Optimizing your OS for Premiere Pro
Our great friends over in tech support have posted three articles detailing how to optimize your operating system to get the best performance out of Premiere Pro:
Optimize Windows XP for Adobe Premiere Pro
Optimize Windows Vista for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Optimize Mac OS X for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Here's a tip of my own for optimizing XP. This turns off the various visual effects of the XP UI, leaving Windows looking flat. However, it can make a slight-but-noticeable improvement in the speed at which your computer performs its tasks.
1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
2. Click System.
3. Select the Advanced tab.
4. In the Performance pane, click Settings.
5. On the Visual Effects tab of the Performance Options dialog, select Adjust For Best Performance.
6. Click OK.
7. Click OK again.