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How much better it would be to slide the remaining books closer together, combining all the free
space first. Unfortunately, computers are ‘foolish librarians’. They tend to want to fill in all the gaps
in their storage areas, even if this requires literally shredding your ‘book’ (in reality large video files
from your TriCaster sessions) into tiny fragments.
Defragmenting the storage volume has the same effect as sliding the books together, resulting in one
or more larger gaps. The end result is that TriCaster doesn’t have to frantically search in many
different places to assemble the video streams from your recorded session.
Hint: Defragmentation can sometimes take considerable time, so it’s not something you want to begin just
before an important event.
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Backup or Restore System – A complete set of Backup and Restore features are available to help in the
event of an unforeseen problem.
We strongly encourage you to protect against any unforeseen occurrence by using the Backup feature
soon after registering TriCaster. Please refer to Section A.5.7 in Appendix Chapter 21 for details.
 Command Window – Open a system command line window, allowing you (among other things) to use
advanced commands to manage your system and network settings.
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Swap Primary Monitor – reverse the monitor assignments currently in use for TriCaster’s interface
and Multiview displays.
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ETTINGS
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Regions and Language – Open the system language control panel.
 Advanced Keyboard – Open the system keyboard controls panel.
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Date and time – Open the system keyboard controls panel.
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Configure Network – Open the system network controls panel.
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Display – Open the system display controls panel (useful for configuring multiple monitors, among
other things).
 Fonts –Open the system font management console, allowing you to add that new font your client
wants you to use for their title pages.
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System Name – It can be very useful to modify the default name your TriCaster is identified on the
network. This is especially true when more than one TriCaster might be on the same network. The
System Name feature opens the System Properties console’s Computer Name tab. Click the Change
button to modify the current name.
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HUTDOWN
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Exit to Windows – Leave the Administration Mode screen and display the standard system desktop.
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Back to TriCaster – Exit Administration Mode, and return to TriCaster’s Startup screen.