User Manual

Working with the Desktop
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In Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Window Color and
Appearance > Effects, deselect Show window contents while dragging.
• Enable setting to adjust for best performance.
In Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System > Advanced System Settings >
Performance Settings, select Adjust for best performance.
• Disable Desktop compositing.
In Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System > System Protection > Advanced tab
> Performance Setting, deselect Enable desktop composition.
• Disable Windows Defender.
In Control Panel > Security > Windows Defender > Tools > Options > Administrator
Options, deselect Use Windows Defender > Save.
• Disable Sidebar.
Right-click the Sidebar or Sidebar icon on your desktop > Properties > Deselect Start
Sidebar when Windows starts > Right click icon and select Exit.
• Disable Hibernation in the Power options.
In Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Power Options > Change when the
computer sleeps > Put the computer to sleep, select Never.
• Change Advanced Power Settings.
In Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Power Options > Change when the
computer sleeps > Change advanced power settings > High Performance (instead of
Balanced) Hard disk > Turn off hard disk after Setting: Never.
In Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Power Options > Change when the
computer sleeps > Change advanced power settings > High Performance (instead of
Balanced) Sleep > Sleep after Setting: Never.
• Set automatic updates to Notify you but don’t automatically download.
In Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Windows Updates > Change settings, select
“Notify me but don’t automatically download them or install them.”
• Turn off the firewall for Avid Interplay.
In Control Panel > Security > Windows Firewall, select Turn Windows Firewall on or off.
• Do not leave the Console window open when you edit. The performance of your Avid
editing system slows considerably when the Console window is open.
• Do not leave a Windows Explorer window open. Windows Explorer attempts to update file
information.
• Do not leave an e-mail application open if it is set to do periodic checks for mail.
• Do not run any application that periodically “wakes up” and performs an action.