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Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 59
5 Under the Processor Scheduling section, select
the Background Services option.
6 Under the Memory Usage section, select the
System cache option.
7 Click OK to close the Performance Options
window.
8 Click OK to close the System Properties win-
dow.
9 Restart the computer for the changes to take
effect.
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:
1 From the Start menu, type “msconfig” in Run
(Windows XP) or in Start Search (Windows
Vista) and click OK to open the System Configu-
ration Utility.
2 Under the General tab, choose Selective Star-
tup.
3 Deselect Load Startup Items and click OK.
4 Click Restart to restart the computer.
5 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
To ensure optimum performance with
Pro Tools, 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,
see your Apple OS X documentation.
For Windows System Optimization, see
“Optimizing a Windows System for
Pro Tools” on page 56.
Do not use the Mac OS X automatic
Software Update feature, as it may upgrade
your system to a version of Mac OS that has
not yet been qualified for Pro Tools. For
details on qualified versions of Mac OS, see
the latest compatibility information on the
Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com/
compatibility).