Alndln Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Soundcrafter: [b]Microsoft has only made 2 really reliable operating systems- Windows 2000 (or was it '98?) [/b][/quote]Either you know or you don't. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Nawledge: [b]what's up Alndln Opteron, could you give instructions on how to set up 2000 for dedicated daw use only. you said you took out explorer and alot crap. what did you remove and how do you do it, I'm assuming it's not a simple delete. thanx peace[/b][/quote]No,you can't just remove the explorer yourself.You have to track down as many SP2 downloads that you can minus Explorer updates,then download the IEradicator 2000 here [url=http://www.litepc.com/download.html]www.litepc.com/download.html[/url] Note,this will only work with Win 2K with SP 1,not SP2 which is why you have to track down SP2 seperate downloads minus Explorer updates.Once those are in place,just click on the file and reboot and enjoy the lightning speed and trouble free use. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stranger Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by loudist: [b] [quote]Originally posted by Nawledge: [b]what's up Alndln Opteron, could you give instructions on how to set up 2000 for dedicated daw use only. you said you took out explorer and alot crap. what did you remove and how do you do it, I'm assuming it's not a simple delete. thanx peace[/b][/quote]Nawledge, here is a site for trimming/tweaking XP for music application: http://www.musicxp.net/ It applies to Win2K as well.[/b][/quote]Here's the exact page you need... http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudist Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Thats the twaeking page... Here is the trimming page: http://www.musicxp.net/remove_components.htm and another set of pages of a computer guru's tweaks for audio: http://www.opusaudioprojects.net/Win2k%20Installation%20and%20Optimzation%20Guide.doc http://www.opusaudioprojects.net/WinXp.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawledge Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stranger Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 The opus link is even better. Saved my ass on my second drive setup! Another question: What size should I set my swap file if I've got 512megs of ram? The sites differ on how much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudist Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Hey Nawledge, Opus is in LA. Give him a call, the number is on his website. He seems like a cool cat. I think he is working for appoge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roto Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I support about 75 PCs at work. When I started here they were mostly all on 98SE, now they are mostly on XP. I was A LOT busier in the 98 days. Just last week I had two days with [b]zero[/b]calls. If you had a problem with an upgrade from 98 to XP, the best solution is to backup your data and start from a blank hard drive. Or better yet just get a new pc and put 98 back on the old one. Most of your problems, especially dealing with audio are going to be drivers as stated earlier. That being said, if your 98 machine runs [i]perfectly[/i] then don't mess with it. If you have some annoyances with it though, no way is XP a waste of money. A lot of people here have told me their machines are running much better on XP and that's even when they are using a couple of DOS programs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techristian Posted March 12, 2003 Author Share Posted March 12, 2003 I still didn't get my daughters play on DVD. I suppose it was a bit much for me to expect that MyDVD would allow me to walk away and record a whole 2 hours without a gliche. It creates these huge scratch files, at least 2X the size of the mpeg that it will save, but the file grows faster than the software can encode, and so even doing everything to a 30 gig partition it seems to run out of memory after 56 minutes. This whole experience reminds me of my first CDR recording headaches. In the summer of 96 I upgraded to Windows 95 because the TBeach CD burning package recommended it. Well to make a long story short I was losing my mind with that experience because the CDRs cost me $15 each and the TBeach Ricoh 1420C package cost me $1100 Canadian. It turned out , after 2 months and $150 worth of CD coasters that the SCSII interface bundled with the TBEACH was faulty. After spending another $100 on another SCSII interface, I was finally able to record CDRs. Future Shop refused to re-imburse me. Now the situation is much better. Now I'm only playing with DVD-RW disks @ $2 each and a recorder less than 1/2 the price of that first CDR. My #1 use for the DVD is using the Pinnacle software to back up the large Sonar 2.2 *.CWB files, and the Pioneer DVD does that well. Also, when I try to put a bunch of my short 1 minute drum lessons to DVD, I'm sure that it will work out much better. Dan http://teachmedrums.com TEACHMEDRUMS.COM My Music Videos RED PILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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