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My system is unstable. Can you provide any tips?
If your system is not rock solid, try the following techniques. They are listed
more or less in order from most to least important, so start at the top of the list and
keep working down until your problems are solved:
1. Turn off all your Windows system sounds. (These sounds play back at
a different sample rate than the audio you are recording, which can
cause glitches.)
Choose Start, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, and finally
the Sounds tab. Choose the sound scheme "No sounds."
Press "OK" to accept this new setting.
2. Turn off any wireless devices, such as wireless networking.
3. Disconnect as many peripherals (such as USB and Firewire devices) as
possible.
4. Do not connect to the Internet.
5. Minimize the number of programs you have open at the same time.
6. Disable unnecessary background services.
Under Windows, go to the Start menu and choose Run... Then, type
"msconfig.exe". The System Configuration Utility will open.
Choose the Startup tab and look for any non-critical processes that you
can identify that are scheduled to load when you start your computer.
Examples are the Adobe Acrobat assistant, QuickTime, RealPlayer,
and chat programs. Untick each of these items so that they will not
load at startup.
NOTE! Do not untick programs with which you are not familiar,
especially Microsoft programs. Many of these are necessary for your
computer to run.
After you save your changes and restart your computer, Windows will
remind you that you have made these changes. You can safely ignore
or disable these reminders once your system has proven to be stable.
7. Disable any network cards.
In Windows, you can do this under the Device Manager. Right-click
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