Doug,
Have been following you and Terry discussing the "old" machine.
That caused me to try Ultimate on my old machines.
I have a P IV running a 3.20 gig clock speed with 4 gigs of Ram.
No crashes, but it is running W7 32 bit.

I have an older one which still has XP on it. We never even turn that on. But I tried it anyway, and installed Ultimate.
Slower, but no crashes.

My own computer is a Quad core, and Ultimate makes use of the quad when building cache files and thumbs, and that is slick.

My point is you mentioned turning off cache file building and still crashing.
That leads me to believe you have a system failure or conflict. With cache of files and creating the cache turned off, you are essentially running Studio with the current versions.
Ultimate should be running as if it was Studio.
Have a look around!  Uninstall, reinstall, turn off the anti virus when reinstalling. Try a few things!

Fred

Yes it does. The only difference is you don't get an opportunity to Refine the raw image.
Terry

Hi again,
I assumed you were using Q-SE for raw as you had asked for a change to the Raw Refine controls 
So am I, and retired, but life has been busier than ever since retirement - it just means I have more choices about my schedule - except when I working on my PC and the lady of the house complains I'm spending too long in the office.   
Terry

Well of course - that's what I know I will really be buying - so even if QU and Studio had the exact same functionality right now, I would still buy QU.  I look back at what I first bought when I purchased Qimage 7 or 8 years ago, and all the functionality that Mike has added since - for free.  Can't wait to see what's coming here.

Terry,

Thanks for the info.  I figure my machine is too old to handle it at a fast enough pace for me to work.  I'll have to wait to upgrade computer before I can really evaluate Ultimate.  As it is right now, with the crashes and all, I can't use it.

I even set the preferences to not cache the Raw files, still too slow compared to Studio.  Again, probably not the program, but my machine.

I'll Raw process with Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw as I have been doing for years now.  I'll still use Studio to print.

Doug

Does the Raw conversion using Convert Image use the same method as Flash Card Develop? If not what's the difference?

I write in Word or Notepad then copy/paste so it's less likely to time out.

Terry-M, thanks for the informative post. However I have been shooting in the auto wb mode for over 6 years and not about to change. Its one thing less that I have to adjust when I am shooting casually and on vacation, focus exposure and composure are my main concern. I have a Whibal netural card for inclusion when its convient and I agree that it helps in some situations.
I also have profiles for my two cameras which were purchased through ddisoftware and I am generally very happy with the results delivered by Qimage Studio. My printing is done exclusively with Qimage which I have been using since 2001. Started shooting raw in 2003 and presently use Lightroom, Bibble Pro 5.1 and SilkyPix 4.0 for the processing of my raw files. I am an amateur and do not have time constraints so I enjoy being creative with my files.

 

The forum must be too busy with all the interest in QU 
Terry

I have had the problem since Ultimate was released   About a week.

Andy