Increase startup speed

Posted by Xenon on October 13, 2009, 8:52 pm

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Hi,
I wonder how many have experienced a slow startup with QB?
We are seeing 30-60 secs or more. Other progs open quickly.
Now I understand that QB opens the entire datafile...there is
a better way, but Intuit should already know this.
Our .qbw is only 8.2MB...not very large.
System is 2.5gig cpu, 1GB ram, XP SP3. System has been
cleaned and defragged.

All un-needed programs have been removed.
All program startups have been disabled for boot performance.
The contents of the quickstart tool bar is minimal.
Your thoughts?

Oh by the way, has anyone heard of a QB preloader that could
keep the core or a piece thereof in memory.
This would certainly help.

Posted by Laura on October 13, 2009, 9:39 pm

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> Hi,

> I wonder how many have experienced a slow startup with QB?

> We are seeing 30-60 secs or more. Other progs open quickly.

> Now I understand that QB opens the entire datafile...there is

> a better way, but Intuit should already know this.

> Our .qbw is only 8.2MB...not very large.

> System is 2.5gig cpu, 1GB ram, XP SP3. System has been

> cleaned and defragged.

> All un-needed programs have been removed.

> All program startups have been disabled for boot performance.

> The contents of the quickstart tool bar is minimal.

> Your thoughts?

> Oh by the way, has anyone heard of a QB preloader that could

> keep the core or a piece thereof in memory.

> This would certainly help.

What year QB are you running? One trick is to always close the company
before exiting the program. When you launch the program the next time you
don't have the overhead of opening up a company file. This will speed things
up a bit. Plus if anything ever happens to your company file you will always
be able to open the program.

Posted by Xenon on October 13, 2009, 11:44 pm

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>> Hi,

>> I wonder how many have experienced a slow startup with QB?

>> We are seeing 30-60 secs or more. Other progs open

quickly.

>> Now I understand that QB opens the entire datafile...there

>> a better way, but Intuit should already know this.

>> Our .qbw is only 8.2MB...not very large.

>> System is 2.5gig cpu, 1GB ram, XP SP3. System has been

>> cleaned and defragged.

>> All un-needed programs have been removed.

>> All program startups have been disabled for boot

performance.

>> The contents of the quickstart tool bar is minimal.

>> Your thoughts?

>> Oh by the way, has anyone heard of a QB preloader that

could

>> keep the core or a piece thereof in memory.

>> This would certainly help.

> What year QB are you running? One trick is to always close

the company

> before exiting the program. When you launch the program the

next time

> you don't have the overhead of opening up a company file.

This will

> speed things up a bit. Plus if anything ever happens to your

company

> file you will always be able to open the program.

QB 2007

Posted by Haskel LaPort on October 14, 2009, 7:05 am

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> Hi,

> I wonder how many have experienced a slow startup with QB?

> We are seeing 30-60 secs or more. Other progs open quickly.

> Now I understand that QB opens the entire datafile...there is

> a better way, but Intuit should already know this.

> Our .qbw is only 8.2MB...not very large.

> System is 2.5gig cpu, 1GB ram, XP SP3. System has been

> cleaned and defragged.

> All un-needed programs have been removed.

> All program startups have been disabled for boot performance.

> The contents of the quickstart tool bar is minimal.

> Your thoughts?

> Oh by the way, has anyone heard of a QB preloader that could

> keep the core or a piece thereof in memory.

> This would certainly help.

1 GB of ram! That's nothing today, get more. How fast is the bus? How fast
is the drive. How much space left. If the drive wasn't reformatted and the
operating system reinstalled it probably is not as clean as you think it is.
also 30-60 sec is not the end of the world.