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Chapter 5: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 29
Recommended Optimizations
Pro Tools can also be affected by other software and
hardware drivers installed on your computer. It is rec-
ommended (but not required) that you do the follow-
ing:
• Avoid running any unneeded programs at the
same time as Pro Tools.
• Turn off any software utilities that run in the back-
ground, such as Windows Messenger, calendars,
and disk maintenance programs.
• Turn off any nonessential USB devices while run-
ning Pro Tools.
• If your video display card supports it, enable Bus
Mastering in the manufacturer’s Control Panel. Re-
fer 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 optimizations if necessary, as
they may disable or adversely affect the functionality of
other programs 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 Settings but-
ton.
5
In the Performance Options window, click the Ad-
vanced 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 window.
10 Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.