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Windows XP Service Pack 1 or 2 ?
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:38 pm
by ikke
Should I run Service Pack 1 or 2 for best performance and stability in Live 5.2? On Windows XP Pro.. Currently I have Service Pack 2 running, but Live crashes quite often, so Im thinking of reinstalling XP with SP1
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:51 pm
by djastroboy
In my experience, you're probably more likely to fix crashes by eliminating flaky VSTs than changing Service Packs.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:00 pm
by ikke
"..vsts changing sp´s?" .. what do you mean by that?
I dont have a lot of vsts running by the way.. Just the ones I need.
Is there a list of plugins not to use with Live 5?
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:48 pm
by djastroboy
I just mean that you should look first to VSTs as causes of your crashes.
Changing SP is not gonna help your stability. I've never noticed and never seen anyone claim that SP1 is more stable that SP2 or vice versa.
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:32 pm
by ewistrand
djastroboy wrote:I just mean that you should look first to VSTs as causes of your crashes.
Changing SP is not gonna help your stability. I've never noticed and never seen anyone claim that SP1 is more stable that SP2 or vice versa.
I've seen a few claims along those lines saying that SP1 is more stable. In the end, it mostly came down to poor PC maintenance, etc. on the claimer's part.
ew
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:33 pm
by macdeath
i have sp2 and its ok
i have a set with WAVES & Native Instr. and its ok...most of the session
i have 1.5g RAM and P4 @ 2.8 ghz
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:28 pm
by ikke
ewistrand wrote:djastroboy wrote:I just mean that you should look first to VSTs as causes of your crashes.
Changing SP is not gonna help your stability. I've never noticed and never seen anyone claim that SP1 is more stable that SP2 or vice versa.
I've seen a few claims along those lines saying that SP1 is more stable. In the end, it mostly came down to poor PC maintenance, etc. on the claimer's part.
ew
you need to turn off some extra services which come with sp2.. like Virus Alert and stuff
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:51 am
by ewistrand
ikke wrote:ewistrand wrote:djastroboy wrote:I just mean that you should look first to VSTs as causes of your crashes.
Changing SP is not gonna help your stability. I've never noticed and never seen anyone claim that SP1 is more stable that SP2 or vice versa.
I've seen a few claims along those lines saying that SP1 is more stable. In the end, it mostly came down to poor PC maintenance, etc. on the claimer's part.
ew
you need to turn off some extra services which come with sp2.. like Virus Alert and stuff
That's another line of bullshit. Some companies such as the Props recommend you don't turn anything off.
The only things I change from a normal XP install is change processor scheduling to background services, move my paging file off my OS drive and turn off power management to the USB hubs. My system never crashes no matter what I throw at it. I dump my temp files and defrag once a day, and that's about it for maintenance.
ew
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:52 pm
by ikke
ew,
well... you have to tweak your xp gentle. overdoing it will cause errors and other nasty behaviour
service alert, task schedular, messenger (which is not msn), automatic updates and my ATI services are disabled. Theres nothing wrong with disabling those services. System Restore and Remote Assistance utilities are disabled as well
.... according to digidesign you have to disable a lot more
Live 5 is just a buggy cpu hog, and that certainly isnt a line of bullshit
Kind regards,
we
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:56 pm
by ikke
btw, I run Pro Tools 6.7, Reason 3.04 and Adobe Audition without any errors, crashes. They all run smooth
... With the same amount of plugins (and even more) (rtas + wrapped vsts).
I have a very stable, expensive system with enough ram and almost no ( ok maybe two ) cracks. XP is legal too.
Live 5 just blows in terms of stability and performance
