Re: Slow downs

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 20:03:13 -0700

Brian Gaff wrote:

> For the record, I have 512 Meg of memory. I was looking at the task
> manager during the slow down in an OE folder just now and the
> processor use went up to 99 percent!
>
> It is only in big folders, and if a lot of the tree is open in
> Regedit, so
> something is eating processor time. I'll go and have a look at the
> sites mentioned. I do use screenreader software as I'm blind, but
> normally its not that processor hungry, escpecially when idling.
> Brian
>

It is so awesome (in the true sense of the word) that you can compute
when you're blind. I bow before you, sir. As to your problem, the only
thing I can think of is that something is running and stealing cpu
cycles. Maybe spyware. Here's my stock spyware thing:

Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org and Ad-aware from www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure
to update these programs before running them. These programs are free,
so run them both since they complement each other. It is best to run
antivirus and spyware removal tools in Safe Mode. You may also need to
run CWShredder from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html .
Please read the instructions carefully. A great resource for dealing
with spyware is http://www.spywareinfo.com.

Please do post back, and if it's possible, let's see what processes
you've got running when you experience the slowdown.

Malke 

-- 
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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