Have you got any firewalls on the PC?
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windows firewall is not running. No other firewalls installed
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After taking the macbook out of the equation, try powering down all
devices including the wireless router.
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davec67;287252 Wrote:
Downloaded and installed squeezecenter 7 on the XP laptop. Everything
else is the same. Same wireless hub, duet etc.
What brand is the router? I was having problems similar to yours using
a Zyxel, which is known to be buggy. Giving the Receiver and Controller
a fixed
Gplouffe;287219 Wrote:
Not certain if anything concrete came out of this discussion but I
recently took a 1.6mhz 500mb ram desktop and went from linux (debian)
to windows xp sp2. Under linux, performance was great. Note: Music is
located on a Buffalo Terastation NAS 50K songs. Went to XP
ok did that, now nothing works. Do I need to turn them back on ?
:-) only kidding. Tried it, same behavior, no change.
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jason3fc, have you tried unplugging the squeeze box and replugging it in
and the holding down the button to get the red flashing light? I've had
serious connection issues with mine on occasion and recycling the
receiver(is that what we call it) solved it for me.
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davec67;287263 Wrote:
Tried it, same behavior, no change.
It's possible that the controller doesn't like having to figure out
more than one server IP address. Try doing a factory reset on the
controller and then try to connect to the XP server.
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bpa;287110 Wrote:
SC lets you choose - Apple does not. Why won't Apple support Flac or
WMA Lossless ?
On the Audiophile forum there are a group of users who insist that
server decoder Flac sounds better than SB decoded Flac.
Why is it necessary to have ALAC decoder in the
jaffacake;287164 Wrote:
To legally import good from the US, you pay the cost price in the US,
then you add on the local sales tax in the US, then you add on shipping
to the UK. Total that.
Then you add on import duty as a percentage of that total - I believe
it was 10% last time I looked.
jaffacake;287196 Wrote:
This is damaging to my reputation
You've just got to laugh.
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Maybe prevent people sending PMs until they have a minimum number of
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Patrick Dixon;287280 Wrote:
Any chance the forum administrators could do something to prevent spam
by Private Message?
Maybe prevent people sending PMs until they have a minimum number of
forum posts - which is a common approach on other forums.
Yes, that would be helpful. It doesn't
Any chance the forum administrators could do something to prevent spam
by Private Message?
You're getting PMs by people who only just subscribed? I'm glad I've turned off
PM for myself then...
Feel free to file a bug report ;-). I'll let Matt know about this issue. Thanks!
Maybe prevent
jaffacake;287164 Wrote:
To legally import good from the US, you pay the cost price in the US,
then you add on the local sales tax in the US, then you add on shipping
to the UK. Total that.
Then you add on import duty as a percentage of that total - I believe
it was 10% last time I looked.
I've got a few of these as well. Not commercial SPAM message but
message about problems, nothing user confidential which should have
been posted on the forum.
I don't like discouraging user queries so I usually push them to start
a public thread - some do, some don't.
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cliveb;287288 Wrote:
Just to correct this. When you personally import something from the US,
you pay the US retail price *excluding* local sales tax, plus UK VAT at
17.5%, plus the courier's fee for collecting the VAT on behalf of HMRC.
(Last time I imported anything, the Royal Mail charged
Clearing the cache directories too? This could easily create a load of
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danco;287273 Wrote:
An individual making a purchase when in the USA would pay local sales
tax, but no shipping.
Correct, but then they would need to get it shipped.
An individual ordering from the USA would pay shipping, but usually not
sales tax.
They would need to find a vendor
U, 1,000th the size of an MP3, call me a tad cynical but would the
date of its publication have any relevance?
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adamslim;287297 Wrote:
So there's a 13% premium, which does not seem totally unreasonable to
me.
Thanks for saving me those maths. It does greatly depends on the
customs classification of the product/ I know somebody who imported
Sonos and got stung quite heavily. I finally found the post I
Can someone in the know explain what it is that SC does in the Clear
Library part of choosing to Clear Library and Rescan Everything?
The process works, however, prior to beginning the actual library scan
process I find SC doing what seems to be a large amount of work on the
existing DB, much
If your SB2 is up to date at version 40 then it is really an SB1 and has
a very small buffer.
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Hello from France (sorry for my bad english)!
I bought a Squeezebox 3 two weeks ago, principaly to listen to
webradios.
The technical infos said : Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WMA
formatted Internet Radio streams
Well...
