[Coco] DW & VCC

[Bill Pierce]

I sent this to Dave privately by mistake so I'm reposting it to the list:


Dave, I understand what UAC is supposed to do, but it doesn't do it well. It may work on the average user's system, but my system sees very little "average" use.
This computer is my main computer for my recording studio and to have to screw with making sure directories and files have proper permissions can be a big hassle and cost me money (in down time).
I can't even have window's "Indexing" on or it can ruin a recording session by trying to index a wav file while I'm playing 20-30 wav files and recording another 8 wavs simultaneously. Then to have windows make "temp" copies of these 25-250 meg files all over my system is ridiculous.
 In researching the pro audio recording techniques for digital computer multitrack recording, EVERY producer/engineer/mixer/masterer advises that all forms of UAC, indexing, and most security features be turned off (which they do warn of the risk). All the pro audio computers sold by companies specializing in pro audio systems (6,8,10,20 core systems in $3k - $10k range) come configured this way. Basically, anything taking CPU time or accessing drives while recording is shut off. When recording 8-16-24 tracks of individual uncompressed wavs simultaneously, the computer is taxed to the max and sometimes beyond (AMD quad core).
On my old system, I was running Win Server 2003 which was stripped to the core. Since this system came with 64-bit Vista Home Premium and I couldn't afford a new 64 bit Win Server installation, I stripped it down as much as possible (Classic interface, none of the "pretty" translucent stuff, no retail bull crap included with the install)
I even make anyone in the studio while recording to turn off their cell phones as even the cell phone doing an "auto update", not to mention annoying calls, can cause RF interference and make the system "buzz" no matter how much "RF filtering" I do. There's just too much sensitive digital gear in the room all connected to the computer, from a 40 track mixing console to 3 racks of digital processors/effects to MIDI controlled amps etc.
The last thing I need is to be recording the vocalist's 50th take (5-8 hours into recording at $25/hour) in which he's finally getting that one part right and the recording glitches due to some "security" feature accessing the drive in the background and have to tell the vocalist that it was a bad take and he/she must do it again... I'd lose business quick and in a hurry. Been there, done that, didn't even get a tie-died T-shirt, instead, I got fired.
I have run all my computers this way for 15 years and have only had 2 incidents of invasion and both were my fault.
I have other means of protection that use much less of my computer's resources and don't interrupt my system. And besides, my router has a firewall, my Sat modem has a firewall, and my ISP has a firewall.... No need to insult them :-)
"Re-open doors they closed"? That's exactly what I intended to do. MS has a tendency to close doors I need wide open.

 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
To: 'Bill Pierce' <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>; 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 11:34 am
Subject: RE: [Coco] DW & VCC


"UAC is useless under those conditions."

Actually UAC is really designed to protect people running as Administrator with 
a single account. If you PC is internet connected UAC will provide limited 
protection against stuff you download running as administrator and hi-jacking 
your PC. If you can store data files outside "program files" then you won't have 
so many issues. If all the data is in a particular folder in "Program files" 
consider giving yourself permissions to the folder. You can also run things from 
an elevated command prompt.

Simply turning off UAC re-opens the doors it closed.

Dave
G4UGM