Defrag my computer

can I defrag my computer like a PC
to help speed up the processing?

Hi surfduke,
You will find that there are different schools of thought here (and on just about every other Apple discussion board!) about this issue.
I pesonally use iDefrag reasonably regularly, especially on "fullish" drives, and I find it makes a noticeable difference. One of the advantages it has over using the SuperDuper cloning process suggested by Eric is that it maintains things like "hot zones" and maintains the preferential location of particular files provided by OSX.
It is not so much file fragmentation (which is dealt with, at least with small files, by OSX) which causes the problems on a Mac drive. It is free space fragmentation that eventually takes a toll when a drive gets close to full.
Just how much of a problem such things are depends on what you do with your computer and how full your HD is. If your disc still has plenty of free space and you don't work heavily with large video files and the like it probably isn't necessary. If you are down to the last 20 Gigabytes on a 250 Gig drive, though , then free space fragmentation could well be at least a part of your problem.
Cheers
Rod

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See this - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848

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I assume that you have been to the Control Panel and checked Programs and Features that it is uninstalled.
Now open Internet Explorer and go into Internet settings, here make IE your default browser.IMPORTANT STEP, you need to reset the registry by doing this, if you don't you leave an invalid link to Firefox.
If you are willing to dump everything from Firefox you can go to c:/Windows/Program Files and delete the Mozilla Firefox folder, now go to your Start menu and open Run, here type %appdata% in the folder you will find the Mozilla folder, delete it.
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Iwent to tools to clean up cookies on computer but there is no internet options just options I was told to go to general bab and look for delete cookies why doesn't Firfox have this option

I finally got instructions on how to defrag my computer, I wanted to now remove the cookies that my computer has to help speed up the computer. I was told as mentioned in the above question I was to go to Tools then click on Internet Options there is only options, then go to general tab and click on delete cookies I did go to general through options but nothing there to help me get rid of the unwanted cookies. Do you have any suggestions on what I can do
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Hi P,
You're very close. It's the Privacy tab right next to Security.

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Are you using the latest version of iTunes (11.0.2) on your computer?
If not, get it at:
http://www.apple.com/itunes

My Computer Keeps Crashing

Hello,
For the past several weeks, my computer has been crashing, and typically does this when I'm watching a movie or streaming through Netflix. The latest crash happened today when I was a streaming a video through a browser. I've run a deep scan through Zone
Alarm, defragmented my computer, and ran a hardware test. Everything came up fine, but the crashes keep happening and they seem to get worse and worse.
I uploaded the Dump files onto my Skydrive, although this is the first time I've used this program so bear with me if something isn't right. I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could fix this problem for me, as I'd hate for my only computer to break.
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Slow Video Games & Fullscreen In-Computer Video Files

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Whenever I pull up a PC game with 3d graphics (even if I have the game set on the lowest definition settings), I get a really slow framerate, which makes the game pretty much un-playable.
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I think I have a great graphics card and plenty of RAM, so i don't really understand why this is happening. I defragment my computer once a week, and I have more than half of my memory free. I'm paranoid that something is wrong with my computer, and would be really grateful if someone could help me out.

Hi,
If you don't have any restore points to go back to then someone has tampered with your PC. The Windows restore point process is set active by default.
Backup your data to external media (usb drive) and then use the HP Recovery Disks to bring your PC back to factory fresh condition. If your PC has never been connected to the internet then it's missing a lot of critical and highly recommended updates. Review these HP updates and once you do get connected to the internet then you will have many Microsoft updates.
Off the cuff I would start with a video driver update and then a bios update.
Another looming issue in the background is that the motherboard in your PC has a bad history.
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HP Touchsmart tm2, using Window's 7 64-bit. There are no error messages popping up, but what happens is I start my computer, and my wifi/internet connection icon seems to freeze while loading possible internet connections. If I turn off my wifi and then turn it back on using the button on the side of my computer, it seems to work correctly, then.
But, when I get on the internet, no matter what site I go on to, my computer will just hang up after being online for at most 5 minutes. Mozilla Firefox will go into a Not Repsonding mode, and I can't minimize it or click/open any other programs. CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't work, and when I hover over any icon, nothing seems like it's recognizing my mouse. The mouse moves, though, and the time even keeps going (it'll change from 9:13 to 9:14 and so forth).
It ends up figuring itself out, though, after another 5 minutes (literally an entire 5 minutes) and then seems to work okay.
Recently, I updated CCleaner to the newest version, cleaned out my internet cache, defrag my computer using Defraggler, used CClean to also wipe by free space, and updated Avast! Antivirus to the newest version and ran a full virus scan with no threats detected... :/

