On Dec 20, 6:39 pm, "Perry Noid" <nob...@home.com> wrote:
> I removed the old version and installed the new version when it appeared
> about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and downloaded the updates... looks a little
> different, but my question concerns how long it takes to start running...
> about 1 1/2 minutes on my tower (3GHz), and similar or longer on other
> systems I've updated... is this typical? Any particular reason? Just seems
> like a long startup time before anything appears on the screen.....

I had the same problem and found this today in the freeware group
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=18309

Takes about 15 seconds now for the startup bar to appear and then it
loads very quickly.