In Windows, rebooting your computer actually resets the loaded kernel stuff. Shutdown and starting up again does not because of the default on "Fast Startup" option. So I'd say: reboot before a gig.
Haha, you're not wrong! Fast Startup can be a bit sneaky. While it usually works fine for DJ software, a reboot is always the safest bet for peak performance. Consider it your laptop's pre-gig power nap. 😉 Thanks for the reminder - I'm sure some folks will find this helpful! Edit: Check out this site if you need to turn off fast startup: support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht513773-how-to-enable-or-disable-fast-startup-on-windows-11
Especially turn off Antivirus while performing. It's a big performance hit to your system. Using Windows, go to the background tray and stop everything you can.
Nice advice and very useful! I used to update like a maniac like right before or the day of my gig, ended up with some issues, lesson learned I don’t update until I’ve read what the updates fix and when I’m done with an event and have saved my history like 2-3 days later.
In Windows, rebooting your computer actually resets the loaded kernel stuff. Shutdown and starting up again does not because of the default on "Fast Startup" option.
So I'd say: reboot before a gig.
Haha, you're not wrong! Fast Startup can be a bit sneaky. While it usually works fine for DJ software, a reboot is always the safest bet for peak performance. Consider it your laptop's pre-gig power nap. 😉 Thanks for the reminder - I'm sure some folks will find this helpful!
Edit: Check out this site if you need to turn off fast startup: support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht513773-how-to-enable-or-disable-fast-startup-on-windows-11
Good stuff man thanks for the tips!
Thank you for watching!
Especially turn off Antivirus while performing. It's a big performance hit to your system. Using Windows, go to the background tray and stop everything you can.
Didn’t even think of antivirus, but that is an excellent point!
ALWAYS want to learn about laptop optimization!
Then a full how to video I shall make 👍🏼
Nice advice and very useful! I used to update like a maniac like right before or the day of my gig, ended up with some issues, lesson learned I don’t update until I’ve read what the updates fix and when I’m done with an event and have saved my history like 2-3 days later.
Yea I think everyone makes that mistake once. I’m happy to hear you learned from it!
@@djtechtipsI also use streaming such as Beatsource and Tidal for those songs I get requests that I don’t have.
What else do you do to make sure your laptop is performance ready???
Seems like a Windows problem lol
I won’t agree or disagree because I’ll get flamed 😂
@ I never get auto update on my Mac 🤷🏾♂️😂