Hopefully No real Damage was done.
A Surge Protector works fine with items like Lights, Lamps and small electrical items. Where the problem arises is with Computers, which are precision electrical devices. The only real protection is a Battery Backup like an APC.
http://buy.apc.com/commerce/storefronts/etail/default.aspx?storefrontcode=apcfs& countrycode=us&tsk=F841U&pc=18349&keycode=f841u&promocode=18349&promo_key=18349
When there is a Power outage no matter what the source. can also create tremendous Power Surges. This can happen when the electricity is turned back on and can cause frying all of your Electrical Appliances.
Having an APC will save all of your Computer Equipment including your Modem, Router, Printers, Scanner, Computer, as well as Phone lines.
A simple Surge Protector simply isn't enough protection and especially the cheaper models.
Here is the simple way to check and see if your equipment is still operable.
Turn your Computer clear OFF and pull the Power Plug
Pull the Power from both your Modem and your Router.
Wait a minimum of 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes Plug in your Modem and wait a minimum of 3 minutes.
Now plug in your Router and again you must wait 3 to 4 minutes.
Now you can plug in your computer and restart it and don't touch anything. If your computer starts up then you got lucky If not you will probably need to take it to the genious bar at your closest Apple Store. Chances are that your computer has components that have been fried from the power surge. Good Luck and hope your computer restarts.

Premiere Elements 8 crashes when I try to use it.

This has been an issue for several months now, which I have been unable to find a resolution to. Things to keep in mind are that I am not very computer-savvy, so the fix could be quite simple and I am just missing it.
The problem:
Back in August, I asked my boyfriend to clean off some space on my computer because it was starting to act up sometimes. I know that he deleted some programs that I was not using, but as far as I know, none of them had to do with Premiere Elements 8. But as soon as that happened, I couldn't use it any more.
What happens:
I can open up a new file just fine. I think I can even open an already existing file (it has been a few months since I've tried that). It is when I try to import a video file into the program that it shuts down. My computer remains functioning; other tabs and programs will not be affected, my laptop does not shut down or glitch. It is just Adobe.
What I've tried:
I uninstalled the program twice and re-installed it. That didn't work either time.
I checked to make sure that I still have Quicktime installed. I do, and it is updated.
I made sure I have room on my computer. There isn't a lot, and it is not a fast computer, but then again, it never has been.
I've done all system updates, defragmented my computer, etc. All of the maintenance I can think of.
I searched my problem on this forum and google, but haven't had success finding a case similar enough to mine (possibly due to my inadequate search skills).
What I'm looking for now:
I suspect that there is a program that has been deleted that was important for Premiere Elements 8. However, I cannot figure out what program that might be.
Miscellaneous:
Adobe Reader has also been acting up on my computer. I've reinstalled it several times, but it persists in either working at a snail's pace (15 minutes to open a 500 KB document, which I think is not very big. Again, my computer know-how is lacking), or else not working at all and shutting itself down.
About my computer (I apologize in advance for omitted or extraneous information):
I have an HP laptop, 2 years old. (Model: HP G56 Notebook PC)
It runs on Windows 7, and has an Intel Celeron core.
It has a 64-bit operating system.
My hard drive has 216 GB of space total. 73 GB are free.
I have 3 GB of RAM.
Thank you in advance for any help. I'd really like to get this program working again.

