@Plowman said:

"Gotta give it [to] VI for its show of muscle!" Truly, it yields to no other window. I half-expect it to stay there after I turn my monitor off.

I think VI is using The Force!

I started up one of my VI projects today in DP. 20 seconds of spining beach ball went by before licenses were scanned. Another 2 minutes or so went by before the data and consoles *began* to load.

At this point, I'll not complain about the load times. I'm just happy that it's loading at all--!!

Wow. I was just thinking this very same thing about three minutes ago, after another successful start.

I can understand why VI data takes so long to load... sort of. But I get "Scanning Licenses" for about two minutes also.

It's a USB key. The licenses are there. SLLC asks the key, "Are the licenses there?" And the key says, "Yes." This takes two minutes? What exactly are SLLC and the key discussing?

VI is splendid, and I'll be buying more. But there comes a point when load times are prohibitive in a commercial setting, when auditioning and changing cues for cllients in the room.

Could any VSL tech explain in lay-person's terms why the key takes so long to authenticate? Will 1.1 improve on the "Scanning Licenses" time as well as faster data loads?