[windows] My S4 Diary: Prepping for and setting up my S4
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[windows] My S4 Diary: Prepping for and setting up my S4 Posted on: 15.01.2011 by Len Lukawski I thought I would share my experiences as a new | |
| Len Lukawski 21.06.2011 |
Originally Posted by VanGogo
Readyboost might be worth considering for people with netbooks as it may increase their odds of being able to run something like Traktor. For those with 2 or 4GB RAM on their systems it's unlikely to make much difference. My laptop has 8GB and I swear I never use a fraction of it! There's not a lot to configure so it's definitely worth spending an hour to test it out. Note that older or dodgy SD cards might cause more problems than they solve. There is also a finite number of writes that can be made to an SD card though that's a pretty high number so shouldn't be an issue. |
| Len Lukawski 21.06.2011 | @Echo off :menu ECHO. ECHO. Welcome to the DJTT Windows Optimizer for Pro Audio v1.018 ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. Press 1 if you want to optimize your laptop for a gig ECHO. Press 2 if you want to restore everything for normal use echo. Press 3 if you want to install RAM Saver Pro ECHO. Press 4 to quit ECHO. ECHO. Set /p input=What do you want to do? IF %Input% == 1 GOTO Optimize IF %Input% == 2 GOTO Restore IF %Input% == 3 GOTO Install IF %Input% == 4 Goto Quit :Install ECHO. ECHO. If needed, you have to click on download. start http://www65.zippyshare.com/d/300326...amsaverpro.exe ping 123.45.67.89 -n 1 -w 30000 > nul ECHO. Echo. The Ram Saver pro installer will be launched now! Install the program as usual! start C:\Users\%Username%\Downloads\ramsaverpro.exe ping 123.45.67.89 -n 1 -w 25000 > nul ECHO. ECHO. Ram Saver Pro has been installed ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. Press 1 if you want to optimize your laptop for a gig ECHO. Press 2 if you want to restore everything for normal use ECHO. Press 3 to quit ECHO. ECHO. Set /p input=What do you want to do? IF %Input% == 1 GOTO Optimize IF %Input% == 2 GOTO Restore IF %Input% == 3 Goto Quit :Optimize CLS ECHO. ECHO. Optimizing your computer now! ECHO. rem Disabling your wifi set /p hardwareID= What is the hardware ID of your Wifi card? Also make you have devcon installed! For instructions, visit http://www.djranking s.com/community /sho...d.php?p=304909 devcon disable *%hardwareID%* rem Defragmentating your RAM if exist "C:\Program Files\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" start "DJ Script" "C:\Program Files\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" start "DJ Script" "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" rem Stopping Windows Firewall, Windows Defender and Avast!... net stop mpssvc net stop windefend net stop "avast! Antivirus" rem Stopping DHCP Client and Wireless LAN... net stop WinHttpAutoProxySvc net stop dhcp net stop wlansvc rem Stopping Other Network Related Services... net stop "dns cache" net stop netprofm net stop nlasvc net stop netman net stop iphlpsvc net stop lanmanworkstation net stop "Bonjour Service" net stop dhcp net stop nsi net stop lanmanserver net stop lmhosts net stop "shared access" net stop nettcpportsharing net stop remoteaccess net stop alg net stop bits net stop peerdistsvc net stop certpropsvc net stop homegrouplistener net stop homegroupprovider net stop winrm net stop Broswer net stop TrkWks rem Stopping other Windows Services... net stop wscsvc net stop DPS net stop CscService net stop WPDBusEnum net stop ProtectedStorage net stop RemoteRegistry net stop seclogon net stop wscsvc rem Stopping Blue Tooth Services net stop bthserv rem Stopping Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance Services net stop sessionenv net stop termservice rem Stopping Windows Update Services net stop wuauserv rem Stopping iPod Services net stop "ipod service" net stop "Apple Mobile Device" rem Stopping Stuff that makes your PC look nice... net stop themes net stop sensrsvc net stop AeLookupSvc net stop UxSms rem Stopping Scanner, Camera and other imaging Services... net stop stisvc rem Stopping Windows Media Playing Sharing... net stop WMPnetworksvc rem Stopping Tablet Device Support... net stop tabletinputservice rem Stopping Other Windows Services... net stop bdesvc net stop wbengine net stop uiodetect net stop defragsvc net stop axinstsv net stop "w32time" net stop wercplsupport net stop PnkBstrA net stop TeamViewer6 net stop HPSLPSVC net stop Wsearch net stop osppsvc rem Stopping Printer Services net stop spooler rem stopping useless programs Taskkill /f /im TeamViewer.exe Taskkill /im firefox.exe Taskkill /f /im uTorrent.exe Taskkill /f /im Dropbox.exe Taskkill /f /im steam.exe Taskkill /f /im "AAM Updates Notifier.exe" Taskkill /f /im AvastUI.exe Taskkill /f /im hpqtra08.exe Taskkill /f /im hpwuschd2.exe Taskkill /f /im ctfmon.exe rem Stop defragmentating RAM Taskkill /im ramsaverpro.exe ECHO. ECHO. Your