Thread: Calibre locks entire machine for 1-2 mins on first startup
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Old 06-26-2015, 04:38 PM   #169
chaley
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
Still, it is strange that some machines have this problem.

This computer runs calibre x64 on Windows 7 x64, and it has never had it's Windows Updates cleaned out. It never had any maintenance except for Disk Cleanup and CCleaner. Even more so... this installation is an in-place upgrade of Vista x64, and it's 7 (!) years old. This computer has never been re-installed during its working life.

Calibre starts within 5-6 seconds, and during its startup, the computer is not locked.
What that probably says is that something else is triggering the scan during the boot process. That is my case. When you boot, does your machine get non-responsive for a time? For me, it is loading a utility to tweak the memory speed of the graphics driver. I seldom notice it because I don't attempt to do anything until the machine is fully up.
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