I am running Vista and have an i7 chip with 3 gigs of ram and a 1 gig video cars...Games fast (according to my Kids) I try and use crel x3 and it is hitchy and slow to react. I have already tried the patch sugested by corel and it did nothing!
I built this computer because I wanted fast.....I can still think faster than corel reacts!
Help me figure this out and you will be my new hero!
Oh my!
I think you need to find a different bunch of "graphic buddies", Victor!!!
Michael gave you good FN instructions and Ariel gave you a good list of other areas to check out.
Let us know (your new graphic buddies) how you're doing.
So...How do I go about improving Windows? I have already up graded to premium. SWAP What is that?
Please ...if you have time to explain...enlighten this poor ***...I am at my wits end and I have a huge project I need to complet and just do not have the patience to wait for corel to think....
Thank you so much!
Victor Hill said:SWAP What is that?
Swap is also called "Virtual memory": double-click in the System icon in Control Panel / Performance tab, click the Virtual Memory button, select "let me specify...", then select a bigger space.
Now we are getting somewhere....Thank you my friend!
How do I do the font thing?
Sorry for being such a menso....
I've never messt with this stuff before!
Actually, it's not the computer that has a problem with fonts, it's Draw and Paint and Font Navigator. I use Draw, Paint, Illustrator, Photoshop, a ton of related applications, font managers, audio applications, games, etc, etc. I've identified a few problems. Draw and Paint (X4 being the absolute worst), and Font Navigator. With Draw and Paint, if you disable their live font previewing, you shouldn't have any problem with those either. Illustrator and Photoshop have no problem at all. I currently have 1684 fonts, mostly the fancy, distressed ones that absolutely bring Draw and Paint to their knees. I've had as many as 2400 fonts on this particular machine. No problems outside of Draw/Paint/Font Navigator. Font Navigator shouldn't be used to install a lot of fonts. I recommend freeware Font Frenzy or Font Viewer. All my machines were set up similarly. I have two XP boxes here now that I used to use. They both have tons of fonts installed from when I used those machines. Those machines are running well. They get nothing but abuse, no maintenence. There's actually 1 other font issue I've identified. Windows Vista/Windows 7 have a problem just like Draw/Paint when trying to view the distressed fonts. But I never use Windows to install fonts. I use a font manager to both preview and install fonts. The font managers I pointed out have no problem with viewing and installing fonts.
I have found that some Security application include a feature called Resident Shield. These scan everything you open. Many have exception lists. I have added the Corel Applications to that list. Doing so does speed up X3 and X4.