In article <4fb03197a3badger.sett@xxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Brock <badger.sett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In article <f1f507b04f.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I do not think you can draw this conclusion. It is well conceivable > > that the Windows side could be holding up ArtWorks even if it is > > always at the same module. For instance, imagine your Windows virus > > checker checking every file that is accessed. It uses signatures to > > detect known viruses. Any RISC OS file, e.g., the main module file of > > the ArtWorks Group module, might just happen to contain a sequence of > > bytes that triggers one of the signatures. Then, maybe the virus > > checker stops the system from accessing that file while it analyses it > > in depth, which might take some time. > > Martin > Which might tie-in with my own experience which has been the same as > John's on a similar set-up, although my host system is Vista... the > factor which changed for me was installing AVG 8 as my virus checker in > place of AVG 7.5 That ties in with my experience too. I had noticed Artworks taking noticeably longer to start up, and now you mention it (I hadn't made the connection) this did start just after upgrading to AVG 8. R -- Richard Travers richtm@xxxxxxxxxx Truro, Cornwall 01872 271125 ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/artworks ------------------------------------------------------------