Try installing 2.4.7 and seeing if that works faster ;)

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seriously? install an older version to make it faster? yikes...

will I also lose my existing blogs, etc.

You are talking to a conservative guy ;)

You shouldn't see the difference if your server has internet access (i.e. not a localhost)

BTW what type of connection to the database do you use? Socket (localhost) is way faster than TCP/IP (yourdbhost.tld)
What did you put in database host field?

Try enabling debug info (/conf/_advanced.php) and check the timers

It was installed automatically from IPower's InstallCentral portion of the admin page so I didn't have a way to enter a database host field

I see this in the information:
Database: sullivancentr_IC_######

sam2kb wrote:

You are talking to a conservative guy ;)

Lol, gotta love how being against spyware and spam is classed as conservative ;)

Note : Clocks running to see how fast the current mods cope with the spam on the forums, the post above is the start time ;)

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anyone have any tips for me to speed up response time?

Add the following to /conf/_basic_config.php

$allow_evo_stats = false;

Ohh, just so you don't get paranoid, there *was* a spam post between yours and mine,since deleted, apparently some of our mods care about spam! How cool is that :D

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