The more recent serialized versions (International only) of ClarisWorks splashscreen are slow loading due to looking over the network as part of the serialization (copy protection scheme) to see if there are any other copies of ClarisWorks with the same serial number. After serializing a copy of ClarisWorks, it takes 20 seconds to launch with AppleTalk turned ON and only 5 seconds to launch with AppleTalk turned OFF. It always took longer to launch serialized copies but it now takes even longer because it is looking across zones. Before it only searched within the current zone.