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BetterRed · 11-10-2012, 07:42 PM

The only way to find these things is by disabling all the start up apps (including any that are started via things like Startup Delayer, WinPatrol etc). And then start the first one and test, if that's OK then start the second one and test ...

When you find the 'suspect' then reboot with everything disabled and start the 'suspect', if the problem occurs then you've probably found the 'culprit'. Sometimes, rarely in my experience, it can be a combination of more than one thing (ie Bobs AV & Bill's firewall).

If the 'culprit' has an exit option on its right click menu, then reboot with everything enabled, exit the 'culprit' and test Calibre - if it runs OK then you've nailed it, Now you have to decide what to do about the 'culprit', maybe just exit it (or kill it with Task Manager) before starting Calibre and start it up when you've finished with Calibre, find an alternative product ...

In my experience trying to guess what's causing these sort of problem can waste a lot of time, its much better to work methodically.

I doubt that its drivers - unless you have any odd-ball devices or a 'strange' network set up - as in this thread, where the problem was 'fixed' with a MS patch ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193686

BR

11-10-2012, 07:42 PM	#52
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,792 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The only way to find these things is by disabling all the start up apps (including any that are started via things like Startup Delayer, WinPatrol etc). And then start the first one and test, if that's OK then start the second one and test ... When you find the 'suspect' then reboot with everything disabled and start the 'suspect', if the problem occurs then you've probably found the 'culprit'. Sometimes, rarely in my experience, it can be a combination of more than one thing (ie Bobs AV & Bill's firewall). If the 'culprit' has an exit option on its right click menu, then reboot with everything enabled, exit the 'culprit' and test Calibre - if it runs OK then you've nailed it, Now you have to decide what to do about the 'culprit', maybe just exit it (or kill it with Task Manager) before starting Calibre and start it up when you've finished with Calibre, find an alternative product ... In my experience trying to guess what's causing these sort of problem can waste a lot of time, its much better to work methodically. I doubt that its drivers - unless you have any odd-ball devices or a 'strange' network set up - as in this thread, where the problem was 'fixed' with a MS patch ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193686 BR Last edited by BetterRed; 11-10-2012 at 07:45 PM.