Automatic Shutdown

Music 1 should not be left running. If you are not working with it, close it out. Have the auto-shutdown enabled, as well.

The reasons for this are twofold. First, M1 makes a backup of your library database each day. If it is left running for many days and you then find yourself in need of a restored copy of your m1 library from a day or two ago, there won’t be one and you’ll have to restore back to an even earlier time than you’d prefer.

Second and most importantly, if Music 1 is not properly closed, it will ask for a re-activation code the next time you go to load it. This is because the last thing M1 does when you close it is to re-set an internal flag saying “this is a licensed database.” If M1 is running and Windows does a re-start, it will not properly close M1 before it does, the internal flag won’t be set and you’ll be asked for re-activation the next time you start it. This can also happen if M1 is running and the computer loses power.

Turning off Automatic Shutdown

If Music 1 is running and I leave my computer for a while, when I come down, M1 has closed. How can I stop that from happening?

Well, first off it is generally not advisable to leave it running all the time. If there is a power failure and the computer shuts off, or if someone comes to your machine and uses Task Manager to close M1, then it doesn’t get to shut down properly. When you re-start, you may find it asks for a re-activation code. This happens when M1 isn’t properly closed and doesn’t get to put all its little bits and bytes away properly. If that happens, you’ll have to call us for a re-activation number (or restore from a backup, but you’ll likely lose a little work if you do that).

If you really don’t want the Automatic Shutdown to do its thing, you can turn it off on the System Settings>Advanced tab.