On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:52:34 -0400, "History Fan"
<UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote:

><hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca (Hugh Doherty)> wrote in message
>news:46f29126$0$4063$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net.. .
>>I recently installed Spybot 1.5 on WinMe machine. It takes forever to
>> boot. Double-click on icon or exe file produces nothing, not even
>> hourglass, for about 20-25 seconds, then Spybot suddenly appears and
>> starts. Spybot 1.4 always booted almost instantly, so I've gone back to
>> that. I see from Spybot forums that several folk have complained about
>> exactly same problem with Spybot 1.5. Anyone else with similar
>> experience? Any solutions?
>>
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> I'm using a fairly powerful computer running Windows XP SP2 and Spybot
>1.5 definitely takes longer to boot than 1.4. I'm also a little
>disappointed that the scan engine with 1.5 isn't any faster than 1.4. At
>least, I haven't noticed any difference.


I'm still using 1.4 with a dual core 3800+ 64 with 2 gig of RAM and XP
Pro and Spybot takes 6 sec to boot. That's as quick as it gets.
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