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Optimizing Windows XP
Of all the culprits in your PC, of all the suspects for making your NLE experience a painful one, it is unlikely that Windows is it. Really, I am not a Microsoft fan, but I do recognize that finally, after all these years, Windows XP is the operating system they got right. However, as good as this OS is, you can still do some basic things to try to optimize it, or in laymen's terms, get the darn thing to do the job it was designed to do.
Setting the swap file location
The old school of thought with PC optimization was to set your swap file to 2.5 times the amount of physical RAM. However, now that RAM is so cheap and 1 GB is commonplace place, this rule no longer applies. In general, a swap file larger than 640 MB is unnecessary, and it eats up precious hard drive space.
Windows UpdatesGenerally speaking you should apply all Windows security updates when they are available. However, it's a good idea to take a look at the Pinnacle Web forum to make sure this will not cause Liquid Edition any problems. For this reason I recommend turning off Automatic Updates and applying updates manually.However, turning off the auto-update function does mean that you have to remember to check the Microsoft update page on a regular basis to keep your computer secure. |
Service Pack 2If you have SP2 installed, two warning messages from the Windows firewall may appear the first time you start Pinnacle Liquid 6. In this case, you need to click Unblock to add the Render Manager and Desktop applications to the list of allowed applications. These two applications are required by Liquid Edition to function correctly. Once they're added, you should no longer see this prompt. |
Figure A.3. Setting the Windows XP swap file.
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Reducing the XP eye candy
XP has been compared to a toy interface, with too many unwanted features such as fading menus and brightly colored windows buttons. Although this is a subjective comment, it's true to say that the default XP interface uses a lot of resources that could be better used elsewhere.To reduce the interface overhead, access the System Properties for your computer, click the Advanced tab, then the Performance section's Settings button, and select Adjust for best performance from the resulting Performance Options dialog (Figure A.4 ).
Figure A.4. Adjusting the look of XP.
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Tip- Many Internet sites offer further advice on how to turn off unwanted servicesthe parts of XP that operate in the background. Performing a Google search for "XP services disable" reveals plenty of help. One such site is
