[dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster

I'll give it a try.  What's Media Viewer Encoder?

Martin just turned me on to the Windows Movie Maker hidden in the 
accessories.  I was having a devil of a time getting the stuff in my DVD 
Camcorder into the computer.  It really works well.


Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Waters" <dwaters at usinternet.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster


> Rocky,
>
> I've been trying to do some screen video capture with MS Windows Media
> Viewer Encoder (free!).  This was so slow that it was going to be 
> unusable.
> I came across a tip to turn off all hardware acceleration, and that did 
> the
> trick.  Go to screen properties, select Settings - Advanced - 
> Troubleshoot.
> Push the slider to the left side.  Mine was set to full acceleration.  I
> haven't seen any adverse affects from doing this, so I'll keep it at this
> setting.
>
> This may only be helpful for problems with the screen display, but it's a
> cheap fix!
>
> HTH,
> Dan Waters
> ProMation Systems
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin -
> Beach Access Software
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:55 AM
> To: dba-tech
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster
>
> Dear tech:
>
> My laptop doesn't run as fast as I thin it should (who's does?).  I recall
> vaguely some tips about things that can be turned of in windows that tend 
> to
> bog things down.  Some kind of logging, or indexing, or audit trailing, or
> something.
>
> Anyway, if anyone has any hints I'll give them a try.  It's a 64bit Athlon
> processor running with 512MB RAM and WXP Home.  Seems to be doing a lot of
> disk swapping when starting or terminating programs.  Also slow startup 
> when
> changing user accounts.
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> http://www.e-z-mrp.com
> 858-259-4334
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