Re: Word significantly slows down operation of other programs. Please help.

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From: Elliott Roper (nospam_at_yrl.co.uk)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:45:57 +0000

In article <1103313907.229261.291120@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
kimnjerry <kaiserallen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thanks for your help, matt.
> I have 512 MB RAM and Word is using 11% of the CPU.
Matt is probably onto somethiing.
Look at the pageouts and pageins in top
a good setting is top -u -s5 10
that will show 5 second snapshots of the top 10 cpu hogs
Look to see if pageouts and pageins are increasing when you perform
other operations. (there will be non-zero numbers inside the brackets
too)

It is the system's way of telling you there is not enough memory.
I think you will find that any fat bloated application will cause the
effect you are seeing with Word. ;-)
11% cpu is not unusual for Word sitting there doing nothing. Don't
worry about that. If something else really wants it, the OS and Word
will let it have it.
How long is it since you last logged out? Your swap files may be in a
tangled mess. That does wonders for performance too. You could go the
whole 9 yards and reboot your machine once a month.

Memory is cheap. 

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