I've finally got my a** in gear and bought a KVM switch box so that I can run an old pc for internet etc and my main computer will now be purely for audio.
The thing is, at the moment my Audio PC has had windows XP reinstalled and that's it. My question is regarding what I should/shouldn't install now. Is it a good idea to install XP service pack 2 and windows updates. If I do that I suppose I'll have to install Norton and Zone alarm etc which mean's I'll have to go on the internet.
What would you install? Would you bother with the likes of winamp and nero and crap like this or would not bother with going on the web?
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29-05-2006, 10:09 PM #1BOA Lifetime Member
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Question regarding Audio only computer. What to install.
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29-05-2006, 10:33 PM #2Supreme Freak
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keep it as clean as possible i have never installed any of the updates for xp or gone on the internet with my music pc
the less stuff you have installed the better.
there a tweak page for xp too, i have it somewhere i'll see if i can find it
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29-05-2006, 10:38 PM #3Supreme Freak
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29-05-2006, 11:20 PM #4acieeeeeeeeeeeeed
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some future software may not work on your pc if you don't have service pack 2 installed. although im not sure if any do now.
you can download and install a network addition of sp1 and sp2, which means you can download and burn them to disc using your internet pc, then install them on your music pc.
some good xp tweaks here http://www.tweakxp.com/ and here
http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm
i've always used the tips on tweakhound.
don't install anything you're not using for music, so no firewalls, anti virus, nero etc, just your music softwareLife is "trying things to see if they work"
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29-05-2006, 11:21 PM #5acieeeeeeeeeeeeed
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oops, didn't notice the xpmusic tweak, looks like a good site
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
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30-05-2006, 11:13 AM #6BOA Lifetime Member
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as was already said, keep it as clean as possible,. also when you are done with all the tweeks, you can backup your system to an image, and if something f** up, you can restore back your system in a couple of minutes with all the tweeks you done before you backup.
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31-05-2006, 11:50 AM #7Junior Freak
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you can use xp patcher in the pc with internet to download all updates from internet
then burn a cd to install in your music pc
install only the sound card drivers and grafic card drivers
and the music production software
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31-05-2006, 10:48 PM #8acieeeeeeeeeeeeed
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and your motherboard drivers
Originally Posted by Elvio Neto
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01-06-2006, 02:56 AM #9BOA Lifetime Member
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yeah i just recently got a kvm switch so i can go between pcs for internet and music, its awesome
but for my audio pc, it never touched the internet and i only have software for music on there thats it
and a couple of external hard drives too, so that way the harddrive on my music pc is clean
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