> The purpose of this is to keep the OS feeling responsive, since it allows it to bring up the window immediately, rather than leaving the user staring at a scr

> The purpose of this is to keep the OS feeling responsive, since it allows it to bring up the window immediately, rather than leaving the user staring at a screen with nothing happening for several seconds Wait, you only get one of those? As of about a month ago on my computer, launching calc.exe takes 5-6 seconds for anything to happen and I'm then greeted 1-2 seconds of a loading screen after the window appears. I've taken to just leaving an IDLE shell open at this point.