[Python-Dev] Imports very slow on one NT4 system - any idea what to check for

[Barry Scott]

I helping a friend get up to speed with Python. He has installed the
ActiveState 2.1.1 on a number of machines. All run nice and fast except
for one machine. It is one of group of identical desktop Dual 866MHz PIII
systems with 1G RAM, SCSI hard drive running Windows NT4.0/SP6a.

Importing getopt, re, sys, string and os takes 7 seconds. Using python -v
just shows a uniform slowness, all files are slow. python -vv he tells me
did not show a particular slow spot.

His laptop Crusoe 700MHz machine, 192MB, IDE hard drive runs the same
imports in 1.1 seconds.

I've asked that he checks the python -v output to make sure that the .pyc
files are being loaded and not the .py.

Any idea what else to check for?

		Barry