Filemaker is really really slow starting - why?

[SortaNortth]

I recently moved a computer from one part of my network to another. In the
process it was necessary to uninstall Filemaker Pro and re-install another
copy on the computer. I am using Filemaker Pro 4.1 on a Windows 98(se)
350MHz Pentium based computer. After the reinstall, Filemaker Pro now takes
almost 5 minutes to just start the Filemaker program. The computer is on a
network, but Filemaker is not being used in a network mode. The only other
program on this computer that wasn't there before is Norton Anti-Virus 2003.

After it has once been started, it only takes 2 minutes to start up!(still
unacceptably slow). I know this is an older version, but for the time being
I have to use this one. It used to be faster on the same machine.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I might do to troubleshoot the slow
problem?

Thanks for any info

[Glenn Schwandt]

Start by searching the archives of this newsgroup for threads regarding this
same subject. I believe there were at least three this month. Could be
Norton (if nothing else changed), excess temp files, network "confusion",
corrupted font, etc.

"SortaNortth" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> I recently moved a computer from one part of my network to another. In

the

> process it was necessary to uninstall Filemaker Pro and re-install another
> copy on the computer. I am using Filemaker Pro 4.1 on a Windows 98(se)
> 350MHz Pentium based computer. After the reinstall, Filemaker Pro now

takes

> almost 5 minutes to just start the Filemaker program. The computer is on

a

> network, but Filemaker is not being used in a network mode. The only other
> program on this computer that wasn't there before is Norton Anti-Virus

2003.

>
> After it has once been started, it only takes 2 minutes to start up!(still
> unacceptably slow). I know this is an older version, but for the time

being

> I have to use this one. It used to be faster on the same machine.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what I might do to troubleshoot the slow
> problem?
>
> Thanks for any info
>
>
>

[SortaNorth]

Glenn,

Thanks for the help! It turned out to be excess temp files. Not only
perked up Filemaker, but all the other apps as well. Filemaker is now back
to a respectable 15-20 seconds to fire up even on my slow computer. Thanks
again.

Dick Marcum


"Glenn Schwandt" <schwandtgat@aoldot.com> wrote in message
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> Start by searching the archives of this newsgroup for threads regarding

this

> same subject. I believe there were at least three this month. Could be
> Norton (if nothing else changed), excess temp files, network "confusion",
> corrupted font, etc.
>
> "SortaNortth" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:5CJjb.296754$mp.236339@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att. net...

> > I recently moved a computer from one part of my network to another. In

> the

> > process it was necessary to uninstall Filemaker Pro and re-install

another

> > copy on the computer. I am using Filemaker Pro 4.1 on a Windows 98(se)
> > 350MHz Pentium based computer. After the reinstall, Filemaker Pro now

> takes

> > almost 5 minutes to just start the Filemaker program. The computer is

on

> a

> > network, but Filemaker is not being used in a network mode. The only

other

> > program on this computer that wasn't there before is Norton Anti-Virus

> 2003.

> >
> > After it has once been started, it only takes 2 minutes to start

up!(still

> > unacceptably slow). I know this is an older version, but for the time

> being

> > I have to use this one. It used to be faster on the same machine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to what I might do to troubleshoot the

slow

> > problem?
> >
> > Thanks for any info
> >
> >
> >

>
>