Hello~
I'm very frustrated. Draw keeps crashing on me. I'm using X6 with all updates installed. I have a new computer with 8GB RAM and OS Windows 7. I realize that Win 8 is being pushed as the "only valid" operating system. Could my preference for using Windows 7 be the cause of the crashing? Personally, I don't like Window 8 or do I like being forced to use a product I don't care for.
With that said, any suggestions to alleviate my frustration?
Thanks,
Patty
I'm using windows 7 -- currently with X7, but before that for at least two years with X6.
X6 sometimes crashed frequently, but I found that the most frequent crashes could be prevented by regularly emptying the windows %temp% folder. You can either do that manually, preferably after a reboot, or use a program like cCleaner to do it. Others have also observed that crashes are more likely to happen if you allow too many fonts to be installed at the same time.
There is one other thing that I always do, which may help. In control panel > system > advanced system settings > advanced > settings > advanced go to the virtual memory settings > change and turn off the "Automatically manage" option. Further down, select custom size. At the bottom of the screen, note the recommended size and in the middle of the screen, set at least that value to the initial and maximum sizes. To be certain -- the initial and maximum values must both be the same and no less than the recommended value. This prevents windows from constantly growing and shrinking the swap file, which I suspect has no real benefit and may cause unnecessary temporary disruption every time the size is changed.