How to tweek windows xp to make it run faster? I use my PC For just DAW use only! Also is there really a Windows XP DAW Edition? Thanks

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Originally posted by Pagan-za Fighting online is like winning the special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

well my friend this is what im in the prosess if finding out.
i have two running versions off xp at the mo.
one for corprate use and the other for music.
the other is a sriped down virson of xp pro (modiefied and tweaked)
and so far so good.

im using fl and i have twin core of corse fl only reads of one chip so this is a pain. what windows do you have at the mo?

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Originally posted by airwalker1 well my friend this is what im in the prosess if finding out. i have two running versions off xp at the mo. one for corprate use and the other for music. the other is a sriped down virson of xp pro (modiefied and tweaked) and so far so good. im using fl and i have twin core of corse fl only reads of one chip so this is a pain. what windows do you have at the mo?

I have xp home. Im going to do a Fresh Install on my pc by the end of the year thats why im asking. One guy on this forum had some extreme ways on how to tweek XP to make it run faster and trun off every thing but i cant find that post any more! I looked and looked!

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Dr.DRE "It's not the equipment....it's the muthaf@#%r running it"

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Originally posted by Pagan-za Fighting online is like winning the special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

i can put you on to a web site that has e-books in how to tweak xp.
in fact i can post it up for you in a day or to just need to find if this helps? of corse you do relise it wont make a huge diffrence im sad to say ome tip i can give you now is if you click on taskbar and select task maneger then select prosess. find the music program you are running and go into select piroty then click on high. this will give you a bit of juice

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On a related note, Sound On Sound magazine published an article in this months issue on how to optimize Vista for audio.
Much of it is the same as XP: Set processor scheduling to prioritize background services, turn off windows audio, get rid of power-saving options that mess with the processor, make sure all hard drives have DMA enabled.

It also debunked an optimization myth from XP(and is still relevant on Vista). It's better to let windows handle the memory usage, like the page file, so don't manually set the page file or whatever else. Windows generally knows best, in this case.

All in all, on the average system there's not much you can do to optimize a system for audio, other than keeping the OS clean of bad programs and whatnot.

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Originally posted by airwalker1 i can put you on to a web site that has e-books in how to tweak xp. in fact i can post it up for you in a day or to just need to find if this helps? of corse you do relise it wont make a huge diffrence im sad to say ome tip i can give you now is if you click on taskbar and select task maneger then select prosess. find the music program you are running and go into select piroty then click on high. this will give you a bit of juice

Cool post it up i will read it. Maybe i can learn a thing or two on how to make xp faster! The only software i want to run on my studio pc is Reaper, Reason, Rebirth, Recycle and Live. Reaper is my main DAW only becuse its been good to me and i know it inside and out!

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Dr.DRE "It's not the equipment....it's the muthaf@#%r running it"

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Originally posted by Pagan-za Fighting online is like winning the special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

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Originally posted by atxbigballer1 Cool post it up i will read it. Maybe i can learn a thing or two on how to make xp faster! The only software i want to run on my studio pc is Reaper, Reason, Rebirth, Recycle and Live. Reaper is my main DAW only becuse its been good to me and i know it inside and out!

ok leave that with me and i will post it up for you soon ok

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There is an XP DAW edition as I'm using it myself however it is VERY stripped down, including anything network related, so if you plan to use your PC for anything other than strictly music production, I wouldn't recommend it. What I would recommend instead is one of the Performance Editions. I'm using the September build of Performance Edition XP SP3 on another computer and its working great.

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Originally posted by Magnus There is an XP DAW edition as I'm using it myself however it is VERY stripped down, including anything network related, so if you plan to use your PC for anything other than strictly music production, I wouldn't recommend it. What I would recommend instead is one of the Performance Editions. I'm using the September build of Performance Edition XP SP3 on another computer and its working great.

There is no official DAW Edition or Performance Edition available from Microsoft. There is only XP Home, XP Professional and XP Media Center Edition. Be advised that if you see anything labeled "DAW Edition" or "Performance Edition" then it is most likely from an unofficial source so be prepared to take on any risks associated with using Microsoft software that is not genuine.

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link as promised for e book xp its a direct link from rapid share select free download have fun

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check this

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Originally posted by dannib check this

even better

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