4.06 4.09 slow to load

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Originally Posted by colang

Can anyone tell me why Hoster is slow to load? I have v4.06 (Windows Vista Home Premium, Dual Core 1.8Ghz Processor, 2Gb RAM). I had put it down to Vista, until my brother told me last week that he had recently upgraded to v4.09 from v3.21a (Windows XP) and now was having the same problem.

Many people have reported problems with AVG anti-virus program causing slowdowns and I am sure some of the others will too.
You do need to keep in mind there is a whole lot more to Hoster 4.XX than 3.321 had. Many new features have been added and require initialization before the program is ready to use. Version 3.321 installer was 14MB and 4.09d installer is up to 18MB. That is a big difference in what is contained in the program. All that additional program means Hoster is going to take a bit longer to get set up.
Another thing you can do is to defragment your hard drives. This will usually help with the speed. The more fragmentation the longer it takes to transfer from the drive to the memory.