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Recommended Optimizations

Pro Tools can also be affected by other software

and hardware drivers installed on your com-

puter. It is recommended (but not required) that

you do the following:

• Avoid running any unneeded programs at

the same time as Pro Tools.

• Turn off any software utilities that run in

the background, such as Windows Messen-

ger, calendars, and disk maintenance pro-

grams.

• Turn off any nonessential FireWire devices

while running Pro Tools.

• If your video display card supports it, en-

able Bus Mastering in the manufacturer’s

Control Panel. Refer to the manufacturer’s

instructions for details.

Optional Optimizations

The following system optimizations may help

Pro Tools perform better on some systems. It is

recommended that you only try these optimiza-

tions if necessary, as they may disable or ad-

versely affect the functionality of other pro-

grams on your system.

Disabling Network Cards

If applicable, disable any networking cards

(other than a FireWire card that you might use

to connect an external drive to your system).

To disable a network card:

1 Right-click My Computer and choose Manage.

2 Under System Tools, select Device Manager.

3 In the Device Manager window, double-click

Network adapters, then double-click the Network

Adapter card you want to disable.

4 Under the General tab, choose “Do not use this

device (disable)” from the Device Usage pop-up

menu, and click OK.

5 Close the Computer Management window.

Adjusting Processor Scheduling

To adjust Processor Scheduling performance:

1 Choose Start > Control Panel.

2 In Classic View, double-click System.

3 Click the Advanced tab.

4 Under the Performance section, click the Set-

tings button.

5 In the Performance Options window, click the

Advanced tab.

6 Under the Processor Scheduling section, select

the Background Services option.

7 Under the Memory Usage section, select the

System cache option.

8 Click OK to close the Performance Options

window.

9 Click OK to close the System Properties win-

dow.

10 Restart the computer for the changes to take

effect.

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