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The process of pdfLaTeX is extremely time consuming. It takes 12 seconds to compile the simple "Hello Word" text (no figure, no table, no nothing). I have tested both TeXmaker and TeXnicCenter with my MiKTeX 2.9. I don't really know what happened, but it used to be far faster than it is now. I would be thankful if you could help.

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You can check with "cmd" from the programms menu instead of the latex editors to find the real time. May be miktex 2.9 is not configured properly in the PATH. Please post which command line options are given for pdflatex. Try the default options first. – texenthusiast Jun 19 '12 at 15:06
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Welcome to TeX.sx! Please add a minimal working example (MWE) that shows what exactly you are compiling. – Caramdir Jun 19 '12 at 15:07
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Is it the case that the packages etc. are read from a network drive or a faulty HDD or you are using an online e.g. dropbox folder? – percusse Jun 19 '12 at 15:13
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As you can see from the previous comments, without any further pointers, nobody can really tell what's wrong... Have you installed some new package or modified MikTeX files? – Count Zero Jun 19 '12 at 15:36
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@AliMehrizi: Is that really true? About the time, I mean. I have been using a Dropbox-synced folder for my documents for years, and my compilations do not seem abnormally slow. At least on Linux, it is possible to track file changes asynchronously, so the delay is no longer than the usual process-switching in a multitasking OS. I don't know if this is one of the ways in which Windows file management is bad, though. – Ryan Reich Jun 19 '12 at 17:08
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