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Title: Quieting Win10
Post by: orrinoconnor on February 22, 2020, 02:19:55 pm

I have just stepped from windows 7 to windows 10 and it's fine but I do get the occasional crackle,,, usually at the start of a track.
The computer is only used for music using MC23.  There is so much on win10 that is not needed for music but where to start is a mystery to me.  I know software exists to remove or turn off unnecessary parts/drivers/software in Win10 and quiet the OS but it is a little cost prohibitive at present. 
I had read somewhere that a guide exists online but can't find anything. 
If anyone has any suggestions or knows where I can find guidance can they please direct or advise.
Thanks, Ray
 

Title: Re: Quieting Win10
Post by: Awesome Donkey on February 22, 2020, 03:38:04 pm

I wouldn't recommend trying to modify/tweak Windows 10, at least not beyond a very limited manner. You can do some simple things and there are good tools like O&O ShutUp10 to help with minor tweaking, but if you're wanting to force remove apps via PowerShell and/or tweak services and stuff that that, you're just asking for a broken OS.

Windows 10 is so easy to mess up trying to tweak things that aren't designed to be turned off in the OS, and because Microsoft doesn't have a dedicated testing team anymore, it's much more easier to break the OS. And there's countless posts out there (e.g. Microsoft Answers) where people were trying to tweak the OS, only to break things and cause all kinds of weird issues. And from all the times I've read those posts, their only solution was to reinstall the OS.

So, I wouldn't recommend doing any sort of tweaking or trying to "remove parts" of the Windows 10 OS, because you will break it doing it. Using O&O ShutUp10 for minor tweaking is as far as I'd recommend going.

As for the audio issue, you might try MC26 and see if it works there. If so, it's probably something in the newer Windows 10 version that possibly breaks something in older MC.

Title: Re: Quieting Win10
Post by: JimH on February 22, 2020, 03:42:14 pm

JRiver agrees with Awesome Donkey.

Title: Re: Quieting Win10
Post by: orrinoconnor on February 23, 2020, 06:23:58 am

Awesome Donkey Thank you for the guidance and reasoned voice of experiance.
I was not aware of O&O or ShutUp10 so I will have a look at these.
I do not feel experianced enough to go removing parts of the OS and would be happier with the trials of others.
Once again thank you.

Jim thank you as well for your imput.

Ray

Title: Re: Quieting Win10
Post by: JimH on February 23, 2020, 06:39:37 am

I'm closing this now.  We don't recommend making changes to the O.S.  It's not necessary.