Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
null wrote:
Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
null wrote:
Been using SM for years without problems, but this year it seems to
run slower and slower.
Also been running Zone Alarm free firewall + antivirus for a very
long time. There is
increasing circumstantial evidence that ZA's antivirus checking is
slowing the loading of
SM - and a lot of my other programmes, too - but it is worst with
SM. When run, SM often
takes a minute or more before even the browser frame appears, and
Firefox was not much
better until I recently discovered how to do what FF calls a
"refresh", whereupon load
speed improved considerably compared to SM. Chrome has always
loaded fast, but that's
irrelevant to my problems because I don't like it and rarely use it.
So .....while it seems to slow file running and saving in general,
why would ZA so
particularly affect SM in comparison with my refreshed FF?
Can't be the computer - got 2GB RAM, 3.2MHz CPU, keep the HD well
defragged, etc.
Anyone here using ZA who has a similar problem?
I use ZA firewall but never the anti-virus. Actually I dont use any
anti-virus at all
for at least 10 years now and have never noticed that problem.
Easy enough to check out.
Turn off loading of ZA and see if it makes a difference.
I realize that some users, like yourself, don't use an antivirus yet
report no problems
for years. My experience has been the opposite and I now wouldn't be
without both firewall
and antivirus, no even to solve this pesky slowness problem. Perhaps
the virus danger
level depends on what programmes you install, what you use your
computer for, and where
you go on the net - everyone is different in that regard, and your
activities may have
kept you at very low risk for some reason.
As for ZA slowing things down, snoozing the firewall and/or antivirus
through the system
tray icon results in very little improvement. However, today I
thought I'd try the toolbar
option that allows you to restart with add-ons disabled. Surprised to
see from the window
that pops up that this actually is how to restart SM in safe mode,
something I had read
about but had always assumed referred to the OS safe mode. SM could
do with a bit of
clarification about this. Anyway, the result was that SM started
loading in around 9
seconds instead of the recent 60 seconds or more, and this continued
a number of times
when SM was started normally from the desktop icon, so the problem
seems to have stopped.
Various other programmes and utilities are also loading faster as
they used to. The
strange thing is that nothing seems to have changed with what SM
chooses to call the
Add-ons, actually extensions or plugins, which are not the same
thing. I have no
extensions. As for the plug-ins, some were previously set to
automatic, some to manual,
and a couple disabled - none of that changed after I carried out the
above, yet the slow
loading problem disappeared. All very mysterious and frustrating, to
say nothing of time
consuming, Sigh.
Thanks for the update, Null.
Interesting that it is good with a normal start after a safe mode start.
Oh, and I always try no firewall with the cable unplugged or wifi
turned off.
Well, if you choose the OS safe mode at boot, the next boot will be
normal, so it would perhaps make sense for the SM safe mode to behave
similarly. Of course, an important difference is that the later puts up
window with a set of radio button options which you can also select
before going into safe mode, such as deleting all bookmarks. Of course,
the mystery is exactly what happened when I selected "Restart with
Add-ons Disabled", on the toolbar drop-down, ignored the radio button
options, and then proceeded to a reload in safe mode. Nothing seemed to
have changed when I later looked at the add-ons, but not only SM but
also FF are now loading very much quicker.
Good point about pulling the cable when testing "no firewall" - so easy
to do and ensures no risk.
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