PLSQL Developer seems to make other applications hanging

[jlt]

Hello,

Several users have the same problem :
After having restarted their computer, and opened only PLSQL Developer, it takes a very long time to open a word document, excelsheet or other document (without cpu or memory saturation).

If we kill the PLSQL process, the opening is immediate.

The problem does not appear any more after a while.

Have you heard about this problem ?
And, how can we resolve it ?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Are you perhaps using an older 6.0 version (older than the current 6.0.5 version)? If so, applying the 6.0.5 patch will probably fix this.

 

[jlt]

We are using the Version 6.0.5.931 (MBCS).

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you go to Tools > Preferences > Updates & News and set both interval options to "Never"?

 

[jlt]

It works fine with this solution.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Marco Kalter]

This is probably a firewall or proxy authentication issue.