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Fred, I think your AV comparative tests suffer from an incorect assumption. You say:
“I started timing when I launched the VPC, then paused the stopwatch when the Windows logon prompt appeared. After entering my user name, I simultaneously hit Enter and restarted the stopwatch. I kept the stopwatch running until the notification area was fully populated, all subsystem icons (sound, networking, and so on) were up and active, and all desktop icons appeared.”
However, in my opinion, you should have waited until Task Manager showed a return to minimum RAM use, usually around 5%, since I have often seen high values long after “the notification area was fully populated, all subsystem icons (sound, networking, and so on) were up and active, and all desktop icons appeared”, and many times it’s specifically the AV itself using these resources, with db updates or some initial scan.
What’s your take?
Peter.