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(e.g. Fig. 2.17.1), you may find that your anti-virus program may be using half the CPU power to check
that the WinLTP files being saved (*.ABF and *.P0 etc. files) do not contain a virus. The chances that
they do are practically nil, particularly for the ASCII *.P0 etc. files. If disabling your anti-virus program
makes a difference, you can re-enable the On-Access capability of your anti-virus program, but exclude
anti-virus scanning of specific file types ABF and P0 etc. with your anti-virus program.
4. If you have only 512 MB of RAM memory, try increasing RAM memory to 2 or even 4 GB.
Basically, I determine if a computer is minimally fast enough by seeing if it can keep up with Continuous
Acquisition on, 2AD channels used, and at 20 KHz, and with Repeat Sweeps on using fast 1 Hz Repeat
Sweeps of 1 sec duration so there is no delay between sweeps, 2 AD channels used, and at 20 KHz,
with 1 pulse stimulation and analysis. This is basically the default.pro protocol, but with the P0 sweep
period decreased to 1 sec. You may need quite a bit less.
A further speed test I now use to determine if the computer is substantially fast enough is by seeing if it
can keep up with Continuous Acquisition on, 2AD channels used, and at 20 KHz, and with Repeat
Sweeps on using very fast 10 Hz Repeat Sweeps of 0.1 sec duration so there is no delay between
sweeps, 2 AD channels used, and at 20 KHz, with 1 pulse stimulation and analysis.