Re: Slow boot on XP after installing 9i database

mccormm_at_indy.net wrote:
> Last week I installed the 9i Database on my home computer running XP
> Pro. Now, whenever I boot up, it takes 5 minutes before the desktop
> responds properly to anything. I'll click on Start, and have to wait 20
> seconds before the Start menu appears. In all other ways, the database
> and applications work fine.
>
> The machine has a 2.4 Gig processor and 512M memory. There are 32
> Gigs of free space on both drives.
>
> When I installed the DB, I chose the Personal Edition. I've also
> installed JDev 9i on the machine.
>
> I have already set the database to boot manually. I start it by
> starting the OracleDB<name> service directly. I close it the same way,
> unless I'm just shutting down the computer anyway.
>
> I'm about ready to reinstall everything, basically because I want to
> install it with the executables on the C: drive, and the DB files on
> the D: drive (all on D: now). Is there anything else I should know
> about installing that will speed up the boot time afterwards? Should I
> create a new XP account on my machine just for doing Oracle, and use
> the other accounts for everything else I do?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike McCormick

Go get yourself a latte'.

Seriously ... go into the Control Panel Services and turn off all of the Oracle services you are not using except the listener and the database itself. You'll need to go get a latte' but you'll need to walk faster.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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