Sudden slow start up for iPhoto 08

Hi
Im running the latest version of iphoto (7.1.4), on a pretty good spec machine (15" 2008 model mac book pro, 2.6ghz clock, and 4gb ram.
I have 5800 photos in 45 events.
when i start up iphoto, it takes about 2 full minutes for it to start up, with the spinning coloured wheel leaving me unable to do anything with it.
this is only a recent thing - before, with the same amount of photos on it, it was opening up almost instantaneously.
It seems to have started after installing parallels, but this happens when I dont even have parallels running.
Its also happening when I have no other applications running.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
Steve

I had this problem also, make sure you have DNS servers listed in your ethernet or wireless settings (whichever you use). Mine only had the default and greyed out 192.168.1.1 I used the OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 to fix my issue. You can recheck the 'look for shared photos' preference again after that.
I know this post is old, hopefully it helps someone else

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