I tried to listen to my favorite webradio, the dividing line, the
Gplouffe;287219 Wrote:
I tried the sql setting changes and did not notice any benefit. My gut
tells me it is IO related.
Any definitive answers on this?
No definitive answers, but MY gut tells me it's poor scheduling on
windows. The overall performance is MUCH worse on Windows,
Gplouffe;287219 Wrote:
Not certain if anything concrete came out of this discussion but I
recently took a 1.6mhz 500mb ram desktop and went from linux (debian)
to windows xp sp2. Under linux, performance was great. Note: Music is
located on a Buffalo Terastation NAS 50K songs. Went to XP
I now have 3 squeezeboxes, but have encountered an unexpected problem
with my new Duet receiver, hopefully someone can help.
I have one Squeezebox 3, one Squeezebox 2 and 1 Duet Receiver. All are
connected wirelessly. Individually each one plays perfectly.
When I sync the Squeezebox 2 and 3
jaffacake;287312 Wrote:
What version of server software are you using?
Am I right in that you are playing back FLAC files when the problem
occurs?
Have you tried any other codecs, e.g. mp3, to compare?
Software as follows:
SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 17793 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
What version of server software are you using?
Am I right in that you are playing back FLAC files when the problem
occurs?
Have you tried any other codecs, e.g. mp3, to compare?
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Well I finally have my Squeezebox Duet and Receiver and I have to say
that I am very happy, I think the new controller works very well.
However, I did notice some improvements that I think could be made, it
would be interesting to see what anyone else thinks of these:
1. It would be nice to be
jaffacake wrote:
I have absolutely no desire to waste my time defending myself against
false accusation and speculation.
Robin Bowes, and others, are attacking me with untruths and guesswork.
This is damaging to my reputation yet you choose to allow it to remain
within your forums. I can
bpa;287319 Wrote:
If your SB2 is up to date at version 40 then it is really an SB1 and has
a very small buffer.
But the SB3 fails with the Duet too.
PLynas - Is trying SC 7.0.1 an option?
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bpa;287291 Wrote:
I've got a few of these as well. Not commercial SPAM message but
message about problems, nothing user confidential which should have
been posted on the forum.
I don't like discouraging user queries so I usually push them to start
a public thread - some do, some
PLynas;287324 Wrote:
I will give it a try and post the results later.
Installed 7.01. I have only tested the synchronisation between the SB3
and the duet but the problem is not solved unfortunately.
Playback on the SB3 is fine for about 30 seconds, while playback on the
Duet is choppy. Then
Windows results:
[image: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~egd/CRTimings_W2K3_0-E.png]
Linux results:
[image:
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~egd/CRTimings_Ubuntu_0-E.png]
Interestingly the library stafs also differ between SC flavours. I've
raised this before and still have no idea why,
jaffacake;287322 Wrote:
But the SB3 fails with the Duet too.
PLynas - Is trying SC 7.0.1 an option?
I will give it a try and post the results later.
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Has anyone come across the sites 'Muxtape' (http://muxtape.com/) or
'Mixwit' (http://www.mixwit.com/), which allow you to create virtual
mix tapes? It'd be great to work out how to stream them to the
Squeezebox. I've emailed Mixwit to ask them about streams, so if I get
a response I'll post it.
Seeing this thread resurface reminded me I was going to run tests under
SC7 and screendump the results here. The Windows based scan of the
same NAS-based library (limited to the 0-E tree) is running as I type
this. If someone can tell me how to embed links to the full sized
images in a forum
my 0.02cent :
The batterycover is crerking/squeak when operating the remote
(mentioned in the german forum) - which makes the remote fell like a
cheap Chinese model
2: will be added in ver. 7.1
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I'm assuming, as this is a new purchase, that the Duet is in a new area
of the house which didn't previously host a player.
Could there be a localised interference issue?
Have you tried swapping them around a bit?
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jaffacake;287338 Wrote:
I'm assuming, as this is a new purchase, that the Duet is in a new area
of the house which didn't previously host a player.
Could there be a localised interference issue?
Have you tried swapping them around a bit?
Not tried swapping them round, will try that in a
The logs tell me I get my interference on my player that's located in my
TV cabinet. I blame it on the CRT, but it could be the Wii, PVR or
anything really.
