Stardock Central always very slow to check for updates
Slow
Saturday, September 2, 2006 by TigerMan | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Whenever I go into Stardock Central - Skins & Themes and then click 'Check for Updates' it all goes very slow, it generally pops up about 1 new skin each 10-20sec so takes ages if I haven't checked for a while. Aslo while this is happening, the whole PC is very very slow doing anything else.
Is there anything I can do to change this?
I've checked on differant PC's doinmg a fresh SDC install with std settings but they all fo the same thing.
Would love to sort this one.
Is there anything I can do to change this?
I've checked on differant PC's doinmg a fresh SDC install with std settings but they all fo the same thing.
Would love to sort this one.
TigerMan
Reply #2 Sunday, September 3, 2006 5:23 AM
Reply #2 Sunday, September 3, 2006 5:23 AM
OK, I guess I'll do that but seems crazy that a simple thing has such a bad influenece on the whole PC!
Thanks anyway
Thanks anyway
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 2, 2006 8:46 AM
Generally, I just use SDC to check for program updates ~as I've always found the method you use to check for new skins quite slow.
I simply use Firefox to browse the WinCustomize site itself for new/updated skins.
The bonus with using firefox is that nine times out of ten it recognizes the installed program for the file you're downloading, and applies it that way as a default [if you set it to.]
It's also [for me] quite a bit faster than browsing with I.E. ..but thats an entirely different discussion