MUST READ - Found out why LR runs so slow on my Computer

I'm running a 3.2 Pentium 4 with 3 Gigs RAM and an ATI Radeon X700 graphics card with 256 onboard memory.
OS = Vista Ultimate
I found that running in safe mode produces stellar results. It flies, LR that is. But starting up in diagnostic mode produced the same unusable LR that was frustating me so. The difference is that in safe mode the computer loads a VGA driver for the video card.
I decided to update (or downgrade) my video driver to Windows Standard VGA driver. BAMM!!! Can't slow the sucker down. Previews are instantaneous when loading up Normal mode for Windows.
The funny part is that I tested LR 4.1 BETA and it worked great using my ATI driver. As soon as I went to LR 1.0 I had the performance issues.
Is there someone that I can notify at Adobe about this issue. I believe that many of us are in the same boat and there is definitely an issue between the two versions.
For those that need it, do the following to downgrade your driver to see if this resolves the issue for you:
Device Manager - Display Adapter - (choose your video card)select properties - Driver Tab - Update Driver - Browse computer for driver - Pick from list of drivers on computer - select Windows Standard VGA Driver. Restart computer. Enjoy.

Nvidia drivers have been criticized, ATI's seem to work just fine. They aren't stopping me from playing heavy 3D games, at any rate.
Gerald, downgrading your video driver is probably a bad idea, you'll lose a lot of helpful video acceleration and features that make your desktop snappier than with the basic VGA driver. Instead, you could try right-clicking the Lightroom icon, going to the Compatibility tab, and checking Disable Desktop Composition. This will automatically turn off the Aero GUI while Lightroom is running. Some programs just seem to have problems with it. I have problems with Flash 8 and the Aero interface, where a simple animation of going into an object becomes a painfully slow ordeal (those who have used the Flash IDE, should know what I'm talking about. Double-clicking on an object to edit it, shows an outline that kind of "zooms" into the object.) It's just not compatible with Vista's Aero desktop rendering.
Try re-enabling the correct driver for your graphics card, then disabling Aero just for Lightroom, and see if that doesn't also bring you to the same performance level. You will see the Desktop Windows Manager changing the screen from 3D Aero to 2D Basic automatically, when you run Lightroom, and it will restore it when you quit.

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I just installed additional ram and the other day aperture was running extremely slow. The only other application was iphoto.
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thanks.

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After consolidating iPhoto pictures into Aperture Library - and having to rebuild library all photos are shown under "Other" in storage under About this Mac. How do I get photos back into the Photo section. I am sure this is why Aperture is running very slow. Aperture library is on a 500 GB external USB hard drive. Does anyone know how to get photos into the right spot in the storage.
Nothing in my experience would make me draw the same conclusion (that the reporting of your Aperture Library as "Other" is why Aperture is running slowly). You report that your Library is on an external drive connected via USB. Is this USB 2 or USB 3?
The consensus is to put your Library on your fastest (lowest latency and highest throughput) drive. This is almost always your system drive. If your Library does not fit on your system drive, you are advised to move some or all of your Images' Master from the Library to a second drive using "File→Relocate Masters". If you want help with these set-ups, post back.

Firefox will not let use any checkboxes on any sites, like when you read the rules and want to check the acceot checkbox. We just started using firefox alot because IE is running incredibly slow on our computer. Any ideas

Our computer has been running terribly slow, so we switched to using Firefox and it will not let me use any checkboxes on any website. Is there a setting or anything that needs to be changed

Many of your points are totally legitimate.
This one, however, is not:
…To put it another way, the design of the site seems to be geared much more towards its regular users than those the site is supposedly trying to "help"…
The design and management of the forums for more than five years have driven literally dozens of the most valuable contributors and "regulars" away from the forums—permanently.
The only conclusion a prudent, reasonable person can draw from this state of affairs is that Adobe consciously and deliberately want to kill these forums by attrition—without a the PR hit they would otherwise take if they suddenly just shut them down.

Why Friefox runs supper slow.

See every time like 2 days it runs fine. Right now its running supper slow again again Not liking it on theses websites running supper slow. On theses website's on www.yahoo.com and www.Facebook.com and www.tag.com it sucks Please fix to make it run faster not slow please ty. GETTING tired of it.

Click the Firefox button, go to Add-ons, then Plugins.
In there, disable "'''My Web Search'''". This is an adware which probably came bundled with a 'free' app you installed at some time or another. It runs silently in the background searching for ads to feed you.
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IPod touch runs very slow on my computer

I recently purchased the 3rd Gen iPod touch and so far it has been running extremely slow when plugged into my computer. I installed all the latest updates and it's still running slow. On my 5th Gen iPod, songs were changed and deleted instantly. Any suggestions?

Same problem, although it used to be much quicker, I am unsure of when it became so slow.
It's taking about 4 seconds a song to copy to my Touch, while an older Nano takes less than a second per song on the same computer. The same Touch hooked up to my Macbook Pro is very quick. Just on my PC running Windows 7 64 is it slow.
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Can anyone figure out why this runs into an infinite loop?

