Hello to you,
I'm not sure about the problem you are having but make sure that none of your programs are not running in the back round . I also turn off my anti virus and security settings . I also turn off my modem. I purchased studio and was afraid to install it on my computer because of all the crap I read about on the forums, so I called pinnical . They checked out my system and informed me to make a few small upgrades. I added a direct X 9 compliant video card and an 160gb external hard drive to save my projects to, installed studio and made my first movie complete to dvd without any problems. Don't let the anti studio creeps get you down. I use studio 10 and it works great. From what I see on these forums most of the problems stem from lack of computer resources and people that don't know what they are doing. Have fun with studio, I am.