Pro Tools 11 slow to respond to mouse and opening plugins

[christhechive]

Hi

I've using Protools 11 for a couple of years on my Windows 7 computer. For some strange reason just last week plug ins that were already loaded started taking a few seconds to appear on the screen every time I click on them. Also if I move my mouse from an open plug or another open program (e.g. iTunes) back onto the main Protools page it takes a few seconds before it will respond and work on say a fader etc. Just to check I wasn't imagining this I checked the Protools 10 which works fine.

I've deleted preferences and even deleted and then reloaded Protools but to no avail.


Any advice much appreciated.

Chris

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by christhechive

Hi

I've using Protools 11 for a couple of years on my Windows 7 computer. For some strange reason just last week plug ins that were already loaded started taking a few seconds to appear on the screen every time I click on them. Also if I move my mouse from an open plug or another open program (e.g. iTunes) back onto the main Protools page it takes a few seconds before it will respond and work on say a fader etc. Just to check I wasn't imagining this I checked the Protools 10 which works fine.

I've deleted preferences and even deleted and then reloaded Protools but to no avail.


Any advice much appreciated.

Chris

Computer specs? All we know is you're on Windows 7 and that's it.
How much ram do you have? Minimum is 4 gig but PT11 really likes to see 8 gig or more.
How many other programs do you have running when running PT?
Have you optimized your computer?
Do you have any wireless stuff going on?

[sw rec]

Two other things to check. Go into BIOS and disable any floppy drive controllers. And make sure you don't have a cd in your cd drive.

[christhechive]

Originally Posted by sw rec

Two other things to check. Go into BIOS and disable any floppy drive controllers. And make sure you don't have a cd in your cd drive.

Flipping ding dongs it worked!! Had a CD in the drive I'd forgotten to remove - took it out and hey presto!!! Thanks so much SW rec, you're a complete star!!

[sw rec]

You're very welcome. I discovered this the hard way too. I was actually ready to uninstall/reinstall PT 11.3 til I finally realized I'd left a blank disc in the drive. I still recommend checking BIOS to see if there's a floppy controller running in the background.

[christhechive]

Ok will do

thanks again!

[Cgbravo]

Currently experiencing this issue but didn't have a disk in the cd/dvd drive I still disabled it but nothing.

I am going to see if the floppy controller is possibly running on my system.

[Cgbravo]

Originally Posted by Cgbravo

Currently experiencing this issue but didn't have a disk in the cd/dvd drive I still disabled it but nothing.

I am going to see if the floppy controller is possibly running on my system.

update: couldn't find it on my bios, maybe its not there