long time to open Preferences

It takes up to a minute for my preferences to be read when opening Photoshop CS2, I was wondering if that’s normal… I’ve looked at the preferences and I don’t see anything that could be causing such a delay (I don’t think)… I had PS6 before and it didn’t take nearly as long (maybe 10 seconds to open)… Once open PSCS2 works fine…

I thinned out my filters (I had wayyyy too many that I don’t use so I got rid of them, I’m a filter junkie I guess) thinking that perhaps that was the problem but it’s not…

I don’t have many fonts installed, I just open the ones I want to use before I start up Photoshop and close the font file when I’m done…
I can live with this if that’s the way it’s gotta be but I was just wondering if this long preference reading is the norm…

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:15:59 -0500, "BubblyBabs" wrote:

It takes up to a minute for my preferences to be read when opening Photoshop CS2, I was wondering if that’s normal… I’ve looked at the preferences and I don’t see anything that could be causing such a delay (I don’t think)… I had PS6 before and it didn’t take nearly as long (maybe 10 seconds to open)… Once open PSCS2 works fine…

I thinned out my filters (I had wayyyy too many that I don’t use so I got rid of them, I’m a filter junkie I guess) thinking that perhaps that was the problem but it’s not…

I don’t have many fonts installed, I just open the ones I want to use before I start up Photoshop and close the font file when I’m done…

I can live with this if that’s the way it’s gotta be but I was just wondering if this long preference reading is the norm…

What machine are you running it on?

All of the Adobe products are in one 52.4gb HD with 31.5gb free… I think the scratch disk is C: drive, should I perhaps change it to D:?

What machine are you running it on?

Wow Hecate, this person really has it in for you! How long has the rivalry been? I’m wondering if they are more than a teenager… Are geeks this immature? For some reason I thought the geeky type were less goofy than their "less intelligent" counterparts…
😉

Babs

in article 9Cqse.23689$, BubblyBabs at
wrote on 06/16/2005 7:29 PM:

Wow Hecate, this person really has it in for you! How long has the

been? I’m wondering if they are more than a teenager… Are geeks this immature? For some reason I thought the geeky type were less goofy than their "less intelligent" counterparts…
😉

Babs

You want to play too, Cabana Gurl?

What machine are you running it on?

OH, duh, I knew to include that info…

WinXP SP1 updated as far as it can be…
AMD Athlon(tm) XP
1.73GHz
1GB Ram

All of the Adobe products are in one 52.4gb HD with 31.5gb free… I think the scratch disk is C: drive, should I perhaps change it to D:?

Wow Hecate, this person really has it in for you! How long has the rivalry been? I’m wondering if they are more than a teenager… Are geeks this immature? For some reason I thought the geeky type were less goofy than their "less intelligent" counterparts…
😉

WinXP SP1 updated as far as it can be…
AMD Athlon(tm) XP
1.73GHz
1GB Ram

All of the Adobe products are in one 52.4gb HD with 31.5gb free… I think the scratch disk is C: drive, should I perhaps change it to D:?

Yes, you should.

Next, when you boot up Photoshop you get the splash screen which has messages running along the bottom telling you what PS is doing – is there a message (such as loading fonts) where it seems to take a longer time than the others?

WinXP SP1 updated as far as it can be…
AMD Athlon(tm) XP
1.73GHz
1GB Ram

All of the Adobe products are in one 52.4gb HD with 31.5gb free… I think the scratch disk is C: drive, should I perhaps change it to D:?

Yes, you should.

I did, no difference…

Next, when you boot up Photoshop you get the splash screen which has messages running along the bottom telling you what PS is doing – is there a message (such as loading fonts) where it seems to take a longer time than the others?

It says for a long time "reading preferences"… Then some other stuff blurbs by, then it sticks on "reading plug-ins" but not too long, then on "reading tools" but that takes less time than the plug-in reading… The "reading preferences" takes the longest…

This is a livable problem, I’m just curious as to what could be so time consuming in the preferences area….

It says for a long time "reading preferences"… Then some other stuff blurbs by, then it sticks on "reading plug-ins" but not too long, then on "reading tools" but that takes less time than the plug-in reading… The "reading preferences" takes the longest…
This is a livable problem, I’m just curious as to what could be so time consuming in the preferences area….

You could try trashing the preference file and seeing if that helps.

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It says for a long time "reading preferences"… Then some other stuff blurbs by, then it sticks on "reading plug-ins" but not too long, then on "reading tools" but that takes less time than the plug-in reading… The "reading preferences" takes the longest…
This is a livable problem, I’m just curious as to what could be so time consuming in the preferences area….

