Damn slow start of Diablo II

[terokorhonen]

Well, I just got my Diablo II from my cousin and I of course wanted to have a test drive. Then, Diablo II took 10 to 15 minutes to go to intro. When I was in the start menu, and chose my save, it took 10 to 15 minutes to go Loading-section. After 10 secs I was finally in the game! :winner: . I'm almost 100 percent sure, that my computer will run it well. But it dont. Heres my computers techical data:
Intel (R) 1700 mhz
Windows XP Home Edition
256 mt ram
Samsung's 129 mt hard drive

So, what you think?Why doesn't my Diablo II work properly.

[Vizier]

It may have tons of spyware running on the machine like many browsing machines do nowadays. Try running Spybot Search & Destroy on it and see if it finds anything.

[Yavanna]

Could be worse. I've found a Warcraft III bug where the game starts and then shrinks itself, like you hit Alt+Tab, and it's impossible to restore it.

[terokorhonen]

It may have tons of spyware running on the machine like many browsing machines do nowadays. Try running Spybot Search & Destroy on it and see if it finds anything.

Vizier, would Ad-Ware 6.0-program run the same thing as Spybot Search & Destroy?

[Yavanna]

An antivirus program can do the same thing. I think Norton is the worst offender. Turn it off before playing and see if that helps.

[PikachuMolester2003]

Defragment the hard drive as well.
(In My Computer, right click the drive, select tools, then "Defragment now -it can take a while depending on the drive size/speed).

Also, you can disable the into screens by adding -skiptobnet in the target box.
(directions are here http://www.diabloii.net/faq/d2x-ufaq.shtml#commands-start )