DigiDesign Mbox 2 Pro, Getting Started Manual

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Chapter 5: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 27
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 (Windows XP):
1
From the Start menu, choose
Run
.
2
Type “msconfig” and click OK. The System
Configuration Utility opens.
3
Under the General tab, choose
Selective
Startup
.
4
Deselect
Load Startup Items
and click OK.
5
Click Restart to restart the computer.
6
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”
option. 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.
Optimizing a Mac System for
Pro Tools
(Mac Only)
To ensure optimum performance with
Pro Tools LE, configure your computer before
using Pro Tools software.
Before configuring your computer, make sure
you are logged in as an Administrator for the ac-
count where you want to install Pro Tools. For
details on Administrator privileges in Mac OS X,
refer to your Apple OS X documentation.
Turning Off Software Update
To turn off the Software Update feature:
1
Choose
System Preferences
from the Apple
menu and click
Software Update
.
2
Click the Software Update tab.
3
Deselect
Check for Updates.
To optimize a Windows XP system, see
“Optimizing a Windows System for
Pro Tools” on page 24.
Do not use the Mac OS X automatic Soft-
ware Update feature, as it may upgrade
your system to a version of Mac OS that has
not yet been qualified for Pro Tools. For de-
tails on qualified versions of Mac OS, visit
the Digidesign website
(www.digidesign.com).