I would start with this FAQ Entry first, if you have not done so yet: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/792580?tstart=0
It starts with a checklist for getting PrE set up properly, then moves into tuning up one's system and OS (you have done a lot of that already), and then goes into troubleshooting tips. Note: those tips rather work up quickly in "degree of difficulty," and DO become quite technical, but things like the "Finding Clues" link will give some tools, that might prove useful, like the use of Windows' Event Viewer to track down issues.
One of the first things to look at would be your video driver. I would go to the video card's/chip's mfgr's. Web site, and check for a later driver. Do not trust Windows, or any utility to tell you if you have the latest driver. If there is not a newer video driver, or it will not install properly on your system, be sure to check with the HP Web site, as HP, Dell, Lenovo, and some other mfgrs. will re-package video drivers to suit their specific setup.
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Good luck,
Hunt

I can't open up a specific .psd file in Photoshop cs6.

     Well, there's a specific file I can't open. I've worked on it previously, but a week later, and it won't open. All of my other PS CS6 files are intact, and will open immediately. However, this one file takes so long to load (2+ hours) that I end up restarting my computer in order to work on all of my other things. The size isn't the issue, either; it's only 70 megabytes, as opposed to some of my more heavy-duty files that run upwards 200 megabytes.
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-Noel

I can no longer play HD videos on any website.

I'm going to start off by saying, I'm almost certain it's not my internet. Latency in games and my browsing experience is exactly the same, the only thing that has changed is my video.
This has been a problem for a month or two, I used to be able to watch HD videos and streams with no trouble, but out of NOWHERE I tried to watch a video in 1080p and it was laggy.
It would load fine but the video itself would look really jerky, as if it was only loading a few frames per second. When I would pause the video the pictures would still play until the video caught up with the time it was at.
I've tried a handful of things such as; disk defrag, restoring computer to factory settings, downgrading to an older version of flash player, different browsers, deleting all of my history, uninstalling Shockwave Player and reinstalling it, watching 1080p videos on another computer in the house using the same internet (and it worked fine).
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Is it connected with a cable or wifi through Apple TV?

I tried updating phone..now stuck..

Ok so I plugged my phone into my computer..it synced fine..then it went to install new 2.1 update...Now it just flashing a screen with a picture of Itunes picture and USB driver..basicallyy telling me to plug into ITunes...well now my computer will not install and cannot recognize the USB drive...so it cant install the USB port to connect to ITunes...I have uninstalled ITunes and reinstalled..defragmented my computer, everything I know to do..I suspect it doesnt recognize the USB port so it wont connect. I have shut down my phone with no success..it is stuck on that screen and I have NO PHONE for the last 4 hours...HELP

Hold the Home button down while plugging the iPhone in to your computer. Continue to hold the home button until you are prompted to do a restore.

Error compiling movie - unknown error - encoding failed

I am running a 2.40 GHz Quad Core with 8GB RAM
I have a deadline on a video project in Premiere Pro CS4 with 4 video timelines and 8 audio timelines with many transitions and key frames with hours on two sequences of work completed and ready to export to an AVI file and burn a DVD. The 30 minute sequence with only 3 timelines converted to AVI file okay. The larger sequence with more timelines, keyframes, etc. will not export through Adobe Media Encoder for a Microsoft AVI file or an Uncompressed AVI file - getting the above error message each time. Getting same errors when exporting a dynamic link to Encore to burn a DVD.
The sequence acted funny when I loaded the fourth video timeline so I deleted it and waiting untill the completion of the sequence to add any of that fourth timeline to that sequence and I did not even try to load the fourth timeline that I wanted to add...
Here are the error messages I am getting:
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- Output File: C:\Users\dbonnett\Videos\2009-04-11, katie hill wedding\katie hill finished videos\Hill Ceremony Final.avi
- Preset Used: NTSC DV
- Video: 720x480, 29.97 [fps], Lower, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:19:56
6/16/2009 7:29:23 PM : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
- Source File: C:\Users\dbonnett\AppData\Local\Temp\Katie Hill Wedding V03_5.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\dbonnett\Videos\2009-04-11, katie hill wedding\katie hill finished videos\Hill Ceremony Final.avi
- Preset Used: NTSC DV
- Video: 720x480, 29.97 [fps], Lower, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:16:23
6/16/2009 8:11:08 PM : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
I have been going back & forth with Adobe Support with troubleshooting advice. I am running a 2.40 GHz Quad Core, 8GB RAM - had to upgrade to Windows Vista 64-bit for computer to recognize more than 2GB RAM, had to purchase Premiere Production Premium CS4 because Adobe no longer supported Premiere Pro 2.0 & Adobe does not support Windows XP-64 bit (so Windows Vista was pushed down my throat...) I have followed the Adobe instructions to Optimize Windows Vista for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, I have uninstalled and re-installed the full program more than once. I have defragmented my computer, I have performed the disk cleanup and deleted all temporary files, etc. to make sure my computer is running optimally.
I have read the other Adobe threads that talk about CS3 & earlier similar error messages, but have found nothing with this particular message. I have deleted the fourth timeline off of the video and tried to see if that would make it work, but it did not.
Does ANYBODY have any suggestions on how I can further trouble shoot to get this project out or know of a way that I can export this project to another program to get an AVI file and a DVD burned with custom menus...

