DigiDesign 003 Family, Setup Manual

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Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 33
Adjusting Processor Scheduling
To adjust Processor Scheduling performance:
1
Right-click
Computer
(Windows Vista) or
My
Computer
(Windows XP) and choose
Properties
.
2
in the System Properties window, click the Ad-
vanced
tab.
3
Under the Performance section, click the
Set-
tings
button.
4
In the Performance Options window, click the
Advanced
tab.
5
Under the Processor Scheduling section, select
the
Background Services
option.
6
Under the Memory Usage section, select the
System cache
option.
7
Click
OK
to close the Performance Options
window.
8
Click
OK
to close the System Properties win-
dow.
9
Restart the computer for the changes to take
effect.
Disabling System Startup Items
The fewer items in use by your computer, the
more resources are available for Pro Tools. Some
startup applications may be consuming unnec-
essary CPU resources, and can be turned off.
If you disable any of the following startup items,
do so carefully:
• Portable media serial number (required for
some applications that utilize a copy pro-
tection key)
• The Plug and Play service
• Event log
• Cryptographic services
To Disable System Startup Items:
1
From the Start menu, type “msconfig” in Start
Search (Windows Vista) or in Run (Windows XP)
and click
OK to open the System Configuration
Utility.
2
Under the
General
tab, choose
Selective Star-
tup
.
3
Deselect Load Startup Items and click OK .
4
Click
Restart
to restart the computer.
5
After restarting, the computer displays a Sys-
tem Configuration message. Check to see if
Pro Tools performance has increased before you
deselect the
Don't show this message again
op-
tion. If performance has not changed, run
“msconfig” and return your computer Startup
Selection back to
Normal Startup - load all device
drives and services
. Alternatively, try disabling
Startup items and non-essential processes indi-
vidually.