If it plays when it's not synced though I wouldn't expect synced
behaviour to be any different, it's not like the SBs talk to each other
Windows results:
[image: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~egd/CRTimings_W2K3_0-E.png]
Linux results:
[image:
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~egd/CRTimings_Ubuntu_0-E.png]
Are both using SMB? Do you have numbers scanning the same collection on the
Thecus itself?
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I've just move all my music on to a new 1Tb disk.
Now all my music is in one place at last, I don't have a music folder
set anymore and use the MusicIP import to feed SC with data...
In which case - why does my music drive thrash away like crazy during a
scan, if the data is coming from the
In which case - why does my music drive thrash away like crazy during a
scan, if the data is coming from the musicIP cache which is on a
different disk?
When importing metadata from MIP, SC still does look up the files for
additional information, artwork etc.
(would I be better not using
mherger;287344 Wrote:
Are both using SMB?The Linux box has mounted the NAS share using NFS, I
presume the Windows
box is using CIFS?
mherger;287344 Wrote:
Do you have numbers scanning the same collection on the Thecus itself?Not at
the moment. To get that I have to kill my library and
Ben / Jaffa
Can I also take the opportunity to retract any of my observations about
your activities that I made in this post if they are untrue:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43155page=7
Particularly my claims that you...
...lied about owning a Duet in your CNet profile.
jaffacake;287341 Wrote:
The logs tell me I get my interference on my player that's located in my
TV cabinet. I blame it on the CRT, but it could be the Wii, PVR or
anything really.
If it plays when it's not synced though I wouldn't expect synced
behaviour to be any different, it's not
Thanks for the pointer. In this case my ears are better than my search
technique
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Hello,
SC left side: Arists' names are shown twice in succession (see
screenprint attached).
I am using SC 7.0 (recently) Windows XP 4 SQBs 3 ethernet and 1 Wifi
large musicbase and radio playlists. Musicbase managed with iTunes but
scanned with SC (and before with SS).
Assistance appreciated
mick_w;287348 Wrote:
Ben / Jaffa
Can I also take the opportunity to retract any of my observations about
your activities that I made in this post if they are untrue:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43155page=7
Particularly my claims that you...
...lied about owning a
I suppose that an individual buying the Sonos on a visit to the USA
would probably need to ship. For the Squeezebox, this could probably be
taken in one's personal baggage, so no shipping (I have done this).
By the way, jaffacake, I liked your latest suggestion in the AVS
forums. Namely, get a
egd;287347 Wrote:
Not at the moment. To get that I have to kill my library and then
rebuild it. I may do that later tonight and let it rebuild while I
sleep. Are the NAS' own timings relevant?
Should be in the reagion of 25minutes for a full scan on a N5200Pro. My
lat scan was about 22min
Are both using SMB?The Linux box has mounted the NAS share using NFS, I
presume the Windows box is using CIFS?
Ok, NFS is known to be quit a bit faster than SMB/CIFS.
rebuild it. I may do that later tonight and let it rebuild while I
sleep. Are the NAS' own timings relevant?
I'd be
Can I also take the opportunity to retract any of my observations about
your activities that I made in this post if they are untrue:
Please get in touch, call each other on the phone or go out drink a beer. But
please stop that boring discussion. It's far off-topic. Thanks.
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OK, I know this is a stupid question but I just wanted to be clear.
When people talk about remote desktop into their WHS to install
SqueezeCenter are they talking about the built in Remote Access
function of the WHS or are they talking about remote desktop in to the
WHS not from the web
I ran a clear and rescan on my NAS a few days ago (but without first
pointing the library to a single album and rescanning) and screendumped
the full library time. Those stats are 86,352 tracks in 110.63 minutes,
meaning a 0-E scan will take roughly 27.17 minutes. If I follow the
same approach
SC left side: Arists' names are shown twice in succession (see
screenprint attached).
Did you change your title format?
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Update: I've downloaded the latest nightly patch last night (7.0.1) and
reinstalled SqueezeCenter. I've also done a 'software update' for the
controller. Restarted everything and it works!!
I played around with it for approx 30 mins last night without any
hiccups. I didnt receive a single
danco;287361 Wrote:
I suppose that an individual buying the Sonos on a visit to the USA
would probably need to ship. For the Squeezebox, this could probably be
taken in one's personal baggage, so no shipping (I have done this).
