Desktop X 2 and Supper Slow Loading Photoshop
Monday, December 15, 2003 by JT_Palmer | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
When I am running DX2 and try and load Photoshop 7.0 from my Object Dock or start menu...it takes like 7 minutes and is NOT RESPONDING for Most of that time...It stalls after the logo say Initializing...My system (2.4 Ghz and 1 Gig of Ram on XP SP1)...Adobe Photoshop Normally loads in under 30 Seconds...As soon as I Unload DX2 Photoshop bounces right back from the Not Responding State and loads immediately...Has anyone elso had similar loag issues while working with DX?...If so any know work arounds or solutions
Thanx in Advance
Me
Thanx in Advance
Me
Tiggz
Reply #3 Monday, December 15, 2003 7:21 PM
Reply #3 Monday, December 15, 2003 7:21 PM
I have found that ObjectDock interferes with ps7, making it load very slowly and respond slowly during use. If I quit ObjectDock whilst using Photoshop it returns to normal. DX doesn't seem to affect ps7 for me at all.
I haven't noticed OD affecting any other programs significantly.
I haven't noticed OD affecting any other programs significantly.
JT_Palmer
Reply #4 Monday, December 15, 2003 7:57 PM
It could very well be Object Dock and not Desktop X...I need to do some more tests...but man it is killing my machine...literally grinding it to a halt when I run Photoshop
Thanx for your responses
Reply #4 Monday, December 15, 2003 7:57 PM
It could very well be Object Dock and not Desktop X...I need to do some more tests...but man it is killing my machine...literally grinding it to a halt when I run Photoshop
Thanx for your responses
kona0197
Reply #5 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:11 PM
Reply #5 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:11 PM
I am going to ask a stupid question here.
If DX has all these problems why bother using it?
If DX has all these problems why bother using it?
Hus
Reply #6 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:12 PM
Well, if you know its stupid...why bother asking it?
Reply #6 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:12 PM
| I am going to ask a stupid question here. |
Well, if you know its stupid...why bother asking it?
kona0197
Reply #7 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:15 PM
Reply #7 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:15 PM
I said that to cover my but so I would not get flamed with that exact question Hus.
IMHO if any of my programs took that much RAM to run I would get rid of it until they fixed it so it works with less then 50 megs of RAM.
Just a curious question.
I will stick to my WB.
IMHO if any of my programs took that much RAM to run I would get rid of it until they fixed it so it works with less then 50 megs of RAM.
Just a curious question.
I will stick to my WB.
kona0197
Reply #8 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:16 PM
Reply #8 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:16 PM
Oh and by the way there is no such thing as a stupid question.
The only stupid question is the one not asked. How can we learn without asking questions?
The only stupid question is the one not asked. How can we learn without asking questions?
Leo the Lion
Reply #9 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:27 PM
Reply #9 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:27 PM
Kona.......DX has come a long way since you most probably last used it.
From a standing start i am running 6 of the Xmas goodies including the revolving snowflakes with a max CPU usage of about 25%-30% on an AMD XP2400 chip. There are some non DX background programmes as well which are included in this figure. I thought these 6 objects would thrash my CPU and RAM but they do not. They do not interfere with any other programmes and when starting any program there is very little time delay. BTW i only have 512mb of RAM.
I think you recently acquired another machine - why not give DX2 a try. I think you might be pleasantly surprised.
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From a standing start i am running 6 of the Xmas goodies including the revolving snowflakes with a max CPU usage of about 25%-30% on an AMD XP2400 chip. There are some non DX background programmes as well which are included in this figure. I thought these 6 objects would thrash my CPU and RAM but they do not. They do not interfere with any other programmes and when starting any program there is very little time delay. BTW i only have 512mb of RAM.
I think you recently acquired another machine - why not give DX2 a try. I think you might be pleasantly surprised.
[Message Edited]
kona0197
Reply #10 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:30 PM
Used it 3 days ago then stopped using it.
Why do you guys think I do not use Stardock stuff?
Been there, done that.
Reply #10 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:30 PM
| Kona.......DX has come a long way since you most probably last used it. |
Used it 3 days ago then stopped using it.
Why do you guys think I do not use Stardock stuff?
| I think you recently acquired another machine - why not give DX2 a try. I think you might be pleasantly surprised. |
Been there, done that.
kona0197
Reply #12 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:40 PM
Reply #12 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:40 PM
Because I like WB better and only have 192 megs RAM and DX has nothing to offer me that I do not already have.
I use rainy for my calendar
I use Sysmetrix for my meters
I use Object Dock for my Dock
I use rainy for my calendar
I use Sysmetrix for my meters
I use Object Dock for my Dock
mormegil
Reply #14 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:42 PM
Reply #14 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:42 PM
On my system DX is using 4 megs, If you have thousands of objects it can get big, but i run Photoshop dayly and have not had anyproblems. What OS are you running?
paxx
Reply #16 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:57 PM
Reply #16 Monday, December 15, 2003 9:57 PM
Kona, DesktopX uses a LOT less resources than Objectdock does.
I have only 128 Megs of RAM on a 333 Mhz machine at home and I run Desktop X without even noticing any difference at all in performance. Objectdock, on the other hand... Oh boy!!
I have only 128 Megs of RAM on a 333 Mhz machine at home and I run Desktop X without even noticing any difference at all in performance. Objectdock, on the other hand... Oh boy!!
kona0197
Reply #17 Monday, December 15, 2003 10:00 PM
Reply #17 Monday, December 15, 2003 10:00 PM
My Object Dock is only sucking down 3 megs right now.
elvee
Reply #18 Monday, December 15, 2003 10:11 PM
Reply #18 Monday, December 15, 2003 10:11 PM
I have DesktopX running on XPHome SP1
Ram usage is 13 meg and cpu is 0%. I have all the Christmas Time objects running except the revolving snowflake.
Memory starts to become a problem with ObjectDock though.
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Ram usage is 13 meg and cpu is 0%. I have all the Christmas Time objects running except the revolving snowflake.
Memory starts to become a problem with ObjectDock though.
[Message Edited]
kona0197
Reply #19 Monday, December 15, 2003 11:18 PM
Reply #19 Monday, December 15, 2003 11:18 PM
Maybe it is just my settings I use with Object Dock. Always on bottom, no mouseover, no animations.
It never uses more than 5 megs of memory.
DX just crashed my computer (again)
Back to Window Blinds.
It never uses more than 5 megs of memory.
DX just crashed my computer (again)
Back to Window Blinds.
IPlural
Reply #20 Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:05 PM
Reply #20 Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:05 PM
Photoshop is a memory hog without a doubt and I also would make a bet on it being ObjectDock doing the deed...
Something you might want to do with Photoshop 7.0 is do the update to 7.01 because it fixes a few bugs which are not directly connected to memory use, but do have some connectoins to file saving and also re-enabling the alpha channel which got dumped in 7.0...
Something you might want to do with Photoshop 7.0 is do the update to 7.01 because it fixes a few bugs which are not directly connected to memory use, but do have some connectoins to file saving and also re-enabling the alpha channel which got dumped in 7.0...
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Reply #1 Monday, December 15, 2003 7:13 PM