I installed Inventor sometime in the last week and every time I try to run it, it takes somewhere in the realm of 20 minutes to actually start up and show the “Open” dialogue.
It runs perfectly, its just a hassle to have to wait.
I’m running an Inspiron 1721
AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8GHz
ATI Radeon X1270
2GB RAM + a 2GB flash drive with ReadyBoost
What OS are you running? I’ve heard of people having problems with Vista, and while a more marginal difference, I’ve also heard that using the Classic scheme on XP makes Inventor run faster than if you’re using the XP scheme.
I also recommend running the “Add-in Manager” and turn off anything that you are not using. This can help considerably with initial start-up times.
-Pete
also right click on the inventor shortcut and go to properties
hit the compatibility tab. click in the run as admin. Inventor and vista have problems when not run on admin
I would recommend a spy ware search, defragmenting your computer and using the task manager to shut down all background programs. If that doesn’t work something may be seriously wrong.