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[DAVID E]

I have a software program called Nikon Capture NX2 that I use to process RAW digital photos but it's slowed down to a snail's crawl the past few times I've used it. I ugraded to 2G of RAM about two weeks back and it worked good then but recently it will take upwards of 3-5 minutes just to "Save As" a photo once I finish it. I noticed WinPatrol would be running for some reason during this time and let the mouse arrow hover over Scotty's icon and it would indicate it was checking my startup programs...why I don't know but wonder if that has something to do witih the slowdown. The mouse arrow even acts erratic and slows during this time.

While doing a given photo what use to take ten minutes is now taking twice that time. Should I disable WinPatrol(if possible) and possibly avast since I see the little blue ball spinning around during my post processing time as well?

[Broni]

Simply disable WinPatrol momentarily, and see what happens.
Right click on WP systray icon, and click "Exit program".

[DAVID E]

I tried that Broni and emptied the cache left over with the software program and even defragged with Diskeeper and it still slows down using up to 285,000k when checked with Task Manager. Just sitting there with no photo open or work being done on it it's around 2800k. I wonder if uninstalling/reinstalling would do any good...

[Broni]

That may be actually good starting point. If it doesn't help, we'll at least know, it's not the program itself.

[DAVID E]

I uninstalled and reinstalled and cleared all temporary cache associated with the program and disabled WinPatrol. It's helped a bit but it's still taking up to two minutes to Save or Save As and I don't think that should be taking near that long. I didn't even have Ff opened at the time. With 2G of memory as opposed to 1G when I first got the software, it should be doing better.

[DAVID E]

I'm wondering if my version of .NET Framework is up to snuff. I remember reading in the EULA I think it was upon reinstallation of this software where it indicated Ver 2.0 was required... but,I think (without checking) mine is 3.0. I'll have to check later.

[Broni]

It may be the issue.

[woodworker]

David, did you see this, just out today.

[DAVID E]

Yep, that's what I've got, 3.0. The software only calls for ver. 2.0 to run well so, .NET Framfwork doesn't seem to be the problem but I will check that update, WW, when I get home today-thanks. May as well get the latest and greatest. I thought the reinstall would do the trick but it didn't. I'm accessing my photos on another drive(slave) but I don't forsee that as being the problem.

[DAVID E]

Someone had recommended going to SP3 on a camera forum I go to but, I don't know that would help or hinder things. I still have SP2 and remember all the problems when that one came out.

[jram]

If this is the old Dell you use to have running out of disk space, that might be your problem. Also, 2 gigs with a memory hog like that is nothing. You might not have enough power under the hood to run this program faster. Go to that camera site you belong to and ask.

[Broni]

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Yep, that's what I've got, 3.0. The software only calls for ver. 2.0 to run well

.NET versions are not cumulative updates, so, if your software asks for 2.0, you have to have 2.0 installed, no matter, if you have 3.0, or 1.1 already.

[DAVID E]

jram, on Jan 28 2009, 10:36 AM, said:

If this is the old Dell you use to have running out of disk space, that might be your problem. Also, 2 gigs with a memory hog like that is nothing. You might not have enough power under the hood to run this program faster. Go to that camera site you belong to and ask.

Yep-that's the one but I deleted all the digital pics from that drive and gained an additional 15-16G of space on it which gives me around 50G's now. Unfortunately, 2G is all my computer will handle. Anything more I'll have to get another one.

[DAVID E]

Broni, on Jan 28 2009, 11:26 AM, said:

.NET versions are not cumulative updates, so, if your software asks for 2.0, you have to have 2.0 installed, no matter, if you have 3.0, or 1.1 already.

I think both are installed, Broni. I'll check this evening. I know I no longer have 1.1. It's shown but no space allocated to it.

[woodworker]

Broni, on Jan 28 2009, 10:26 AM, said:

.NET versions are not cumulative updates, so, if your software asks for 2.0, you have to have 2.0 installed, no matter, if you have 3.0, or 1.1 already.

True, but this one updates 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5, all together, so I thought it might help.

[DAVID E]

3.5 is now downloaded. I found some interesting info that could help but I'm a bit skiddish to try it unless someone says go for it. This was on a forum I ran across today about Capture NX2 being slow and what they did to speed it up...

"First of all, I got this from another site, No way could I ever come up with this stuff, I am running vista on a lower specd laptop with 2 gigs RAM. My NX2 was working leisurely to be kind. Now it is INSTANTANEOUS !!! Apparently the 2005 version of this Microsoft library is the one that was used to develop NX and you need it AND its SP1 update on your computer to get the speed it was designed with. If you have the 2008 version installed that doesn’t necessarily mean you are covered, you need to make sure you have the 2005 and its SP1.

This is what you do: go to this site,


http://www.microsoft.com/... ...E4-ADAD-4000-ABFE-64628A267EF0&displaylang=en

then scroll down to "what others are downloading" and install #4 and then #3 (that's what I did). Make sure you get both #4 and #3 in that order.

Since I have done this, NX just pops open ready to go. Raw files are rendered in maybe 2 seconds. Noise reduction which used to be slow as molasses works instantly. I never see the “file updating” message anymore.

I think this explains why some had no problems and most others did…it all depends if you happened to have the correct library installed. And by the way, this works with XP also. These libraries are independent of the operating system

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat...6598&page=1

[dobhar]

Hi David...

If it was my PC I would give it a go but again I like to try these things and if it borks my PC I just reload. It's your call cuz it's your box...we can't make this decision for you...we can only give our opinion.

Just make sure your all backed up in case it borks your box. Restore sometimes helps... http://www.smartestc...tyle_emoticons/default/smile.gif

By the way that MS link you provided only goes to MS default page...you have to scroll down in the forum to find the other MS links...

[DAVID E]

I can't imagine why C++ Runtime Libraries would have anything to do with it when my other post processing software, Paint Shot Pro X will run circles around Capture NX2. It will work with jpg files fine but I shoot RAW and NX2 converts them and of course they're much bigger files(sort of like tiff) than jpg because there's no compression. Perhaps a faster processor and 4G of RAM would be the ticket. I've about given up. If I were going to get another PC I just don't think I'd want Vista and I think that's all you can get anymore. Vista's lifespan won't be what XP has been. Corporate world just hasn't accepted it like they did XP.

[DAVID E]

Here's what Ive done to date to increase the speed of this software. I have all the updated to .NET Framework with 3.5 being the latest and was prompted by others to update Visual C++ to Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable SP1. I've done this and it seems to run better-noting miraculous but still better. What I couldn't understand after doing all this is why the files for Visual ended up on my slave (F-drive) instead of C-drive. I have nothing but digital photos on F-drive and now I have a bunch of small files from .txt, .dll, exe and a .cab file located on the slave with the file called VC_RED.cab. Why would these files be put on F-drive instead of C-drive is beyond me. There are no files on C-drive like this as I did a search to see. Oddly enough, as I let the mouse arrow hover over these files, they indicated a "Date created: 11/7/07" although I just downloaded Visual and updated .NET Framework a day ago? I'm stumped here-any ideas and could I delete those files on F-drive or would I loose all I've done to date? Below are part of the files occupying the same disk as my digital photos.

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