PC has been optimized ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. Press 1 if you want to restore everything for normal use ECHO. Press 2 to quit ECHO. ECHO. Set /p input=What do you want to do? IF %Input% == 1 GOTO Restore IF %Input% == 2 GOTO Quit :Restore CLS ECHO. ECHO. Restoring everything for normal use! ECHO. rem Enabling your wifi set /p hardwareID= What is the hardware ID of your Wifi card? Also make you have devcon installed! For instructions, visit http://www.djranking s.com/community /sho...d.php?p=304909 devcon enable *%hardwareID%* rem Defragmentating your RAM if exist "C:\Program Files\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" start "DJ Script" "C:\Program Files\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" start "DJ Script" "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTools Software\RAM Saver Professional\ramsaverpro.exe" rem Starting Windows Firewall, Windows Defender and Avast!... net start mpssvc net start windefend net start "avast! Antivirus" rem Starting DHCP Client and Wireless LAN... net start WinHttpAutoProxySvc net start dhcp net start wlansvc rem Starting Other Network Related Services... net start "dns cache" net start netprofm net start nlasvc net start netman net start iphlpsvc net start lanmanworkstation net start "Bonjour Service" net start dhcp net start nsi net start lanmanserver net start lmhosts net start "shared access" net start nettcpportsharing net start remoteaccess net start alg net start bits net start peerdistsvc net start certpropsvc net start homegrouplistener net start homegroupprovider net start winrm net start Broswer net start TrkWks rem Starting other Windows Services... net start wscsvc net start DPS net start CscService net start WPDBusEnum net start ProtectedStorage net start RemoteRegistry net start seclogon net start wscsvc net start osppsvc rem Starting Blue Tooth Services net start bthserv rem Starting Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance Services net start sessionenv net start termservice rem Starting Windows Update Service net start wuauserv rem Starting iPod Services net start "ipod service" net start "Apple Mobile Device" rem Starting Stuff that makes your PC look nice... net start themes net start sensrsvc net start AeLookupSvc net start UxSms rem Starting Scanner, Camera and other imaging Services... net start stisvc rem Starting Windows Media Playing Sharing... net start WMPnetworksvc rem Starting Tablet Device Support... net start tabletinputservice rem Starting Other Windows Services... net start bdesvc net start wbengine net start uiodetect net start defragsvc net start axinstsv net start "w32time" net start wercplsupport net start PnkBstrA net start TeamViewer6 net start HPSLPSVC net start Wsearch rem Starting Printer Services net start spooler rem Stop RAM Defragmentation Taskkill /im ramsaverpro.exe ECHO. ECHO. Your PC has been restored ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. Press 1 if you want to optimize your laptop for a gig ECHO. Press 2 to quit ECHO. ECHO. Set /p input=What do you want to do? IF %Input% == 1 GOTO Optimize IF %Input% == 2 GOTO Quit :Quit ECHO Thanks for using this! Credits to SmiTTTen - DJ Trancicted - Stashe pause |
| Charline Dye 21.06.2011 | Thank you Mr Smitten. I'm glad some one is nice enough to help the Mac-less among us! And a question. Saw something about using an SD card as xtra ram. What is your take on that? |
| Len Lukawski 20.06.2011 | 7500 views!!! I'm like famous or something.... Gonna call my agent. |
| Precious Pequignot 04.06.2011 | If however, i was to disable all the external programs/services, configure the resources and what not, etc etc and thereby tuning the windows 7 OS solely for the djing user account, your saying it wouldnt make a difference in terms of performance for TP2? Just asking. Well just that i can forsee myself messing around a lil bit on TP2 while using some of the general user accounts data. Like, while studying or just messing ard. Having to reboot via another partition would be problematic. As u can c, im not that knowledgable bout the new partitioning stuff. Still stuck in the old, "reformat to partition" thing. It looks real simple now though. Am on IE finding info now though. |
| Len Lukawski 05.06.2011 | Good Question! Creating to separate users will separate out the access right and user experience but I am pretty sure that it's not going to give you any extra performance gains for Traktor as the drivers and services will still load up. I am not sure why you wouldn't want to partition your disk. If you can provide some more information I may be able to help a little more. SmiTTTen |
