Raw, Adobe DNG codec, LR Beta 3, frustration...

As an advanced amateur photographer, I decided that my New Year's resolution would be to stop shooting JPEG plus supplementary Raw on my Nikon DSLR, and to use only Raw. Also decided to try LightRoom Beta 3 (not a LR user previously; I use Windows Live Photo Gallery). Finally, also decided to use DNG instead of NEF to facilitate cross-application compatibility (ie, I like the idea of a non-proprietary datafile format) and to avoid creating sidecar (XMP) files for keywords. I use Windows 7 Pro and Home Premium on an Acer Netbook and Dell Inspiron notebook computer, although I've only created the DNG files on the netbook so far.
It's been a sinkhole of time to get working.
Once I had created some DNG files from the NEF files using LR3, the computer performance deteriorated completely. Eventually found that CPU was pegged at 100% utilization, and that SearchFilterHost.EXE was the culprit. MUCH sleuthing revealed that going into Windows Control Panel > Indexing Options > Advanced, and unchecking the DNG file type allowed the indexing to proceed to completion. When the DNG files WERE allowed for indexing, then the Indexing Options dialog box showed that the indexing stalled at some point; if the DNG files were DISALLOWED, the the indexing completed normally.
Secondly, when I opened Windows Live Photo Gallery, it showed that it was creating thumbnails (presumably the DNG files), but that it was proceeding at about 1 file per 30 seconds. The CPU was pegged at 50% during this time. Eventually all the thumbnails were completed, and CPU utilization dropped to a few percent.
In both cases, Windows Resource Monitor revealed that Adobe's DNGCodec was associated with the stalled/slow process.
I installed the latest DNG converter from Adobe, but the DNG Codec remained unchanged (version 1.0.0.2, dated from 2008). The DNG codec does not appear to have a recent version on the Adobe website.
Next, I uninstalled the Adobe DNGCodec, and downloaded and installed the third party codec from http://www.ardfry.com/dng-codec/Download.htm. The thumbnails in Windows Live Photo Gallery were generated at a rate of several per second, and the Windows Indexing Options proceeded without hanging up, although it was slow. It's definitely working better with the third party codec.
Searching the forums reveals that lots of people are dissatisfied with the lack of a 64-bit DNG codec from Adobe. This problem seems to have existed for over a year, maybe even two years. I don't use 64-bit Windows, but the codec problems are in 32-bit, too. How can Adobe expect users to adopt DNG as a standard when they provide such poor support? It's crazy that end-users should have to seek out, download, purchase, and install a codec from a third-party supplier in order to get reasonable performance.
Adobe: please fix your DNG codec.

Thanks to you, jackfrombc, for for proofing my concerns about why indexing loads my CPU so much after I install some new soft, and DNG codec among it. Now I'm able to switch indexing back on on my combuters not being afraid of it eating laptops' batteries.
Thank you, again.
ps. sorry for poor english, in advance.

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I’m on Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit version. So far as I know, I’m current on windows updates.
A sample image can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/izcl857d37fmtdc/sGj2wuG3LF
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Hello shyamananda,
I have checked the drivers for your Deskjet 1180c and Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit.
Unfortunately they are not compatible.
Here is the link to show you that it is not compatible: HP Products - HP Products Not Supported in Windows 7
I hope this answers your question.
Regards,
R a i n b o w 7000I work on behalf of HP
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Adobe DNG Converterの不具合で困っています.

ニコンＤ610を購入したのでRAWデータを
Adobe DNG Converter 8.4　で変換をして
Adobe Bridge CS5.1で編集して使っていました。
昨日Adobe DNG Converterを立ち上げると上記の写真のようになってしまい
使えない状態で困っております。
他の質問を見たり
DNG Converterが壊れました
したのですが、解決できない状態です。
（新しいユーザーアカウントを作って立ち上げると正常に起動しましたが
その処理だけの為にわざわざユーザー切り替えをするのが手間がかかってしまいます）
※ゴミ箱を空にして再インストールしてもダメでした。
※[E. Windows Aero の無効化（Windows 7/Vista）]ダメでした。
※ビデオカードのドライバーをアップロードしてもダメでした。
※Adobe DNG Converter 8.4を完全にアンインストールして再インストールしてもダメでした。
何とか解決する方法はないでしょうか。
非常に困っています。
どうか宜しくお願いいたします。

自分のところのWindows7(64bit)環境では、問題なく動作していますね。
最近Windows7のアップデートがあったので、アクセス権が変更されてしまったのかもしれません。
（新しいアカウントでは問題なく起動できるとのことですので、そのように推測されます）
以下の方法を試してみてどうでしょうか。
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobeフォルダ　（32bit Windowsの場合はC:\Program Files\Adobeフォルダ　）
の場所にある、「Adobe DNG Converter.exe」のアイコンを右クリックして、プロパティを選択し、以下の赤丸のところで「特権レベル」の「管理者としてこのプログラムを実行する」にチェックを入れて適用してから起動してみてどうでしょうか？うまくいかなかったときはすみません。

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Are these the same exact files you've opened before that you cannot now open?
Or are they newly copied files (camera or CF card to computer)?
Can you not open ANY Canon 450D files, even those you find online and download?
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A rather involved method, David.
I am sure it works, and compliments for figuring it out, but I think one critical step is missing in your workflow: Before you begin - backup, backup, backup!
And I think, all the edits in your database that you are doing so diligently, is what you bought Aperture for to do for you, why do it yourself?
I convert selected raw files this way - without manually patching the Aperture Library:
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Patching the database files inside the library may be justified as a last ressort, when you need to fix and recue a broken Aperture library, and none of the provided tools is working, but not as a routine operation to do batch conversion of image files. It is very error prone. One wrong entry in the library files and your Aperture Library may be unreadable.
Regards
Léonie

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Well sorry for any confusion here. I don't think my question is vary misleading though.
I have a MAC using OS 10.4.11. G4 Dual 1000 Gig (2002) processors, 1.5 Gb SDRAM (maxed), Dedicated 80 Gb Scratch Disk for Photoshop, 500 Gb Internal Drive.
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