Yes, I've placed *.GDB and *.FDB in the "exclusions" section of Norton
2003 AutoProtect. Is this what you were referring to? Unfortnetly I
still have the problem. Any other thoughts on what it might be?

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Alan McDonald <alan@m...> wrote:
> >
> > I too have the same problem. It's almost exactly as Marcus described
> > it a few messages back. My first load times can be 3 minutes +,
> > subsequent load times may be 1 second! I've seen this with several
> > databases, all are between 30-60 MB in size on Firebird 1 and 1.5. I
> > have 1 GB of RAM, and am running Windows XP. If it's relevant, I'm
> > using Norton 2003.
> >
>
> XP eh - are you sure you have diabled auto protect on files of type
GDB??
> Alan