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Cobra
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  		   Posted 2/19/2006 9:10 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
After being open for a few minutes, Finale 2006 begins taking up 100% of my CPU, regardless of whether I'm actively using the program. I'm running Windows XP on a laptop, Dell Inspiron 8000-series, with 1 gig of RAM.

I've seen a few discussions that seemed to treat this as a curiosity, but for me it's a serious issue. When Finale starts hogging CPU, the program becomes unusably slow, and my laptop's CPU temp starts rising. I basically have to hit "Save" and hope the now-ridiculously-slow Finale finishes saving my work before the computer's temperature safety kicks in and shuts everything down.

Ideas?
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  		   Posted 2/19/2006 10:29 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I had this same problem with my laptop.
1. I ran an anti-virus--found nothing
2. I ran CCleaner
3. I ran Ad-Aware
4. I checked processes under Task Manager and found nothing odd

After hours of frustration, I finally opened up my laptop and cleaned everything out. Dirt and dust bunnies were the cause of my slow processing speed.

Then, I got back to Finale and everything worked like new.

Cheers,

Ron

"Laissez les bon temps rouler"

Ron Sikes
Finale 3.7.2 to Finale 2006b
XP Home SP2
Pentium 4 2.66GHz
1Gb RAM
Schlafly Beer - Beam & Coke

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Nickie Fønshauge
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  		   Posted 2/20/2006 8:06 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This sounds like an old an well known issue between SmartMusic SoftSynth and some sounddrivers. If this is the case, deselecting all 8 instances of the SoftSynth should fix it. Choose instead NONE or your soundcards softsynth.

Nickie Katharina Fønshauge
PrintMusic04/Finale05/Finale06 - GPO - XP Home SP2 - Pentium 4 3.2E - 3 GB RAM - SB Audigy 2 ZS - Technics KN 500

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