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Ann
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Okay, this is an annoying problem. I built a new machine with an Intel Core2
Duo and Intel 965 board, 8gb ram, nvidia quadro fx560 and xp pro x64. Our
company runs Solidworks, COSMOSWorks. The install was standard and I
installed all the updates. The only thing I had a problem with is finding a
functional audio driver which isn't a problem because this machine doesn't
need audio to do what it was built to do. I got all the other drivers
working just fine and just disabled the audio. I set it up on our domain and
installed Solidworks Premium and COSMOSWorks. After it is all installed, I
run the program and open up an assembly. It opens, WOW, super fast, and the
views can be rotated flawlessly. I close the program and load our antivirus,
AVG (we are going to a different one soon) and biggity-bam, the thing runs
like crap. Remove the A/V and it works great again. Seeing that AVG does
not support x64, I set out to try and pinpoint the issue. I installed NOD32,
Trend Micro Office Scan 8 and Avast with all the same results. Mind you I
disabled the real-time scanner when trying to load Solidworks. I still got
the same old molasses speed. I remove the A/V software, reboot and magically
everything works fabulous again. I also tried increasing the pagefile max
and min and changing the processor scheduling from Programs to Background
Services. I did not try changing the memory usage. Multitasking on this
beast is also a pain. Any advice or fixes for this issue. We don't really
want to have a machine on the network without protection because it
absolutely needs to be able to access network resources/files in order for it
to do what it is supposed to do. Please help!
Duo and Intel 965 board, 8gb ram, nvidia quadro fx560 and xp pro x64. Our
company runs Solidworks, COSMOSWorks. The install was standard and I
installed all the updates. The only thing I had a problem with is finding a
functional audio driver which isn't a problem because this machine doesn't
need audio to do what it was built to do. I got all the other drivers
working just fine and just disabled the audio. I set it up on our domain and
installed Solidworks Premium and COSMOSWorks. After it is all installed, I
run the program and open up an assembly. It opens, WOW, super fast, and the
views can be rotated flawlessly. I close the program and load our antivirus,
AVG (we are going to a different one soon) and biggity-bam, the thing runs
like crap. Remove the A/V and it works great again. Seeing that AVG does
not support x64, I set out to try and pinpoint the issue. I installed NOD32,
Trend Micro Office Scan 8 and Avast with all the same results. Mind you I
disabled the real-time scanner when trying to load Solidworks. I still got
the same old molasses speed. I remove the A/V software, reboot and magically
everything works fabulous again. I also tried increasing the pagefile max
and min and changing the processor scheduling from Programs to Background
Services. I did not try changing the memory usage. Multitasking on this
beast is also a pain. Any advice or fixes for this issue. We don't really
want to have a machine on the network without protection because it
absolutely needs to be able to access network resources/files in order for it
to do what it is supposed to do. Please help!
