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epetti:
I'll have to time it without frontend tonight when I get home.  It's pretty much a plain vanilla install except for disabling of some features -- I followed the steps in this awesome post to turn off splash screens, simplify gui, auto-login, etc.:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,53467.msg524092.html#msg524092

I believe all the power saver features are all ready off in XP and the bios but I'll double-check.  Definitely the screen saver is off.

I figured the AV would be a really good idea while gathering the various programs and roms for my setup.  Once it's all buttoned up I was going to turn off the wifi as well as the AV so it's completely disconnected.
epetti:
Looks like it's at least mostly anti-virus fault.  When I turn off real-time monitoring for anti-virus the first time load is about 4 seconds.  Subsequent times are instantaneous.  When I turn it on, first time load is about 10-15 seconds and subsequent are 1-2 seconds.

There's still a delay that first time, but 4 seconds is reasonable.  It's fast enough that you don't start wondering whether you really pressed the button or not.
Dawgz Rule:
Good to hear.  I will check my load times later today just to see if I also see a slight delay at the first start.   :cheers:
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