Slow Application Startup

[Edward]

Norm Deane wrote:
> I recently upgraded my RH9 (Dell Inspiron 8200/) to
> FC2.  The upgrade went well but after upgrading I've
> noticed that applications take forever (some take 5+
> minutes) to start.  Once they are running they perform
> ok.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Norm

Check hard Disk DMA settings?

Although in general, like Windows, I find each new iteration of Redhat 
(Now Fedora) is slower than the last...sigh.

Regards,
Ed.