this is what i did after the script was finished:
- increased pagefile size
- set number of processors to 2
- uninstalled and reinstalled alesis drivers and maudio drivers
- uninstalled three step cubase install and reinstalled with 2 step (just the copy protection device and the update file, not the base sx 3)
- took everything out of the vst plugin folder
- reinstalled the update on top of itself a second time
it's launching without instantly crashing, and that's good enough for now.
so, back to the update post, then.
well, i gotta finish cleaning, first. then the update post....after i sleep, probably. i didn't think this would take all night...