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<p class=MsoNormal>I was curious if anyone had ‘ideal’ computer
configuration suggestions to run IES as optimum as possible. We are currently
running IES on a Windows 7 HP laptop (3.1 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor w/ 3
Gb RAM). Is IES fully compatible with Windows 7? We are having a
lot of crashes and long hang-ups (the Windows hour-glass and “Not
Responding” messages) while using IES at this configuration. A
typical simulation takes approximately 15 minutes for a medium-sized
building. While 15 minutes for this program might be standard analysis
time for IES, I guess I’m just used to eQUEST where the simulation time
would be 15 seconds…granted they are very different programs in the sense
of GUI and analysis schemes. How long are some of your IES simulations
taking to run? Are there any hidden “engines” running in the
background that we just weren’t told we have to disable or anything?
Any thoughts or suggestions or tricks are greatly appreciated. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Josh Greenfield</b>, </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PE,
REP, LEED AP</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Energy Services Manager<br>
Associate Vice President<br>
312.242.6392 Direct<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228'><a
href="blocked::mailto:jgreenfield@primerachicago.com"
title="blocked::mailto:jgreenfield@primerachicago.com"><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>jgreenfield@primerachicago.com</span></a></span><span
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Primera Engineers, Ltd.<br>
100 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 700<br>
Chicago, IL 60606<br>
312.606.0910 Main<br>
312.606.0415 Fax<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228'><a
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