Latest Contributions by CoreyAmes

Thanks for the link, Rebecca. Would you mind telling me how long Initializing License stays up on your screen when starting ArcGIS? ... View more

I thank everyone who has answered so far. The version the client is using is 10.4.1. There is no way I can move this PC to another location. The Core i7 has one CPU that is mostly running during the boot of ArcGIS but it is never taxed to100% for a single core. Most of the time it is not even past 50% during the startup. However, the client wanted to upgrade his CPU, so I now have a 4GHz instead of his 3.4GHz CPU to install. I can let you know if this makes any difference.  Someone asked the start time difference between the first time after a reboot and subsequent times.  The initial start time is about 22 seconds and this drops to 17 seconds on subsequent starts. My biggest question still remains. His license initialization takes 8 seconds.  Focusing on that alone, what is the License Initialization time for others here?  I feel like that may be the main cause of his delay.  Thanks again for your assistance. ... View more

Rebecca, I'd love to try this, but the client is gone for a week and I have no idea how ArcGIS works, so I can't get to that Geoprocessing Options box. Further steps would be appreciated.  Thank you. ... View more

Joshua, I have tried changing Connection Properties to Never Check. That brings me to about 16 seconds to start. Initializing License still takes 8 seconds followed by Initializing Application and Loading Document, each of which takes about 4 seconds. ... View more

Rebecca, I followed advice to delete the .mxd template and that would recreate a new, blank .mxd template. That should in turn speed up the start, which it did by 2 seconds.  So, that is good, but not good enough for my client. He wants what his colleague has, which is starting in 8 seconds. ... View more

Joshua, Thank your for your help.  The client is gone for a week of vacation. I'll try testing your suggestion if I can find where to go to get to that option of Connection Properties. I don't know of his specific needs to load new basemaps, so I'll have to ask him next week. However, I can test it this week and see if it improves the results.   The colleague is from a different business.  This client is a city administrator. The other works for the county.  I would need you to tell me the IP or domain name to ping for ArcGIS online to get the latency time.  I would not be able to tell you the colleague's connection settings. ... View more

Dan, I meant the startup process that says Initializing License portion alone takes 8 seconds.  The entire startup process takes 17 seconds.  It used to take 19 seconds, but deleting the Normal.mxt template took off 2 seconds from the startup. His colleague working for another entity report that she only take 8-9 seconds to start and they have equivalent PCs.  Are you saying that the entire start process of 8 to 10 seconds is right or just the initializing license portion only? ... View more

I added the variable and started ArcGIS, but there was no change - still 8 seconds of Initializing License. Do I need to reboot for the variable to be applied in Windows or is it immediate after setting it?  This is a single license. There is some talk of "borrowing" a license for laptops for offline use. If that is the case, can I simply "borrow" the license permanently for this desktop system so there is no need to Initialize it?  How long does it take for you or others to initialize your license when you start ArcGIS? Corey ... View more

I deleted this file. However, when I started up ArcGIS, it took 17 seconds.  This time I watched as it said Initializing License which took all of 8 seconds. The rest of the time was initializing the application.  So, does that give us a clue as to what is taking a long time?  Is license init supposed to take 8 seconds?  Or is that normal? ... View more