I don't recall seeing anyone mention a solid state drive which will also help.
Crystal On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 3:35 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > With a new desktop with the specs you have indicated, updating RAM to 64GB > would give you almost instant opening of programs, as most recent memory is > held in RAM for faster access. > > I have a six-year-old home-built desktop with slightly older specs, but > have > 64 GB Ram, My legacy file is just over 10,000 individuals and have My > Heritage, FTM, numerous Word and Excel documents loading and running > simultaneously every day with no problems loading any program at first > start > of day. > > Cheers, > > Ian Hocking, > Christchurch, New Zealand > > -----Original Message----- > From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of > David Cripps > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:03 PM > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy slow to start > > Hi Everybody, > > > I have a strange issue with a brand new Desktop computer, wherein Legacy > itself might take 20-30 seconds to load at first start of the day. > It's quite disconcerting when it happens, especially as this machine should > be (and is) an absolute flyer. > > > My old desktop clunker was getting a bit long in the tooth, so the guts of > my upgrade is: > > > 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700KF 3.40 GHz > Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB, M.2 NVMe > 32 GB RAM > Windows 11 Home, Ver. 23H2, 64 bit > Legacy 9.0.0.443 with 10,000 names > > I'm reaching out to see what others think of this, and I wondering the > obvious simple thing, like, is it an issue of a lack of memory ? Should > I double it to 64 GB ? Or make the RAM larger ? > > The re-install of Legacy went fine, and without issue, and I continue to > carry on my research, do backups, and the odd bit of editing. As I said > after the first start of Legacy, all's well, and I can work away all day > if I like. > > I thought there might be a slim chance this issue has been dealt with > before and resolved by a simple tweak, so I'd love to hear the technical > types throw their solutions my way. > > > > Many thanks > David Cripps in Tasmania > > > -- > David Cripps <[email protected]> > Hobart, Tasmania > Gedmatch: EH6082465 & Gedcom ID: 3475815 > FTDNA: N10906 > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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