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Firefox startup times

Aenslead

Aenslead

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I've noticed that on my 530J w/1Gb DDR400 915P mobo, it takes about 4 to 5 seconds.

My OCed A64 @ 2.2Ghz loads it in about 3-5 seconds, just right after a windows reboot.

Both of these configs have SATA Western Digital HDDs.

What are your load times?
 
On my work fleet, which ranges from Celeron 566's up to AthlonXP 2800+'s, it ranges from 45+ seconds for the Cel566's, on down to about 10-15 seconds for the fastest systems. Our very strong antivirus/anti-intrusion software is the main reason for this. Obviously installing FF was not my idea 😛 but I got overridden.

Feel better about your startup times now? 🙂
 
Much much better now, Mech, thankyouverymuch.

I have norton antivirus 2005 runing on both of these systems... but, answer me this: what would you have installed instead of Internet Explorer?
 
but, answer me this: what would you have installed instead of Internet Explorer?
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Nothing. 😕 IE is centrally manageable/configurable/updatable using Group Policy and WSUS or SUS, unlike FF, and it is not the security disaster that everyone makes it out to be, especially not when all of us (myself included) use Restricted/Limited accounts except when necessary.

FF, by contrast, if I want to update the fleet, I get to visit 85 offices, interrupt employees who are trying to work... or I can stay after-hours. Well, I'm paid by the hour, so I guess I shouldn't complain... :roll: edit: and if I want to configure FF, I have to get the employees' passwords and log on as them, since the setup is on a per-user basis. Fun.
 
Here's a bit of help for you if it takes a long time.

In your Firefox shortcut's target line, enter this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe /prefetch 1"

The /prefetch 1 command should help you out.
 
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Here's a bit of help for you if it takes a long time.

In your Firefox shortcut's target line, enter this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe /prefetch 1"

The /prefetch 1 command should help you out.
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For WinXP, anyway 🙂

Sorry for my almost-troll remarks, I will try to add my A64/Atlas 15k II results whenever I see my work rig again... might drive down there today for a brief visit. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
but, answer me this: what would you have installed instead of Internet Explorer?
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Nothing. 😕 IE is centrally manageable/configurable/updatable using Group Policy and WSUS or SUS, unlike FF, and it is not the security disaster that everyone makes it out to be, especially not when all of us (myself included) use Restricted/Limited accounts except when necessary.

FF, by contrast, if I want to update the fleet, I get to visit 85 offices, interrupt employees who are trying to work... or I can stay after-hours. Well, I'm paid by the hour, so I guess I shouldn't complain... :roll: edit: and if I want to configure FF, I have to get the employees' passwords and log on as them, since the setup is on a per-user basis. Fun.
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Sounds like a personal problem and platform problem to me. Last time I checked, using the packaging manager, SSH, and your own head, any program is mass managable/configurable/updatable too.

Oh, wait, wrong platform. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Here's a bit of help for you if it takes a long time.

In your Firefox shortcut's target line, enter this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe /prefetch 1"

The /prefetch 1 command should help you out.
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Fancy that... it won't allow me to change it. It says the specified route does not exist...
 
Originally posted by: bersl2
Originally posted by: mechBgon
but, answer me this: what would you have installed instead of Internet Explorer?
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Nothing. 😕 IE is centrally manageable/configurable/updatable using Group Policy and WSUS or SUS, unlike FF, and it is not the security disaster that everyone makes it out to be, especially not when all of us (myself included) use Restricted/Limited accounts except when necessary.

FF, by contrast, if I want to update the fleet, I get to visit 85 offices, interrupt employees who are trying to work... or I can stay after-hours. Well, I'm paid by the hour, so I guess I shouldn't complain... :roll: edit: and if I want to configure FF, I have to get the employees' passwords and log on as them, since the setup is on a per-user basis. Fun.
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Sounds like a personal problem and platform problem to me. Last time I checked, using the packaging manager, SSH, and your own head, any program is mass managable/configurable/updatable too.

Oh, wait, wrong platform. 😉
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Wrong answer, you're supposed to suggest a thin-client setup here 😀

 
Originally posted by: Aenslead
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Here's a bit of help for you if it takes a long time.

In your Firefox shortcut's target line, enter this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe /prefetch 1"

The /prefetch 1 command should help you out.
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Fancy that... it won't allow me to change it. It says the specified route does not exist...
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My mistake. The /prefetch 1 should be OUTSIDE of the quotes. Like this...

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch 1
 
1 to 2 seconds in my old AXP 2400+, 512MB RAM and a 7200 RPM disk
0.5 to 1 second in my A64 X2 4400+ (2.5GHz) with a WD Raptor and 1GB RAM.
 
I stuck it on my older A64 Clawhammer 3000+ with my older 15k SCSI drive for a test. With Kaspersky Antivirus Personal 5 (all detection maxed) and the Windows Firewall, it's about 2 seconds. With Kaspersky turned off, less than a second (I would need Jedi powers to find my watch for a precise result here 😕 ). If VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i were on here, with all settings maxed, it would probably be about 8 seconds, based on my experience.

Summary: security software (or lack of it) and the settings (adware/spyware and heuristic detection, and particularly compressed-file scanning) will strongly influence the results here. Don't jump to any hasty conclusions about CPUs and RAM based on this thread 😉
 
Originally posted by: carlosd
1 to 2 seconds in my old AXP 2400+, 512MB RAM and a 7200 RPM disk
0.5 to 1 second in my A64 X2 4400+ (2.5GHz) with a WD Raptor and 1GB RAM.
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Is that runing it after a reboot?

Mine takes nothing to open once it's cached, but after a reboot/startup, it does seem to take quite a bit. Lots of HDD access, and I have 1Gb of RAM... hmmm...
 
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