By the way, jaffacake, I liked your latest suggestion in the
PLynas;287349 Wrote:
Kind of perfect timing, I was just checking the settings on
Squeezecenter and the wireless signal on my Duet suddenly dropped
dramatically to just 12%. I went into the living room and my wife had
just switched the TV on. So it seems to me that interference is likely
to
jaffacake;287374 Wrote:
You could run a cat 5 cable, or alternatively a mains relay device like
a Devolo homeplug...assuming these are compatible with Slim kit.
I'd give tech support a call and see if there is any diagnostics they
can use to check into it better.
Obviously homeplug
Re (1), I haven't tried this, but I'm pretty sure you can do this now by
simply copying the wallpaper to the SBC using scp. I'd look at what
files are already in there to determine filetype, dimensions, etc.
Re (4), say you're scrolling while something is playing. How is SC7 to
know that the FF
Michael, the above approximations suffice or would you prefer actuals?
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craigf;279046 Wrote:
1) Is there a way I can set the Duet Controller's wallpaper to an image
of my own, or am I limited to the default options?
The controller itself allows additional wallpaper images to be
downloaded to it from SqueezeCentre. The SqueezeCenter part of this is
not yet
Thanks Michael - I do use the mixer.
You have explained it. Cheers.
Phil
(off to buy a quieter disk...)
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Hello,
Yes, I did change the Title format under Interface.
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jaffacake;287372 Wrote:
You can actually get both in baggage, it's been done. Not delaring to
customs, however, is technically smuggling and your liabilty to HM
Customs Excise does not end the moment you get to the other end of
the green channel in the airport.
Glad you like my idea, a
aubuti;287376 Wrote:
Re (4), say you're scrolling while something is playing. How is SC7 to
know that the FF or REW press is intended to move within the menu and
not actually FF or REW? Anyway, I expect after a few hours with the SBC
you'll do just fine with the scroll wheel alone.
I've
Great, it's good to hear that the last patch has fixed the connection
issues for some people.
If you are still having problems I have added an option to disable wlan
power save in 'Settings Advanced Settings Factory Test Power
Management' in 7.0.1 r2170. This can be used for testing, and as a
Yeah, I get a lot of those too. At first I thought they were people
being genuinely friendly...then I figured it out :)
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danco;287384 Wrote:
I said nothing about smuggling or not declaring, I just said one could
avoid shipping costs.
In fact, the Squeezebox I bought (NOT the Duet) came within the limit
that is allowed for purchases. And it was even small enough to carry in
its packaging.
My apologies for
tried reseting everything, including full powerdowns, factory reset for
all components - player, controller and pc. See same behavior
regardless
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adamslim;287297 Wrote:
To, err, correct the correction, check out this website:
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContentid=HMCE_CL_001454propertyType=document
Interesting. I stand corrected. What's confusing is that
I'm having a similar problem sync'ing my Duet with Squeezeslave; They
both play fine individually. When I sync, they start out in perfect
sync, but after a few seconds the Receiver pauses for about a second
causing a delay. If I deselect the option to keep syncronization it
doesn't happen, so
Michael, James, (Logitech / Slim Devices)
You were looking into this problem and said it was a wider issue,
please can you give an update as to whether or not you are still
looking into it or if you are undable to resolve it at this time.
Regards
Mark.
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Why not run both instances of Squeezecenter, then change the player over
to the XP Squeezecenter before powering down the Mac?
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Pale Blue Ego;287399 Wrote:
Handy Tip: Embed the cover art in each file's tag and all these issues
go away.
Thanks, but wouldn't that needlessly replicate 20-50 KB of data in
every single audio file?
We have 15,000 songs in our collection. I don't really want to
inflate my storage needs by
Triode;287378 Wrote:
The controller itself allows additional wallpaper images to be
downloaded to it from SqueezeCentre. The SqueezeCenter part of this is
not yet fully developed, the attached is a demo plugin which makes it
easier to do than the previous plugin I posted. Note however that
zest;286726 Wrote:
any luck on this
I finally got SC 7 running on the eMac OSX 10.4.11 is use to serve
music.
Initially I had the problem described earlier- server runing but Web
Access button dim, inactive. No firewall and always installed to all
users. Repaired disk permissions several
craigf;287405 Wrote:
Thanks, but wouldn't that needlessly replicate 20-50 KB of data in every
single audio file?
We have 15,000 songs in our collection. I don't really want to
inflate my storage needs by half a gig or so if I don't have to.
