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AC 16 takes forever to load pls help!

Anonymous
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AC 16, with 4010
win 7 pro 64 bit sp1
codemeter

Archicad now takes about 20 - 30 min to load a file.
Seeking direction optimizing settings-

cmstick is on port 22350, how do i tell Archicad to use that port and not spend all day scanning??

Are there registry settings for this?

I reinstalled from disc, worked for a while now back to error 230, no valid licence key found...

I also reverted to the version of java that came with my ac16 install.

REALLY appreciate any helpful input
Thanks a million.
Andrew
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Karl Ottenstein
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A 20-30 minute delay is almost surely a problem with a failing disk drive and not an issue with AC or your codemeter key. How old is your computer? Have you run full disk diagnostics on it?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee872425.aspx

I've not run AC under Windows since I wrote this article on limiting the ports that are scanned for the protection key... and this article refers to the old WibuKey vs the current CodeMeter driver, so I have no idea if there is a similar interface to limit codemeter scanning. (It isn't AC that scans ports, but the codemeter driver.)

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/troubleshooting/licensing/wibukey-troubleshooting/limitation-of-por...
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Anonymous
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bought the computer new in 2014
Anonymous
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I took a chance and edited the registry and now from dbl click to open is under 20 sec!

Actions taken:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 64 16.0.0 USA R1 RefreshDiscoveryInfoTimeInMSec changed value from 180000 to 1000

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 64 16.0.0 USA R1\MEP Modeller RoutingErrorsDialogVisible changed value from 1 to 0.

I hope this helps someone in the position ive been in for 2 missed work days...