Hi,
I have the following class, and if i run it, I encounter an infinite loop. I have pinpointed the problem and it is because of the lines:
try {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
        catch (Exception exp) {
               System.err.println("Failed");
            exp.printStackTrace();
        }Here is the class. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
package org.aemf.clinical.tol.gui.printing;
import org.aemf.clinical.tol.model.TOLBion;
import org.aemf.clinical.tol.model.Range;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.ArrayList;
* Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
* User: arashn
* Date: Feb 9, 2005
* Time: 1:26:38 PM
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I have managed to create an even simpler version which tries to print the same header 3 times. Again, if you remove the setLookAndFeel line, everything works out great.
import javax.swing.table.*;
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* Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
* User: arashn
* Date: Feb 9, 2005
* Time: 1:26:38 PM
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Found Out Why Reception is Bad and How to Make it Better (BT Required)

When you hold the Iphone in your hand like the Commercial it actually looses reception because the Antena is on the bottom part of the iPhone, and you hand is blocking the anttena, so if u hold the top portion with two fingers careful not to drop it, it actually keeps better signal and less dropped calls, or when u leave it sitting in you lap or on a couter while on your bluetooth it keeps awsome reception, hope this works for all of you.

Interesting. I've not found that to be entirely the case.
I've used a BT handsfree kit in my car for a while and call quality and signal have always been stable, and remain so even if I have the iPhone in my pocket, lap or am holding it.
I also don't find much difference between holding it as per the ad, or setting it down on my desk. Signal remains at the same level - AND subject to the same fluctuations. Those fluctuations seem rather less pronounced since the 1.0.2 update, but are consistent regardless of how the iPhone is held or positioned. Just to be sure, I placed my iPhone face down on a glass table top, and witnessed the same signal as before when it was in my hand.
I think this device suffers two directly related issues: that it is less sensitive to signal than many other cellphones operating in the same bands, and that as a result it is more sensitive to even slight variations in those signals. Thus for some, in a strong signal area and with little or nothing to negatively impact signal, holding it almost any way won't change the signal. Others, in less strong signal areas or who suffer potentially interfering issues, will see significant variations in signal or call quality dependent on handling of the device or where it is located.

Is there a technical explanation for why iTunes runs so slow?

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Laughincrow wrote:
I forgot to mention that it comes back saying that the symbol is not found by underlining Thread with a red squiggly line.Seriously? You're trying to code in JMF and you don't even understand importing files? You're trying to write a multithreaded application and you don't understand that not everything can be a thread? Seriously?
You increase the heap size by not wasting my time asking a question you can find in 10 seconds by searching on Google...
You fix the red sqiggly line by taking an "Intro to Java" class and learning how to import files...
You make AVTransmit2 work as a Thread by reading a tutorial on threading and coming away with a decent understanding of what it means to be Runnable...
Seriously, Carlos, I don't keep yelling at you for not knowing things because I like to be rude... You're trying to hack together code you don't understand, and you lack the fundamental understanding of beginner and intermediate concepts necessary for coding a project of the level you're attempting to write...
I understand you have a deadline and your boss is riding you, but you need to be going through tutorials to learn what you're doing... because your project is never going to work unless you understand what you're doing, and right now, you don't.
In the future, if you post questions that have nothing to do with JMF, I'm going to simply tell you to repost them to the Beginners Forum. Someone there will definately help you with things like importing files and understanding threading...

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Wow that was really quick, thank you so much. Im not sure at all which version it was because i said it was around 4 years ago he bought it. I know it isn't under his username, since he's a PC person (ugh) so i know its probably registered to one of our actual names. isn't there some way to look it up since we did register it, because I'm not even sure where the disks are from when we bought it (we've moved a lot and also have two storage lockers, i know i would have kept it with other disks) but my cd rom drive is actually broken on my computer as well ( i think it got stepped on and is now squished and won't eject or run disks.)
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Hi, my name is Michael Stevenson and I'm a long time Firefox user, but for the longest time Firefox has been extremely slow for me. I currently have a 4 month old PC that Firefox lags when opening tabs, scrolling pages, right clicking, typing, etc. The whole browser just feels slow. On this PC, even IE8 runs smooth and fast. So I know there must be an issue!
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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Anyone knows what is happening?

You're really not giving us much to work with in terms of what you mean by slow, what computer you are running, how large your library is, what other services you may be running (e.g., Match, Genius), etc. Not many other people are complaining about this which would suggest it isn't something that Apple would consider needs fixing. It's probably something about your computer.
To get more information about your computer, go to the Apple in the upper left corner of any window, then "About This Mac", then "More Info..." Copy and paste the information here, but omit the serial number and Hardware UUID (if present).

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Whenever Firefox is open I have a line on top saying "Downloading the latest application" It seems to be costantly running and slowing down my computer. How do I get it to stop?

It happens all the time. On the line below Yahoo toolbar.

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