I'm running Windows XP SP3 in my cabinet and the first launch of advmenu takes an eternity. Subsequent launches are normal. This makes the boot time of my cabinet a bit longer than I'm used to. Anyone else having this issue. My guess is it's an SDL issue, but not sure what to do.
I've gathered a little more info last night using Process Monitor. It seems after a fresh boot, it takes a lot of time reading all of the xml files (and the HUGE mame.xml) and then iterates over all of the rom folders and snaps, etc. This takes quite a while.
What I don't understand is why it is doing it only that first launch, and then after subsequent launches it only takes a second or two. I checked my clock and that is running OK, so it can't be that.