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Windows indexing, Shutdown event tracker – Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 User Manual

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Preparing a system for iTX software

Windows Indexing

Windows Indexing and the Indexing Service can adversely affect system performance. You

should disable these on all machines in the iTX system.

Display the Properties dialog for the hard-disk partition onto which you are going to install any

iTX software module.

Under the General tab, clear the check box for Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast

file searching:

From the Windows Start menu, select Run and enter "services.msc" to display the Services

window in the Microsoft Management Console. Stop the Indexing Service and set its Startup

type to "Disabled".

Shutdown Event Tracker

If the Windows operating system on a machine stops, you need to restart the machine. A

feature of the operating system – the Shutdown Event Tracker – can reduce the speed of the

machine restarting. To prevent it doing so, you should disable the feature on all iTX servers.

From the Windows Start menu, select Run and enter "gpedit.msc" to display the Group Policy

window in the Microsoft Management Console.

Under Computer Configuration in the console tree, open the Administrative Templates folder

and then the System folder to display the contents of the System administrative template.

Open the Display Shutdown Event Tracker Properties dialog. Under the Setting tab, select

Disabled:

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