Starting a 4 user database

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I have a an access database that 4 people connect to. However, it takes about 3 to 5 minutes to connect to the server computer in order to use database

Any way to solve this problem will be highly appreciated.
 
Questions to ask yourself and others:

1. Are other applications(Word,ExcelEtc) as slow?
2. How large is your server? Does it have a lot of other
applications and users attatching to it?
3. How far from the server are your users located? Are
they in the same building? City? Are they part of a LAN or
a MAN or a WAN(Wide area network)? The further away, the
slowler the response.
4. Is the database split into a backend on the server and
a frontend on the users machines? If so, can parts of the
database that are not frequently updated be part of the
frontend. This would cut down on the amount of data that
has to go across the wire.

Hope this helps
-----Original Message-----
I have a an access database that 4 people connect to.
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However, it takes about 3 to 5 minutes to connect to the
server computer in order to use database.
 
We need more details here.

Are you talking about standard office network, or is some WAN (wide area
network involved).
 
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