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Okay i see nuff people on here having problems with stuttering, ram etc.

I will give you some reading to do


If you are inexperienced with computers
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING ON ALL OF THE LINKS I POST
DO NOT RUSH THROUGH AND GO AHEAD AND INSTALL OR DELETE STUFF
FROM YOUR COMPUTER.


And do not mess with windows registry!!!

This info will help if your computer is a hog





1 defrag hard drive
2 update your drivers..soundcard
3 uninstall any programs you dont use
4 http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

i usually use the "safe" setting...trust me there is so much crap windows runs that hogs up your computer.

5 uninstall adobe reader/acrobat the thing that reads pdfs
and install
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

foxit reader

6 http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html
download the pdf and read it
especially the spyware adware section p47

download install and run
Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Per ... l&tag=top5

and
Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

There are more cleaners but these do a pretty good job


p57 drive optimisation


p87 startup IMPORTANT

over the time of you owning your computer you have put loads of crap on it. some programs decide to start when you start the computer.....this takes up your cpu and ram when you need it(especially bad if your computer is weak anyway)p89 DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE ABOUT like it says there you have to do some research into the startup processes before getting rid of them




read the cleaning windows section p94

if u install ccleaner (which i higly recommend uncheck the cookies tabs in the internet explorer and firefox sections), and under the advanced tab untick everything!!)







In your audio software:

Adjust your buffer latency settings to resolve the stuttering effect

bounce down (turn to wave file) your vst instruments

get rid of your desktop picture just have a blank screen


please add more advise if you have it....especially about optimising within audio software

BE CAREFUL DELETING STUFF FROM YOUR COMPUTER YOU DONT WANT TO REINSTALL WINDOWS AGAIN.


aLWAYS BACKUP YOUR DATA TOO.

grime out

put this int the jubscarz thread but:

startmenu> run > msconfig

uncheck all the waste in the start up and system tags, shit like windows helper, updates.....they'll be a lot of shit that comes with programs like nero or photoshop etc, just no need for it.

yeah and run some adware busting stuff.

careful on the defrag though, i've lost a horrible amount of tunes and cubase files using that in the past.

drop your background or replace with low res pic

http://www.musicxp.net/ has plenty of useful tips.

http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/

this is bare good for cleaning your comp up, just make sure you dont clean up anything you might need like favourites and stuff (check tabs)

you'll be surprised at how much it will find.[/url]

yeah safe for the tips, after reformating my computer its a bit quicker haha, but still this is useful.

Jubscarz wrote:yeah safe for the tips, after reformating my computer its a bit quicker haha, but still this is useful.

yeah but its keeping it running well thats the problem

grime wrote:windows xp


5 uninstall adobe reader/acrobat the thing that reads pdfs
and install
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

foxit reader

grime out

I've been having a bunch of trouble with Adobe lately so I downloaded Foxit. How do I get foxit to open up in firefox so I can read PDF files in the web browser?

sometimes i feel bad for the trouble windows users need to go through to get a "functional" computer. but then again sometimes i dont.. to each his own =]

cheers

DopeLabs

if you have issues on your mac please msg me and we can get it sorted.. i am an endless resource =]

im not sure what all software supports track freezing i know ableton 6 and cubase sx3 have it.. this is huge for freeing up resources and lets you add way more components to your tracks without abusing yor processor. it can take time to freeze a track but its worth it.

RyBread wrote:

grime wrote:windows xp


5 uninstall adobe reader/acrobat the thing that reads pdfs
and install
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

foxit reader

grime out

I've been having a bunch of trouble with Adobe lately so I downloaded Foxit. How do I get foxit to open up in firefox so I can read PDF files in the web browser?

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/636/

firefox extnsion





also new tip
download reg supreme
http://www.macecraft.com/regsupreme/
free 30 day trial worth buying thoug its only $12 about 6 quid

and go through all the steps
optimise then run an aggresive scan..







if you have had a lot of shit installed on your computer this will clean out the registry and may take a while on older systems....and it will make a backup if you need to replace a registry file you deleted.....but this thing is the best registry cleaner ive used.

Anyone got any more tips here? Ma old laptop struggles along like an asthmatic ant with heavy shopping......

Get a Mac

i format my pc once a year or so - always helps me

here is a reason to optimise:

this is my comp..Viewmaster portiva laptop with cetrino intel processor, 512ram 40mb hd. about 4 years old.

this is what i run when making beats:

Pro Tools LE
Reason rewiered into at least 15 stereo tracks in tools
at least 25 Rtas plugs in any given tune: EQ's comps Limiters ect.

I use a shit comp but i acheive wicked results.

and who the fuck can afford a mac anyway?

westernsynthetics wrote:Viewmaster portiva laptop blah blah

narcossist wrote:put this int the jubscarz thread but:

startmenu> run > msconfig

uncheck all the waste in the start up and system tags, shit like windows helper, updates.....they'll be a lot of shit that comes with programs like nero or photoshop etc, just no need for it.

yeah and run some adware busting stuff.

careful on the defrag though, i've lost a horrible amount of tunes and cubase files using that in the past.

nice one for that. been wanting to know how to do that for a while

narcossist wrote:careful on the defrag though, i've lost a horrible amount of tunes and cubase files using that in the past.

Anybody else second that?
Repeated defrags is rather recommended, aren't they?

what's up with the defrag thing then? Is this likely to delete project files or is it just files that are smaller than a certain kb?