Along the lines of what Karl told you:
I worked for a firm that was using Norton's Corporate Edition, and we had
this issue until we turned off the Network path in the setup...
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/529c2f9adcf33a1088256e22005026f1/a2c922591d8ef39488256c5c0078df9e?OpenDocument∏=Symantec%20AntiVirus%20Corporate%20Edition&ver=9.0&src=ent&pcode=sav_ce&dtype=corp&svy=&prev=&miniver=savce_9.0
Check the Support link for the version your firm is using, to find where
this "feature" is located.
--
Don Reichle
"King Of Work-Arounds"
LDT3 - SP1/CD3 - SP1
On WIN2K SP4
Dell 1.6 Ghz P4
512MB RAM
NVIDIA 32MB AGP
"Karl Fuls" wrote in message
news:421928e7$1_3@newsprd01...
> I'd suspect you have virus scanning software running and it's scanning
> the alignment data as it's being saved across the network. I've done
> >10km designs with 4m stations and 14 transition alignments in 2004 and
> it never took more than a few seconds to save any changes I made.
>
> Move the project locally and see if that resolves the problem.. If it
> does, then you'll have to isolate the network snag that is causing the
> delays before you can move the project back to the network location.
>
> Good hunting....
>
> --
> Karl Fuls PLS
> Autocad AEC Training and Consulting
> Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator
>
>
>
> hasiukt wrote:
>
> >After making changes to my ditch profile in LDT 2004, it takes over an
hour to save. The whole time, the CPU usage varies between 8-12%. Granted
the alignment is over 13km long it seems like such a simple procedure that a
newer machine should be able to muscle through.
> >
> >I can sample, process and import sections and profiles just as quickly as
2i so it seems to be a network or system conflict somehwere.
> >
> >My machine is one of the fastest in the group with lots of ram, video ram
and disk space.
> >
> >Has anyone else seen or solved a similar problem?
> >
> >