressing with ST > running ST to minimal server mode > AO works fully for music but apparently disables network connections, so I can no longer use Radmin3 (Teamviewer-like software) to drive my musicPC from my SurfacePro tablet (though I kept all network choices or remote access choices "on" in AO Ultimate) Switching to Core-mode without having compressed and having run AO as above works also now for music as you forecasted (though now I cannot access RME's Totalmix mixer any longer, which is a problem for me) but I'm still missing the tablet connection. I did not run VHD-W8-Compact for these trials. How coud I keep the tablet connection with a Teamviewer-like software and have a running Totalmix mixer ? Francois

Thank you Claudia. It is suggested in some server 2012 shrinking procedures (Uli Bruggemann) to run Service Tool before VHD-W8-compact , but AO only after VHD-W8-compact. That's why I did not run AO right away. Is this also the procedure you advise ? (running ST only after VHD-W8-compact results in unability to switch modes) Francois

Hi All, I'm new to this thread though not new to server2012 nor to AO, which I have been using for one and a half year. Having changed my soundcard (RME HDSPe AIO for RME HDSPe AES) and bought a "second hand" Server 2012 r2 std, I did go again through the whole setup process. Unfortunately, switching to core-mode in system2 (before shrinking with VHD-W8-Compact) leads to loss of several dll's (oledlg.dll for RME driver, dsound.dll for foobar, so nothing works any longer). I did already have the oledlg.dll issue last year, I don't remember how I did solve it, probably sticking with minimal-server mode instead of core-mode. Obviously too, the keys added to the registry to have AcourateConvolver and Foobar started automatically have been fired by Service Tool (I did not yet run AO at this stage), but I did put them back there. Anyway, core-mode is presently unusable. Did someone come across the same issues and find a walk-around ? Francois