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Tidy up unknowns and DNS problems

Tidy up all your unknown devices and fix your DNS problems

This will help Spiceworks scan’s complete faster

http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Resolving_Unknown_Devices

Check network scan range

Check your network scan range to make sure that you don’t have any ranges in which are not in use any more

http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Adding_New_Devices

Change scan speed to slow

If you change the Scan speed to slow you will free up CPU usage during the scan.

-> Settings
-> Network Scan
-> Scan Speed
-> Slow

Disable any unused plugins

Make sure that any plugins in which you no longer use are disabled

http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Plugins

Split devices into smaller groups

Splitting your devices into smaller groups will speed up the loading of the inventory pages

http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Using_Custom_Groups

Disable Flash

By disabling flash Spiceworks will load quicker on the client, this will not effect the server CPU usage

-> settings
-> advanced options
-> Looking for addiontal settings (at the bottom)
-> turn off flash

Check proxy address

Check that you have set the right proxy address (if you are using one)