You could try trashing the preference file and seeing if that helps.

OK Hecate, what’s the name of it? I looked but don’t see a .pref or a pref.dll or whatever… I’ll give that a try and see if PSCS2 makes a new preferences file…

OK Hecate, what’s the name of it? I looked but don’t see a .pref or a pref.dll or whatever… I’ll give that a try and see if PSCS2 makes a new preferences file…

You should find it in your Documents and Settings. For CS the folder would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application
Data\Adobe\Photoshop\8.0\Adobe Photoshop CS Settings

Replace "your username" with, well, you can guess that <g> and with CS2 the folder is probably 9.0 instead of 8.0

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Hecate – The Real One

OK Hecate, what’s the name of it? I looked but don’t see a .pref or a pref.dll or whatever… I’ll give that a try and see if PSCS2 makes a new preferences file…

You should find it in your Documents and Settings. For CS the folder would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application
Data\Adobe\Photoshop\8.0\Adobe Photoshop CS Settings

Replace "your username" with, well, you can guess that <g> and with CS2 the folder is probably 9.0 instead of 8.0

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Hecate – The Real One

Thanks Hecate… Still takes it’s time so I’ll live with it… Could be worse – I might not be able to open PS at all (every once in a while I’m actually optomistic)

Babs

might want to check your virus program, may be scanning before opening?? looking at scripts?
Executive disk keeper used to slow me down a lot, I set it to run at night only now.

In the previous message KatWoman
wrote:

might want to check your virus program, may be scanning before opening?? looking at scripts?
Executive disk keeper used to slow me down a lot, I set it to run at night only now.

Thanks, that’s a definite possibility… I’ll check into it…
Babs

In the previous message BubblyBabs

wrote:

In the previous message KatWoman
wrote:

might want to check your virus program, may be scanning before opening?? looking at scripts?
Executive disk keeper used to slow me down a lot, I set it to run at night only now.

Thanks, that’s a definite possibility… I’ll check into it…
Babs

Dag-burn, that’s the problem…. Well, I’d rather that than not be protected so I’ll live with it…
Thanks you two for your help, I appreciate it…

Babs

"BubblyBabs" wrote in message

In the previous message BubblyBabs

wrote:

In the previous message KatWoman
wrote:

might want to check your virus program, may be scanning before opening?? looking at scripts?
Executive disk keeper used to slow me down a lot, I set it to run at night only now.

Thanks, that’s a definite possibility… I’ll check into it…
Babs

Dag-burn, that’s the problem…. Well, I’d rather that than not be protected so I’ll live with it…
Thanks you two for your help, I appreciate it…

Babs

KatWoman sure pounced on that one!

You may be able to tell your virus checker to ignore certain files. Norton will do this, and I believe most others.

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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com

Yes I switched from Norton to a Russian virus program, it’s excellent and less intrusive.
ESET/NOD/AMON it may be free for personal use? my comp guy recommended it highly. I have been using it on this comp since December and have no problems, my system is a lot faster.

I notice a lot of folks blame WIN XP for being slow when it’s Norton interfering.

ESET/NOD/AMON

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:03:11 -0400, "KatWoman" wrote:

Yes I switched from Norton to a Russian virus program, it’s excellent and less intrusive.
ESET/NOD/AMON it may be free for personal use? my comp guy recommended it highly. I have been using it on this comp since December and have no problems, my system is a lot faster.

Actually, it’s from the Czech Republic. And you’re dead right – it’s the best I’ve seen. It has won Virus Bulletin Awards over 30 times in a row.

I notice a lot of folks blame WIN XP for being slow when it’s Norton interfering.

Yes. I ditched NAV and could see how much more quickly my computer works. When NOD32 runs a check on my computer at Start Up it takes just over 50 seconds to cover three hard disks totalling 450 Gb plus the Registry check etc. Norton on Start Up used to take several minutes. And the latest version of NOD32 has been intercepting phishing attacks as well. (Not perfectly, but it’s a start and I know of no other AV that does that.).

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Hecate – The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don’t need, with money
you don’t have, to impress people you don’t like…

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:03:11 -0400, "KatWoman" wrote:

ESET/NOD/AMON

google turned up nothing on this…

wot’s the real name of it?

So overall, you like NOD32? I’ve been thinking of trying that.

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:03:11 -0400, "KatWoman" wrote:

ESET/NOD/AMON

google turned up nothing on this…

wot’s the real name of it?