Re: Messenger & Disk Churning

I, too, have 1GB of RAM. Is there any chance that you have an add-on
scanning your WM? Cybernanny, anti-virus, chat monitor, Google Desktop,
etc?

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Bob Christian II
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"Logic Rules" <LogicRules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4C13C8B8-F520-4A77-A46D-973C883B6DDC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have 1 GB of RAM so I doubt that is any sort of problem. If Messenger
>needs
> more than that then it in worse shape than I thouhgt. But thanks anyway.
>
> "Bob Christian" wrote:
>
>> Logic - When I run Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger my disk does not
>> churn. In fact, even as I type this in Outlook Express my disk is not
>> churning...
>>
>> Your system might need some extra RAM. What might be happening is that
>> your
>> system is low on RAM and the Windows Messenger application, when
>> launched,
>> is using both physical memory (RAM) and virtual memory (pagefile).
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> --
>> Bob Christian II
>> http://bobchristian.blogspot.com - Blog
>>
>>
>>
>> "Logic Rules" <LogicRules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:80B623FF-F666-4559-AFC7-4EB658F04E24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I found that by using the Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows
>> > Components, to remove Windows Messenger I stopped a constant disk
>> > churning.
>> > It seems as though Messenger is always looking to do something, and my
>> > disk
>> > drive shows the results by churning away. Removing it stopped the
>> > churning!
>> > This application is not worth the effort of installing. Microsoft
>> > should
>> > stop sitting on their hands and do something about this app.
>>
>>
>>


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