[libreoffice-users] Re: using libre office with portable apps
Colin-2 wrote: 1) When using Writer or any other of the programms from LO through Portable Apps off a USB stick, is it normal that it takes about 2 mins or more to load I seem to wait forever. I have other applications I use and they seem to load much quicker, I am using this mainly on XP pro. Hi Colin-2, I also use LO Portable, however I usually run it off my local hard drive (long story, don't ask). I usually find that it takes a while to start up, but not as long as 2 minutes. I think 20 to 30 seconds is more likely (from cold start). I just tested if from my flash disk (using the portableApps launcher), took about 30 seconds, although I am using Windows 7. Do you have all the Windows XP service packs installed (I believe the latest is SP3)? You can check this by right-clicking on My Computer Properties. The link for the LibreOfficePortable forum is: http://portableapps.com/forums/support/libreoffice_portable I know there have been some discussions about start-up time of LO portable, if not in the LO portable forum then elsewhere on the PortableApps site. Unfortunately, I can't really remember the suggestions (except disabling tooltips or something), so you'll probably have to check it out yourself. Regards Jack -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/using-libre-office-with-portable-apps-tp2960571p2964665.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] RE: using libre office with portable apps
Probably the files in the pen are badly fragmented. Since that is a pen (and not a hard disk) the easiest, fastest and most efficient way to defrag is simply to MOVE all contents to a folder in another disk (preferably a HDD) and then move them back. Since files are moved sequentially they will be written in consecutive clusters and therefore defragmented. HTH ;) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/using-libre-office-with-portable-apps-tp2960571p2964849.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using libre office with portable apps
On 05/20/2011 03:47 AM, Jack wrote: Colin-2 wrote: 1) When using Writer or any other of the programms from LO through Portable Apps off a USB stick, is it normal that it takes about 2 mins or more to load I seem to wait forever. I have other applications I use and they seem to load much quicker, I am using this mainly on XP pro. Hi Colin-2, I also use LO Portable, however I usually run it off my local hard drive (long story, don't ask). I usually find that it takes a while to start up, but not as long as 2 minutes. I think 20 to 30 seconds is more likely (from cold start). I have tried the Portable version on several USB sticks and I noticed that it took different amounts of time for each one. I know that each one have different speed rating for how long it takes to transfer files to-and-from them. So that could be a reason for your time delay. The more expensive your thumb drive, or flash drive, the faster it usually can transfer files - if you buy the same storage size. I have noticed that the 1 and 2 GB thumb drives are a little faster than the 4 GB version, even thought it was rated a little faster. So I might be wrong, or it could also depend on the storage space the drive has, or even the internal circuitry. On my Vista laptop [Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00GHz], it takes about 1.5 to 2.5 minutes to load up and run. So it also can be the computer you are using. The faster the USB port, the faster the computer, the faster the load time and such. I just tested if from my flash disk (using the portableApps launcher), took about 30 seconds, although I am using Windows 7. Do you have all the Windows XP service packs installed (I believe the latest is SP3)? You can check this by right-clicking on My Computer Properties. The link for the LibreOfficePortable forum is: http://portableapps.com/forums/support/libreoffice_portable I know there have been some discussions about start-up time of LO portable, if not in the LO portable forum then elsewhere on the PortableApps site. Unfortunately, I can't really remember the suggestions (except disabling tooltips or something), so you'll probably have to check it out yourself. Yes the less extensions and other add-ons, the faster LO-portable should load. Regards Jack -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/using-libre-office-with-portable-apps-tp2960571p2964665.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
