Optimizing a Windows System for Pro Tools | First
To ensure optimum performance with Pro Tools | First, configure your system before launching Pro Tools.
For a complete list of recommended optimizations for your operating system, visit www.avid.com/optimize.
Before configuring your system, make sure you are logged in as an Administrator for the account where you want to install Pro Tools | First. For details on Administrator privileges, see your Windows documentation.
Disabling User Account Control:
1. Choose Start > Control Panel.
2. Click User Accounts and Family Safety.
3. Click User Accounts.
4. Click on Change User Account Control settings.
5. Set the slider to Never Notify and click OK.
Configure System Standby and Power Management:
1. When using Pro Tools, the Windows System Standby power scheme must be set to Always On. This prevents long record or playback passes from stopping due to system resources powering down.
Choose Start > Control Panel.
2. Click on System and Security.
3. Click Power Options.
4. Click on the arrow to Show Additional Plans.
5. Select High Performance
6. Click Change plan settings.
7. Click Change advanced power settings.
8. In the Power Options dialog, reveal Hard disk > Turn off hard disk after.
9. Click Setting option.
10. Select the value in the Setting (Minutes) field and press Backspace on your computer keyboard or scroll the value to Never.
11. Click OK. The hard disk setting changes to Never and the Power Options dialog closes.
12. Close the Edit Plan Settings window.
Pro Tools | First automatically switches to the “High Performance” Power Management settings on launch. Windows reverts to the previously selected Power Management settings (if different) when exiting
Pro Tools | First. Consequently, when optimizing the Power Management settings for
Pro Tools | First, you should always only optimize the High Performance configuration