But WOW after installing 4.01 on this main desktop last week, it's way slower!
Really concerning and disappointing, and I know it's a brand new version, but I'm not sure how much, if any, more optimization is possible as it matures?I'd say I wouldn't even want to use it the way it is now. It's that bad and annoying! But what would I do without Sandboxie?! (BTW, I had wondered before already if 3.x will still get further updates?)
It seems like it takes forever (2 seconds) to launch IE 6 -- not quite that long, but over a second for sure (I didn't time it here yet). I think it was about ~0.5s with 3.76. I'd say the DIFFERENCE feels like the difference between launching unsandboxed and launching in 3.76. So:
Unsandboxed <2-3x> 3.76 <2-3x> 4.01
Firefox not that much of a difference. This processor might be 5-years-old (Q9400 @ 2.8 GHz), but I wouldn't consider it weak or low-end.
Stuff seems to mostly "run" and "process" OK once it's launched, with the exception of interface-type stuff:
*) You can watch IE's long favorites lists load/draw (initially).
*) Outlook Express' changing interface, loading folders etc, is so slow, you can literally watch things change over the course of a second.
*) Firefox's download/save windows appearing can be observed almost bit-by-bit as they slowly appear.
*) I just noticed with Explorer sandboxed, massive lag while scrolling. And e.g. system32 folder, MAJOR CPU usage and delay loading that number of files (as it's like proxying access to each file).
With 3.76, ZERO difference felt with any performance vs unsandboxed, which is what made it great, and I was OK with the ~1/3 second launch delay (understandable, although I wondered if it could be sped up more
). The only exception was if something spent the majority of time on registry (primarily?) or file operations. e.g. regedit searching, but again, that's understandable. (I just tried a regedit search, and it seems a LOT slower that 3.76, although it's been awhile.) And I never noticed a difference with Explorer.I noticed the SbieSvc processes are using a HUGE amount of CPU time, compared to 3.x. I think I had a couple/few minutes after a couple weeks, and now the 2 processes combined are almost an hour after 4-5 days.
Are others feeling/observing this? Thoughts?
Forget doing anything in it, just CHANGING back to it with a folder selected lets you see it redraw over 1/2 second...
). Just some info mostly in my WINNT.SIF. Shortly after install, I tweak folder/file permissions precisely with SetACL to tighten stuff running with SRP dropped rights (outside of SBIE). I have an image before the permission changes, which I can try to install SBIE from there before full reinstall to see if that's any different. That would probably be most drastic changes, but again, I can't see a problem...
