Re: Programs Hogging Resources

Sorry about the late reply here. I was using Firefox to view this newsgroup
at the time and the formatting is a little different causing me to miss your
replies in your post.

"Walter Clayton" wrote:
> Is that streaming video from the 'net or something running local? Two
> different possibilities depending on the source. However they both sources
> have a common tie; audio and video drivers as well as possibly active AV
> scanning...

Both. I've tested it on both AVI and WMV files and streaming video from IE
since Firefox does not support the WMP plugin.

The codecs installed on the Dell Inspiron 600m are the latest DivX and XviD
1.0.3. The IBM ThinkPad T30 is a clean installation with nothing but WMP 10.
Other things like QuickTime were added later, but the problem was still
there on a fresh installation of Windows XP with SP2 slipstreamed from
Microsoft Licensing.

> Have you tried running with background AV scanning disabled?

There is no Antivirus software on the T30. There is however on the 600m.
The Dell has Norton Antivirus Corporate 9.0.

> We'll not get into the issues with level 1 tech support. There are numerous
> disadvantages to using Windows Update to drop SP2 on the machine whereas
> there is *no* disadvange to either downloading the service pack seperately
> or ordering/picking up the CD.

Yeah, so the Dell went from XP with SP1 to SP2 from CD. The IBM went
straight to XP with SP2.

> Was everything honky-dory on SP1? Are you applying all post-SP2 patches or
> trying with an unpatched SP2?

The IBM was running Windows 2000 Professional before the reformat, so I
cannot say for sure.

The Dell was never touched since I got it almost two years ago from them
using XP with SP1. I decided to reformat and then upgrade to SP2, clearly, a
poor move.

> I'm thinking, that the issue in your case is video related, but I can't
> prove that as yet. :-/

It has to be video related. Nothing ties Macromedia Flash with WMP 10.
Then again, nothing ties those two with Sygate Personal Firewall during a
download or upload.

Thanks.
.

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