Hi all,
Since there are some configuration changes needed to improve the performance of PixInsight under Windows, we think it would be useful for you to have all of them packed in a single place. Let's review the external settings you need to check in case you have machine-specific problems:
Hope this helps you to configure your specific machine to optimally run PixInsight.
Best regards,
Vicent.
Since there are some configuration changes needed to improve the performance of PixInsight under Windows, we think it would be useful for you to have all of them packed in a single place. Let's review the external settings you need to check in case you have machine-specific problems:
- The problem of moving cursor over an image being sluggish is due to a wrong graphics driver configuration. Gamer-grade GPUs are optimized to run games; on some machines, the driver can be configured by default with a wrong vertical sync parameter that leads to an extremely slow image and cursor movement in PixInsight. You'll find how to configure your driver to overcome this problem here:
Solution for moving cursor over image being sluggish - VSync setting
In this post, we would like to address the problem reported by some users about the moving cursor over an image being sluggish. This problem, which may occur on some machines, seems to be correlated to the VSync settings of the graphic driver, and the general solution is to disable the VSync...
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- The slow file access caused by Windows Defender can be solved by configuring PixInsight.exe and QtWebEngineProcess.exe as safe applications. You'll find how to configure Windows Defender here:
File access slowness caused by Windows defender: New Workaround
Dear all, as stated in the PixInsight 1.8.9-2 release announcement (https://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?threads/pixinsight-1-8-9-2-released.21228/) there is a known problem on windows: XISF files are potentially dangerous according to Windows Security in directory search operations performed...
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- We have designed and implemented a new cache system in the latest build 1579 to make PixInsight more robust to file system performance issues on Windows. PixInsight needs to access its configuration files very often, and it benefits from the efficient file caching characteristic of the Linux and macOS filesystems. With the new implementation, we have definitively overcome this problem on Windows. You can read a description of these new features in the announcement message:
PixInsight 1.8.9-2 / Build 1579 Released
Hi all, Today we released a new PixInsight version: 1.8.9-2 build 1579 (2023 August 28). This maintenance/bugfix release solves several problems detected in the initial 1.8.9-2 version. It also adds a few new features. Please refer to the official announcement of PixInsight version 1.8.9-2 for...pixinsight.com
- Lastly, please remember that some antivirus are throwing a false positive when you download the application. Our files in the Software Distribution System are signed with the best possible EV signature, so a change in a single bit would invalidate that signature. The files on our server are safe to download.
Hope this helps you to configure your specific machine to optimally run PixInsight.
Best regards,
Vicent.