| Precious Pequignot 05.06.2011 | Hi smittten and petegt, both of ur posts are very informative. Rather then post a new thread i would like to ask something here regarding a new laptop running on windows 7 os and the s4. Some background info 1st. Im about to get a new laptop, most probably a windows 7 laptop as thats wat im comfortable with, and plan to use it for general purposes + sch work + bedroom djing. Specs wise i doubt it would be an issue as i would be getting something on the higher end. If i was to create 2 users and NOT partition my hdd, thereby having 1 for general usage / sch work and 1 solely for Traktor 2 / DJing, and optimise the djing account by fine tuning it for traktor and audio processes, such as through msconfig and changing usb power management and what not. Would this be a viable option to reduce the amount of audio drop outs/cackles etc? I understand that ultimately, a partitioned hdd would fare better. But just wondering, cause i dun rly wanna partition it. Thanks! |
| Len Lukawski 14.05.2011 | One of the benefits of partitioning is that it enables the user to deploy only the components they need for a given environment. If you are just going to be using it for audio apps etc then your probably don't need a separate partition. If the web access portion grows to the point where you believe you need stuff like anti-virus/spam s/w then you might consider splitting them out. I personally like additional partitions as it provides a safety net if one of them becomes corrupted and you want to be able to switch to another quickly without going through the install/restore/recovery process. There's trade offs all the way around - just find what feels the most comfortable, manageable and affordable. SmiTTTen |
| Virginia Nartatez 15.05.2011 | I was wondering about the necessity of partitioning my HDD if I intend to only use this laptop for audio oriented progs (i . g . Traktor, Ableton, etc) and minor web access for updates and music downloads? Anyway, this post was incredible and actually inspired me to reconfigure my notebook. Thanks to smittten and petegt for the walk - thru / vid tutorials ✌ |
| Len Lukawski 10.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by petegt
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| Hailey Westen 10.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by Scaper7
its clear NI were lazy on testing the s4 on windows before release. |
| Emanuel Kepics 10.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by petegt
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| Lin Danek 10.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by petegt
I concur. Yes, I had to 'tweak' (thanks guys), but my Asus performs flawlessly. |
| Darrin Galeota 10.05.2011 | No not going to question that. You must have just had bad luck with the pc you had. I can totally understand why loads of people buy and recommend macs as they do work out of the box in most cases and tbh do admire apple products being so refined. I just feel theres a bit of a trend going on where people are just writing of pc's after the slightest problem |
| Bridget Liner 10.05.2011 | After a month of trying every possible option, yes I bought a mac. Next you'll probably question my technical skills and i'll say that i've been around computers long enough. |
| Darrin Galeota 10.05.2011 | The thread is filled with people thanking author, more useful tips but also allot of un constructive comments such as 'get a mac' or people that have failed to optimise basic hardware or windows settings usually by not following instructions and guides. I'm guessing your the proud owner of a mac? |
| Bridget Liner 10.05.2011 | If it was that simple this thread wouldn't be so long. Move on. |
| Darrin Galeota 10.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by bucky
How is it a totally different scenario? both using windows machines running traktor with usb sound cards which are both 24bit 96khz sampling. With asio4all you could also turn the input channels off on the s4 if not in use to reduce the load on the system. As for the solutions not being simple check out these videos on optimising windows 7 for audio. Step by step instructions being demonstrated on screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7awctTsK34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bla5vvQBG8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b_AdZYSmLg |
| Bridget Liner 09.05.2011 |
Originally Posted by petegt
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| Darrin Galeota 09.05.2011 | I cant believe people would rather buy an overpriced mac than do some simple fix's to windows. I have a beat up advent laptop from 2006 with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 (1.73GHz), 3gb ddr2 ram and a 120gb 5400rpm hdd. Windows 7 64bit installed allthough same results with 32bit. I have done many of the Win 7 tweaks mentioned in this thread. I use TP2, asio4all, Numark mixtrack and a Creative Soundblaster 24bit Live 5.1 ch soundcard which cost me |
| Mindi Spitzig 28.04.2011 | Incredible post! answers alot of questions for fresh s4 user. Thanks a million |
| Charline Dye 12.04.2011 | Hehehehe, Smitten's back with a vengance, lol. Welcome back |
