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Paul2660

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Ever since I upgraded to a Nec 3090, 30" monitor, I have problems with importing in LR 3.3 3.2 etc. This problem does not occur on LR 2.x or 1.x.

If I am running the monitor at 2560 x 1600, and I hit import. LR will freeze totally. I can't recover the system without a total power off. If I drop the res to 1900 x 1200 on the same monitor it works fine. The freeze is where LR3.3 would open the GUI drop down where on the older versions of LR you just get a windows dialog box.

I have noticed that if I minimize the LR window to less than 1/2 of the screen on import then it works at 2560 x 1600. However this is a pain.
Usually after I have finished importing, I can take the window back to full screen.

System is XP 32 bit, 8 Gb of ram. Video Nvidia GEforce 450.

Paul Caldwell
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David Sutton

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Hello Paul. I have the same problem with a Nec PA 271 (2560x1440) and XP Pro, and worked out the same solution as you..
If you are using 32 bit you will be limited to roughly 3gb of ram (if you use the 3gb switch in the Boot.ini file- though I'm no longer certain that this isn't snake oil), so the rest of the ram is wasted.
The file sizes with modern dsls means I've really hit the working limits of LR and Photoshop with the current system. I'm resigned to getting a dedicated Photoshop computer with Windows 7, updating the current machine for day to day business and using Windows 7 networking to manage the lot. I'll find a new video card that will drive these larger monitors. In XP the Nvidia 9500GT will let me use open type fonts or open Gldrawing, but not both. So I can have Photoshop work or use my specialist fonts but not both.
Nvidia are really not interested in Windows XP problems any more.
David
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