Windows 2000 Warnings?

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Tue May 04, 2004 5:43 pm

In my billing software I'm noticing a horrible speed problem under Windows 2000.. It seems to have been there since the beginning and I just discovered it..

Are there any known problems or things I should be aware of when writing software to run under Windows 2000?

It seems everything that has to do with the GUI is slow, setgadgettext, state etc.. I'm not talking about annoying slow, I'm talking about it takes 2-4 seconds to repaint a window with 15-20 gadgets on it slow!

Anyway, if anyone has any words of wisdom as to what I should or shouldn't do under Windows 2000 please let me know!

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Tue May 04, 2004 5:48 pm

Hmm.. It seems to have something to do with the installer and protection software I'm using.. I will investigate that further..

Still, if anyone knows of anything to beware of - let me know!

fweil · Post by **fweil** » Tue May 04, 2004 5:57 pm

I run W2K for 2 years now and only noticed slow downs when worms or viruses went there !

If your configuration is a regular one (ie >=1GHz CPU, 258MB RAM and enough disk space) it should not give any issue.

Nowadays, PCs are really able to execute 1G CPU instruction per second at least, and you can get this with Purebasics apps ... indeed.

NoahPhense · Post by **NoahPhense** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:21 pm

Karbon wrote:Hmm.. It seems to have something to do with the installer and protection software I'm using.. I will investigate that further..

Still, if anyone knows of anything to beware of - let me know!

I've been using 2000 pro since 2000..

no issues of speed..

have 1.6ghz with 1gb ram..

- np

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:28 pm

Turns out it was the protection software doing something funky.. Thanks guys!