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Originally posted by: Aenslead
My my... then it certainly must be my antivir that's caussing all these lags...

Damn NAV2005...
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Have you tried adding the prefetch1 thing? Helped quite a bit for me.
 
Originally posted by: Aenslead
My my... then it certainly must be my antivir that's caussing all these lags...

Damn NAV2005...
Click to expand...
As a fact-finding step, disable the real-time antivirus protection and see what impact that has (if you didn't already).
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: Aenslead
My my... then it certainly must be my antivir that's caussing all these lags...

Damn NAV2005...
Click to expand...
As a fact-finding step, disable the real-time antivirus protection and see what impact that has (if you didn't already).
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Well, just did so, and load time varied 1 second at most...

How queer. Ah, anyways. Thanks for the help. Tried the prefetch thing, and along with the real-time disabled, it took 3 seconds on my P4 530J.

Thanks.
 
I'm also in the 10 second range on my 2GHz+ systems - average. My systems range from a laptop with a 5400rpm drive to my desktop, with 4 7200rpm drives in RAID 5. Speeds vary considerably. 🙂
 
It only takes me 1-2 secounds to start firefox, practicaly instantaneous.....I have a 3000+ Barton and 1.5GB ram and a 80GB 7200 RPM WD with 2MB cache..........
 
I finally got around to testing this on my work rig (A64 3000+ Winchester, 2GB RAM, Atlas 15k II).

With VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, all options maxed: ~7 seconds
With no AV/AI software installed: split-second
Well... "instantaneous" is what Internet Explorer is...
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:beer:

If you don't want to use IE, try Mozilla proper. I don't know if initial launches will definitely be faster for you, but the quick-launch thing does work if you've got the RAM available.
 
Are you sure you actually noted a timed difference in loading times after adding the infamous /prefetch 1 switch?
Here is an article detailing various XP tweaks that are either not even recognised by the OS, or whose benefits are superficial at best. That tweak is mentioned.

I've noticed that IE loads alot faster after start-up after I've launched an Explorer session, usually by opening a folder. Since IE is integrated into the OS, it probably uses some of the same DLLs as Explorer, which get cached in RAM.
As Firefox is independent of the OS, it must load all its libraries and other data whenever it is launched after a fresh boot, since not of that will be cached.
Incidently, isn't there an option to automatically load Firefox into memory at startup?
 
i noticed that microsoft word loaded way fastser with the /prefetch 1 switch. but since FF loads so fast anyway, its hard to tell.
 
About 3 seconds on my A64 3800+ with Hitachi T7K250 using XP Home. That is right after boot. After having been used a few times, it pops up instantly.
 
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