I am using a 1TB Hard drive with 300 GB free space. Yes, I always have to delete projects off to make room for new projects. I have 3 750GB hard drives in my computer in addition to the main C drive that I am using. Once a project is completed and a client is satisfied, I move the final AVI file off to one of the auxillary drives and delete the entire project from the C drive. Then I defragment, delete temp files, disk cleanup, you name it to get the drive ready to use for the next project. I have followed the Adobe protocol for all of this as well as my computer vendor. I got rid of 95 GB of temp stuff several days ago with the disk cleanup and another 45 GB after deleting another project off my computer... so looks like I am doing these things..please advise if you know of anything else.
In the meantime, I am going to try to export to the MPEG2 -DVD export to see if this will work. I did get an uncompressed file of 31 GB created which errored out at 24:24 minutes into the project and the AVI will not play so it is worthless so I am going to delete it. I went to the timeline at 24.24 minutes and there is nothing unusual about that portion of the clip. This is the largest and most tedious timelines of the project because it is stacked 3 video timelines high with just a a few pieces of the 4th timeline in the project. 24:24 on the timeline is just another keyframe of moving the keyframes up and down to show which video camera version I want visible in that portion of the video - fading in and out of the project with the key frames...
I will let you know if I can get an MPEG2 file. Will this be a good enough quality to put on a DVD. This is a standard NTSC 4:3 format video...

TS1362 Please provide assistance with Itunes 10.7 and the songs not playing correctly-jumping and missing.I did not experience this with Itunes 9.2

Please provide assistance and guidance as I have recently just downloaded Itunes Version 10.7(much to my regret!)and now experience all types of sound issue-problems such as jumping,skipping and generally poor audio.
I have tried all the driver checks,music enhancer and equilizer de-activation on Itunes and defragmented my computer,but the issues are still there.
I have had NO problems with Itunes 9.2 in the past and now when I tried to re-install 9.2.;the system will not allow me to downgrade.
Is it advisable and poosible to downgrade without any loss of Itunes material?
Any suggestions as to how are would be able to resolve this OR is this an issue that is widespread and Apple need to address in a further upgrade?
Thank-you!
Despondent

To roll back to iTunes 10.7 first download a copy of the installer from here, uninstall iTunes. Probably best to also remove other suppporting software, e.g. Apple Application Support, Apple Mobile Device Support & Bonjour. Reboot. Restore the pre-upgrade version of your library database as per the diagram below, then install iTunes 10.7.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to scan the media folder and catch up with any changes made since the backup file was created.
tt2

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I am running Windows Vista and performed the most recent update of Dreamweaver CS6 (I am using Creative Cloud) and my Dreamweaver program continues to not respond if I need to go out to another program and then back into Dreamweaver. It was not responding before the update, as well. I am using a Typekit script on all of my pages and this freezing/not responding thing just started happening, though it had worked just a few weeks ago. I have done the following:
disabled Javascript
disabled all extensions
turned off "Display External Files"
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Thanks, Amber

and was told that my operating system, Windows Vista cannot run the new Creative Cloud CS6 products
That's complete rubbish. I'm using Vista with Creative Cloud and have no problems. Vista is essentially Win7.
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