| Len Lukawski 21.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by Scaper7
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| Brinda Sirman 21.03.2011 | If you follow all the steps in this community your audio issues will stop. NI provides some help in their support and i advise you follow those steps also. I originally was like most of you guys where i complained and complained just wanting a quick fix but nothing came. Finally i followed every step people had been talking about and BAM my S4 ran perfectly. It seems disabling your battery and wireless actually in your device list is the main fix but doing cleanups and little other steps does not hurt. Please make sure your comp is up to standards and do every single step presented and your S4 should finally run the way you want it to! |
| Emanuel Kepics 21.03.2011 | So ... when do we stop pretending S4 is PC compatible? Seems like no one (including NI) can come up with a real fix for PC audio issues with S4 ... except 'get a Mac' .... |
| Bridget Liner 22.03.2011 | Problems fixed. I'm out of this thread! lol |
| Bridget Liner 20.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by IrishBlaggard
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| Tatum Ansaldo 20.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by IrishBlaggard
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| Hailey Westen 20.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by bucky
what one you getting ? i just got the 13" base model (2011) and its just great a few tweeks are needed in prefernces to be able to right click and copy & paste to just make it feel a little like the pc way of doing things until i figue it all out at least oh and i downloaded google crome EDIT: only messing around with the multitouch of the track pad now and it seems really cool |
| Tatum Ansaldo 20.03.2011 | love it |
| Bridget Liner 20.03.2011 | I gave up, my Mac Book Pro will be here on Monday. lol |
| Hailey Westen 20.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by bucky
I just got me a brand new MacBook Pro and loving it and this thing is as everyone says it is... IT JUST WORKS. took me a litle while to figue out how to do basic stuff like copy and paste or even right click, and i installed google crome as i didnt like safari. have you tried a different sound card ? |
| Bridget Liner 16.03.2011 | I give up. Backed up my shit.. formatted.. fresh install of Vista.. removed every piece of software not needed.. updated Windows.. updated all drivers.. disabled non essential services, startup items and hardware in device manager.. installed Traktor.. installed the beta driver.. same crap. Anyone want to buy an HP laptop? |
| Tatum Ansaldo 15.03.2011 | on a final OT note, |
| Torrie Blacker 15.03.2011 | Thanks again to smitten et. al. for their help. You guys at least have helped to get people rolling on this. With the oven, if your skills are lacking maybe you should try eating out For me, it is purely a matter of your investment - time and resources. I had been researching this for about a year since wanting to go from cd's to digital. Amongst the hype, I purchased a S4 in November on the first shipment to Australia. 3 months of trying to get this to work - even dropping the question with the experienced traktor rep and trying most of the tips/hints from this site. I personally got to a stage of being uncomfortable with the changes I was making to my windows system. I persevered and then I decided to give up when the machine started overheating and power off kicks in. I believe it was time for my 4 yr old laptop. I call that wanting to really use my $1k investment in Traktor. |
| Anastacia Gorte 14.03.2011 | Awesome guide, thank you so much for the effort in putting this together. Helped out with my problems on the s4. I have a core i3, 4bg ram, intel hd graphics hp laptop that is only 1 year old, so I figured it should have no problems running the new s4 software. I ran tpro flawlessly for one year, and then getting and trying out the new s4 software I was really dissapointed. Thanks to this it actually works now. Hopefully traktor pro 2 will further resolve any issues. |
| Bridget Liner 14.03.2011 | I'm probably in the minority... researching it led me to this great site at least! |
| Tatum Ansaldo 14.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by bucky
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| Bridget Liner 14.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
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| Tatum Ansaldo 14.03.2011 |
Originally Posted by smittten
Decided to go for it and got a 13" MBP with the educational discount and haven't looked back, it's just brilliant. I don't hate windows machines, but I prefer the look, performance and workflow of macs. Also, I'm not going to lie and say i didn't partially buy it cos it's got a shiny apple on the lid. |
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