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Setting up second profile on XP for DAW

ogy · 2009-01-15 17:19:32

there was a great thread posted once about tweaking your PC to perform as a DAW, the bit im interested in was setting up two profiles, one for DAW one for normal stuff. everything extra was disabled with the DAW profile so it obviously ran smoother. i bookmarked it, i thought, but can't find it. ive searched but having no…

15-01-2009 5:19pm

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there was a great thread posted once about tweaking your PC to perform as a DAW, the bit im interested in was setting up two profiles, one for DAW one for normal stuff. everything extra was disabled with the DAW profile so it obviously ran smoother. i bookmarked it, i thought, but can't find it. ive searched but having no joy. anyone have it or a link to a similar resource?

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#2 15-01-2009 5:37pm

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Have that link on my machine in studio...will stick it up later...helpful!

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#3 15-01-2009 6:04pm

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Was it my post? The only thing I've ever had stickied:D

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53394107&postcount=9

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#4 15-01-2009 6:50pm

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Just said id throw this out there..have a look on the cuckos reaper forum for dux's winxp sp3..this dude designs operating systems for a living i think..stripped out everything to get windows running as smooth and as small as possible, with daw work in mind..you need your own non oem cd key, but its decent..

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#5 15-01-2009 7:13pm

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Not sure if this is what you are after

http://www.moozek.com/2008/08/21/definite-guide-to-windows-xp-tweaking-for-audio/

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#6 15-01-2009 7:35pm

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What'll help just as much as those tweaks is having a seperate hardware profile with every unnecessary device disabled - network cards, wireless, bluetooth and especially internal sound cards.
That and installing only your DAW and plugins.

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#7 15-01-2009 8:40pm

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teamdresch wrote: »

What'll help just as much as those tweaks is having a seperate hardware profile with every unnecessary device disabled - network cards, wireless, bluetooth and especially internal sound cards.
That and installing only your DAW and plugins.

Thats essentially what my post says alright.
Made a massive difference to my machine.

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#8 15-01-2009 9:05pm

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In that Dux xp, a lot of those services aren't there in the first place..

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#9 16-01-2009 6:55pm

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cheers lads, it was indeed yours art, thanks a million, great post

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