Re: Low on Memory ?
- From: "Phillips" <afn18721@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:06:43 -0500
You are running too many programs for a 1.5GHz Pentium M and a 5400RPM HDD
to work acceptably fast; generally, unlike mid to high end desktops,
notebooks are slow unless the running software is reduced drastically. If
you have a corporate notebook, you might be required to run all that stuff -
norton, outlook, za pro.
Try to use Outlook Express instead of Outlook, uninstall all Norton - use
AVG free, use ZA free instead of ZA Pro, prevent Acronis from running all
the time, disable indexing services, get rid of Google toolbar, get rid of
Diskeeper Pro - use XP lite version of it, and Spysweeper - use MS
AntisSyware.
Of course, you can try not running some of the above one at a time (via
msconfig/startup, or HijackThis for ex) and see if you can improve speed. I
repeat, while all those apps would run smoothly on a decent desktop, on a
notebook they are a pain in the... CPU :)
Michael
"Dr Alok Modi MD" <DrAlokModiMD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7609B8D3-ABFF-4327-888A-D6E28639E8FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Regularly whenever I am working on my laptop, I notice that intermittently
> my
> desktop becomes background blue, all the icons on my desktop disappear,
> the
> system tray becomes empty and then after 10 - 15 secs or more everything
> comes back. I have loaded Google search sidebar and it shows the amount of
> processor and the memory that I am continuously using. I was suspecting
> that
> these symptoms are because explorer shuts off in between dues to
> inadequate
> resources. Mostly my CPU is 2-8-34% in use and memory is 74-85% in use.
> The
> lowest memory usage is always 65%. I have Toshiba satellite M 30, Intel
> Pentium M 1.5GHz, 512 MB DDR RAM, and 60 GB 5400 rpm HDD. DMA enabled.
> I am enclosing the task manager details outlining my processor and memory
> consumptions. I realize that zone alarm pro consumes the maximum of my
> processor and memory capacities, but I haven't got a satisfactory solution
> even from the help line from zone alarm guys and obviously I cannot shut
> off
> zone alarm.
>
> Here is the log file from procexp:
>
> Process PID CPU Description Company Name
> System Idle Process 0 95.10
> Interrupts n/a 0.98 Hardware Interrupts
> DPCs n/a Deferred Procedure Calls
> System 4
> smss.exe 1216 Windows NT Session Manager Microsoft Corporation
> csrss.exe 1280 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
> winlogon.exe 1308 Windows NT Logon Application Microsoft Corporation
> services.exe 1356 Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation
> svchost.exe 1552 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft
> Corporation
> WINWORD.EXE 3176 Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Corporation
> svchost.exe 1592 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft
> Corporation
> svchost.exe 1864 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft
> Corporation
> svchost.exe 1892 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft
> Corporation
> CCSETMGR.EXE 580 Symantec Settings Manager Service Symantec
> Corporation
> SNDSrvc.exe 600 Network Driver Service Symantec Corporation
> SPBBCSvc.exe 692 SPBBC Service Symantec Corporation
> CCEVTMGR.EXE 744 Symantec Event Manager Service Symantec Corporation
> spoolsv.exe 876 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation
> schedul2.exe 968 Acronis Scheduler 2 Acronis
> AluSchedulerSvc.exe 988 Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler
> Service Symantec Corporation
> BTNtService.exe 1012
> CFSvcs.exe 1024 Service of ConfigFree. TOSHIBA CORPORATION
> cisvc.exe 1064 Content Index service Microsoft Corporation
> cidaemon.exe 3280 Indexing Service filter daemon Microsoft
> Corporation
> DkService.exe 592 DKSERVICE.EXE Executive Software International, Inc.
> MDM.EXE 1120 Machine Debug Manager Microsoft Corporation
> NAVAPSVC.EXE 1288 Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Service Symantec
> Corporation
> NPFMNTOR.EXE 1544 Norton AntiVirus Firewall Install Monitor Symantec
> Corporation
> nvsvc32.exe 1624 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 45.62 NVIDIA
> Corporation
> WRSSSDK.exe 1784 Spy Sweeper SDK Webroot Software, Inc.
> symlcsvc.exe 2120 Symantec Core Component Symantec Corporation
> wdfmgr.exe 2152 Windows User Mode Driver Manager Microsoft Corporation
> UAService7.exe 2188
> vsmon.exe 2256 TrueVector Service Zone Labs, LLC
> lsass.exe 1368 LSA Shell (Export Version) Microsoft Corporation
> explorer.exe 5996 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
> procexp.exe 4728 2.94 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals
> ctfmon.exe 2428 CTF Loader Microsoft Corporation
> 00THotkey.exe 2440 THotkey TOSHIBA Corp.
> TFNF5.exe 2472 TFnF5 TOSHIBA Corp.
> ltsmmsg.exe 2532 SoftModem Messaging Applet LT
> TPSMain.exe 2540 TOSHIBA Corporation
> TPSBattM.exe 2588 TOSHIBA Corporation
> TFncKy.exe 2556 TFncKy TOSHIBA Corporation
> CCAPP.EXE 2572 Symantec User Session Symantec Corporation
> stacmon.exe 2580 SigmaTel Inc.
> GoogleDesktop.exe 2608
> GoogleDesktopIndex.exe 2680
> GoogleDesktopDisplay.exe 2820
> GoogleDesktopCrawl.exe 2848
> GoogleDesktopMail.exe 3028
> TrueImageMonitor.exe 2648 TrueImage Acronis
> SpySweeper.exe 2692 Spy Sweeper Client Executable Webroot Software, Inc.
> ima.exe 2700 LCD3 for Cranberry Publishing Ltd
> zlclient.exe 2712 0.98 Zone Labs Client Zone Labs, LLC
> wcescomm.exe 2804 ActiveSync Connection Manager Microsoft Corporation
> msmsgs.exe 2856 Messenger Microsoft Corporation
> OUTLOOK.EXE 2912 Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Corporation
> HDDlifePro.exe 2988 HDDlife executable file BinarySense, Ltd.
> Konfabulator.exe 3092 Konfabulator Yahoo, Inc.
> Konfabulator.exe 3520 Konfabulator Yahoo, Inc.
>
> Process: Procexp Pid: -2
>
> Type Name
>
> Thanks
> Dr Alok Modi MD
.
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