Bob - thanks for the information. Based on all I've learned I'm keeping some XP machines around <g>.
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Bob DeRosier <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All; > > I am in the process of switching from DP running on XP to running 64-bit > Windows7 and then running DP from within a 32-bit Win7 VM using VMWare > player (though the results may apply elsewhere). > > I found a few facts that may be useful to others going down this path: > > - Its ok to host the files on a 64-bit OS, just don't run the program > - It can take hours to do all the updates from the base OS - if you > have a way to clone the machine for later, that may be worth some money > (say going to VMWare Workstation) > - Files written by Datapefect to c:\ on Win7 were written to > c:\users\USERNAME\appdata\virtualstore > - I was able to get Tame5.1 to work, but not TAME6. > - In order to get TAME to work, I had to manually copy tamevxd.dll to > c:\windows\system32\ > - If you are using VMWare - don't have the printer connect on startup > - it can flood your network with connection attempts and claim all your > bandwidth > - The default printer setup by VMWare may claim LPT1 - so use LPT2 and > LPT3 if that works for you > - Run the VM network Adapter in bridge mode - which will give the VM > a separate IP address from the host -that may be an issue if you have > limited IPs for some reason > - Make sure to have HyperThreading and TurboBoost enabled in the BIOS > of the host (apparently some ship un-enabled) > - Enable flow control VM network card from within the OS > > The last 2 combined made about a 10x difference in execution times on the > dump of data from one screen. That is a fancy way of saying that the box > with the 15X faster CPU now can now run DP somewhat faster than the XP box > and that the first time I tried the experiment I was surprised and very > puzzzled > > Also, in my case, DP ran fastest when both the program and data were local > - they ran a bit slower when hosted on a network drive. > > I would also plan on installling an anti-virus program on the VM just to > be on the safe side- you never know when someone will decide to use that > machine to surfing the web > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > -- *Don Friedman ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC PRS Data Systems Liveport WiFi* * * *205 S Main Street Pittsburgh, PA 15215 412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax*
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