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Old 10-11-04, 09:56 AM   #11 (permalink)
gizmox5
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Originally Posted by froggy_doddy
That's what I thought Vino. Microsoft! Figured it just has to "load stuff" for a few seconds before it becomes usuable. I've tried 3 pocket pc's and they all did that. I like PPC a lot better than Palm - but this issue is definately annoying. Most of the time, I want to quickly assess information. I always find myself saying "hold on, give me a few seconds while my PPC starts up". :o(
This is not a microsoft problem. You must have something installed that is running in the background that slows it up as you turn it on. The thing about solid state media which your PPC uses is that it is fast with no moving parts and virtually no seek time. The instant you press the button on TOP of the ppc it should be useable. If you are SOFT RESETTING the device then it has to run thru the bootloader and run any programs specified by the bootloader and the any programs in the startup folder.
Don't mean to talk down to you on this.. you may be a rocket scientist for all i know but, I wanted to make sure you are aware that a 10-15 second start time is typically right for a soft reset but to just press the on button and wait is pointing to a bad something something.
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