Yeah I posted about that pop-up in the host forum. It hasn't came up in a while or at least I haven't seen it. 'knock on wood' About the V-amp, I've tried it and it's a cool amp. My attitude towards them is I'd rather have a real amp, like a Marshall stack, than have a amp model of a marshall stack. If I need the effects I'll use a effects processor. That's my take on it, but you may want 16 different amp models depending on what your going for. If you are it's a good amp, but you may want to try others like Roland and Line 6 before committing to any one.