[R] R 2.0.0 (Windows): slow startup over the network

[Thomas Petzoldt]

Hello,

I installed R 2.0.0/Windows on our network server (Win NT 4.0) with all 
CRAN packages and observed a quick startup on this machine (3s).

However, when startet from different client machines (e.g. Win NT 4.0 or 
Win XP Pro SP2, Athlon XP 1700, 100 Mbit Network) the R Gui Window 
appears immediately but then it takes 90 seconds to get the startup 
message and the command prompt.

The R base configuration (without additional packages) takes only 4 
seconds on both, the server and the client.

I disabled the virus scanner, read ?Startup, startet R with the 
--vanilla option, with no effect. Does anyone an have idea, what I can 
do next?

Thank you in advance

Thomas Petzoldt