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Windows 8.1 performance settings for EDIUS
1. In PC properties, System Protection, disable protection of all listed drives
2. Click the Advanced Tab and in Startup and Recovery, disable automatically restart
3. In Advanced, click the Performance settings button and disable the first 8 visual effects
4. If you have 16GB or more Ram installed, set virtual memory on C drive to 1024MB initial and max
5. Disable User Account Control by dragging the slider all the way to the bottom
6. Change Windows update options to never check, you can do this manually by opening Internet explorer and go to Tools, Windows Updates (once a week is enough)
7. You will not see the high performance option initially, you need to click the show more plans link, then click change plane settings and set as seen below
8. Show all Apps and click Windows Defender and under Administrator, untick real-time protection
9. Disable the De-fragment Tool in Administrative Tools
10. Turn off all warning messages in the action center
11. Create a desktop shortcut to the Temp folder and empty it daily
To protect your C drive in case of failure, create a system image by using the legacy Win7 system image tool found in the control panel, System and Security, File History, at bottom left click System Image Backup, then follow these Win7 instructions (or use a third party image tool such as Acronics)
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