Putting cover.jpg in the directory of each
Kim.T;287325 Wrote:
my 0.02cent :
The batterycover is crerking/squeak when operating the remote
(mentioned in the german forum) - which makes the remote fell like a
cheap Chinese model
I am not having any problems. Could one be holding it to tight while
one is fondling it? The battery
Personally for the long term and ease of use, adding the album pic into
the song's tag is by far the way to go.
The cost of HDD space is virtually insignificant nowadays.
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Hi,
I looked around for this exact issue, but didn't find it. Sorry if I
missed it somewhere.
System:
HP XW4400 Workstation 2GB RAM Windows XP Pro
SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Server IP address: 192.168.0.106
Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
MySQL
On wallpaper, it's not quite so straightforward as copying the image
across, but can be done. See:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44675
especially 'Post 5'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=287378postcount=5).
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cliveb;287394 Wrote:
Interesting. I stand corrected. What's confusing is that I've bought
various items from abroad and have NEVER been charged import duty: just
VAT at 17.5%. (This was the reasoning behind my previous posting). For
example, the table in the document you reference says that
I have been running Slim Server 6x for over a year and have been
watching the threads on SC 7.0. Rather than jump in on my home network,
I loaded SC7 on my laptop first.
I'm having the same problems as you: Can't start up SC7, ran the
TCPView, etc. No connection.
Bottom Line: I am not touching
because the controller can never see the PC squeezecenter - no matter
what I do.
However the player can see the PC but only when the controller is off (
and I presume the macbook is off but haven't tried the combination with
macbook on, controller off yet)
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I need to ask everyone having a Range Issue with their Controller, to
please *private message* me the PID and MAC address of your
controller.
The PID and MAC can be found on a sticker in the battery compartment of
your controller.
Thank you.
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QA - breaking things so
iPhone;287421 Wrote:
I am not having any problems. Could one be holding it to tight while one
is fondling it? The battery cover should be removed once then installed
until the battery needs replaced. Not much movement or wear and tear.
BTW, if you look inside, you will indeed see that it IS
jaffacake;287431 Wrote:
Some importers check every item for potential customs charges, others
just randomly check line 1 in 5 packages. It's the senders
responsibility to make a valid customs declaration on the outside of
the package regarding the content.
Gift used to be a popular option
MickeyG;286613 Wrote:
It sounds like your Controller has defective hardware. That test is run
on all units in the factory and it's required to display all green
before leaving it.
FYI -- mine will turn all green and pass the test, despite having the
defect. If the person doing the test is
The Slim.exe holds a lot of data in memory to improve performance. Mine
is 133Mb. Why do you have a problem? - do you have less than 1Gb of
ram? (XP needs at least 1Gb, preferably 2Gb).
IME SC7 is faster than 6.x and more stable. You should try the upgrade.
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You want to see the
It fixed some of mine, in that tracks that would just stop playing now
work, but I still get clicks and bursts of digital noise which I never
did with 6.x.
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I had the same problem. I called the support line and they resolved it
pretty speedily. I think I had missed some files when I cleared the old
version, and they were interfering. Here's the e-mail customer support
sent me to track down all the old files:
To perform a clean installation of our
Squeeze Me;287313 Wrote:
2. It would be even nicer to be able to customise the menus. There are
a number of options on there that I will never use, so it would be
great to be able to remove them altogether.
I believe that there has been discussion of this being implemented in
version
NormanFr;287446 Wrote:
I had the same problem. I called the support line and they resolved it
pretty speedily. I think I had missed some files when I cleared the old
version, and they were interfering. Here's the e-mail customer support
sent me to track down all the old files:
To
Kim.T;287325 Wrote:
my 0.02cent :
The batterycover is crerking/squeak when operating the remote
(mentioned in the german forum) - which makes the remote fell like a
cheap Chinese model
Long time viewer of the forum... first time poster...
Agree with Kim.T - battery cover makes the remote
jaffacake;287390 Wrote:
My apologies for not understanding the full intent of your post.
Your so-called apology is NOT accepted.
You claim that you were not understanding the full intent of my post,
whereas in fact you were fantasising about what you thought I might have
said.
I stated
Phil Leigh;287439 Wrote:
The Slim.exe holds a lot of data in memory to improve performance. Mine
is 133Mb. Why do you have a problem? - do you have less than 1Gb of
ram? (XP needs at least 1Gb, preferably 2Gb).
IME SC7 is faster than 6.x and more stable. You should try the upgrade.
2GB RAM
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