Thanks Tony - the slow machine has Windows Defender on it as for some reason after I installed Bitdefender I had a few blue screens. I have tried excluding files etc. as per Razzak's post but no luck so far.
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 1:44:21 AM UTC+13, Tony IJntema wrote: > > Maybe you have to add file extensions of Rbase database to Bitdefender. > In this case these files will not be checked for viruses > > > > Tony > > > > > > *Van:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *Namens *John Docherty > *Verzonden:* maandag 29 januari 2018 10:38 > *Aan:* RBASE-L > *Onderwerp:* [RBASE-L] - Speed Difference - Same APP Different Laptops & > AV Software > > > > I am running the same application on two different laptops, both Windows > 10 64 Bit, R:Base XE, one with Bitdefender (old machine) and the other > (new) with Windows Defender. I find that with the same RX% files on both > machines, the starting screen (an external form) will be displayed within > about 5 seconds on the old laptop, while on the new one it takes in excess > of 20 seconds. I have the same configuration settings (as far as I can > tell) and find that this behaviour only happens with R:Base. With RRBYW19 > the start time is about 4 seconds on the old machine and about 24 seconds > on the new one. (With CAD files the newer machine opens files faster than > the old one, as it should.) I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions > as to what may be causing this significant difference in performance. > (According to a disc test I ran on both, the transfer rates on the new > laptop are 1500 MB/sec (write) and 3000 MB/sec (read), while the rates are > significantly lower on the old machine - all SSDs.) > > > > Is this likely to be due to the AV software, and if it is, can I stop WD > scanning RX? files ? (I tried installing BD on the new machine but that > created a few blue screens so I gave that idea up.) > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > > > Thank you. > > > > John Docherty > > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

