Re: ImageJ startup times -- Win2K & WinXP

Posted by Jonathan Jackson-2 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-ImageJ-startup-times-Win2K-WinXP-tp3702357p3702358.html

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:53:14 -0500, Robert Baer <[hidden email]> wrote:

>>> the start-up time for imageJ is considerably
>> > longer than it used to be
>-- snip --
>> This sooo sounds like an overzealous Antivirus.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Dscho
>
>Most excellent call !!!!  I uninstalled my antivirus program and ImageJ
>startup time was decidedly below 3 seconds MAX.  Allowed the virus program
>to repair itself and the problem is back.  Now all I have to do is figure
>out how to enforce peaceful co-existance between the virus program and
>ImageJ!  This probably means involving IT since I seem to not be able to
>adjust many aspects of the virus program's properties.
>
>FWIW my antivirus is McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0 running from a Novell
>Network environment.  Thanks, Dscho, for the insight!.
>

It could be to do with the firewall specifically.  The newer versions of
ImageJ listen on port 57294.  If the firewall is blocking this port it would
introduce a delay.  Try configuring the firewall to allow ImageJ to use that
port.

Jon