Something that came up on this forum a wee while ago speeds the startup by not showing the splashscreen.
Get out your scalpel and open up Client99SE.INI, found in C:\WINNT (if you're running NT, otherwise you'll have to hunt it down). In the section labelled: [System Preferences] insert the following text on a new line: DisplaySplashScreen=False It makes a bit of a difference. HTH Brendon. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:34 AM Subject: [PEDA] Protel Fonts and Registry Access > > Probably a whole separate issue, when attempting to troubleshoot the above > problem by watching registry access, I discovered that Protel accesses the > registry approximately 12,000 times between program startup and the time it's > ready to run. This must surely account for at least some of the long delay in > getting down to business. Is there any way to suppress some of this activity > to get a snappier startup? Protel, are you listening - the startup and > shutdown sluggishness has been a long-time gripe, even if it's been mostly > written off as inevitable now. > > Steve Hendrix * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
