FP 2003, is it slow

[Nita]

I installed FP 2003 recently and it seems to be little slower than FP 2000.
Is it just me or does it need more ram or what? Also I keep getting error
saying that it cannot open file from documentsand settings(temporary files).

Thanks

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Have you tried the usual repairs in the sequence below:
1) In Windows Explorer Find and delete all FP Temp Files
- in FP 2003 you need to look in the super hidden folder
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\FrontPageTempDir
2) In Windows Explorer Find and delete all hidden *.web files
Usually in %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Server Extensions\Cache
3) Run a Repair on IE
(see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=318378 )
4) Install all Service Packs for your OS, IE, MS Office and your Video card
(Windows Update and Office Update sites, plus your video card supplier site)
5) Open FP and Disable or Uninstall any FP Addins,
6) Open your FP Web/Site and run a Tools Recalculate Hyperlinks





|I installed FP 2003 recently and it seems to be little slower than FP 2000.
| Is it just me or does it need more ram or what? Also I keep getting error
| saying that it cannot open file from documentsand settings(temporary files).
|
| Thanks

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Nita,

It may behave a little slower on yor machine. Here's why:

An application is a set of instructions for the computer. The more an
application does, the more instructions it contains. This means that the
more an application does, the more processor, memory, and hard drive space
it will consume.

Moore's law states that hardware technology capacity doubles every 5 years.
This is why just 20 years ago, computers could only run one DOS program at a
time. But today, we have computers that can run multiple operating systems,
doing multi-tasking of many programs and services, networked together, with
power that is, according to Moore's law (2 * 2 * 2 * 2) SIXTEEN TIMES as
powerful as computers of 20 years ago. In 5 years we will have computers
THIRTY-TWO times as powerful as computers of 20 years ago.

Software manufacturers, like Microsoft, count on this very reliable
principle, and because of the demands of consumers like you and myself,
build ever-more powerful functionality into the software, which then uses up
what is gained from the hardware improvement over time.

What is the downside of this? Well, computer hardware becomes obsolete at an
ever-increasing rate. Thank goodness computer prices continue to drop as
well!

So, the bottom line is, yes, if you run the latest version of FrontPage on
the same hardware that you ran a previous version, it will run somewhat
(more or less, depending upon the hardware) more slowly. You couldn't even
run it on a computer more than 6 or 7 years old in fact.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Sometimes you eat the elephant.
Sometimes the elephant eats you.