My computer is really hanging............
Sunday, February 1, 2004 by dabe | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
..... and it's virtually unusable for some things. Like Photoshop. It took almost 4 minutes for PS to just load, never mind use anything. That's unacceptable, and I'm wondering what's causing it. My CPU load hovers around 20%, when normally it runs about 4-10% if I'm just idling.
I went into Task Manager looking for anything that may be the culprit. In the past, I had two versions of ObjectDock running. No good. But such isn't the case now. What I do have, however, is five copies of svchost.exe. I have no idea what that is, so I'm afraid to start shutting some down. Anyone know? I uploaded a shot of my desktop with taskmanager open, in the hopes that one of you can take a look at it, and maybe advise me about what may be hanging up my computer. Just click on my name to view it.
TIA I'd appreciate all the help I can get.
I went into Task Manager looking for anything that may be the culprit. In the past, I had two versions of ObjectDock running. No good. But such isn't the case now. What I do have, however, is five copies of svchost.exe. I have no idea what that is, so I'm afraid to start shutting some down. Anyone know? I uploaded a shot of my desktop with taskmanager open, in the hopes that one of you can take a look at it, and maybe advise me about what may be hanging up my computer. Just click on my name to view it.
TIA I'd appreciate all the help I can get.
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Sugaree
Reply #42 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:27 PM
Reply #42 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:27 PM
I got hit with MSblast...sill not sure how I got it 
Anyways... You can never be too careful. But to blame Object Dock is just funny 
Anyways... You can never be too careful. But to blame Object Dock is just funny 
yrag
Reply #45 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:38 PM
Reply #45 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:38 PM
Yeah 
...Just saw your question in #40...the name is Miles Enterprises...use to be different when it was just a high end PC and Network computer maker, but since my son took over it's gone in 15 different directions. About now, I don't care what he calls it...just so I get my cut
...Just saw your question in #40...the name is Miles Enterprises...use to be different when it was just a high end PC and Network computer maker, but since my son took over it's gone in 15 different directions. About now, I don't care what he calls it...just so I get my cut
Jafo
Reply #46 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:39 PM
Reply #46 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:39 PM
Eek....'M&M Enterprises'....sounds like something from Catch 22....
yrag
Reply #47 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:43 PM the really funny thing is we both have the same middle name and M&M is what he wanted to change it to ....eekkkkkkkkkkk
Reply #47 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:43 PM
the really funny thing is we both have the same middle name and M&M is what he wanted to change it to ....eekkkkkkkkkkk
Sugaree
Reply #48 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:45 PM
Reply #48 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:45 PM
Never heard of it....than again, I had no idea you had any kids. Tell us more about you
yrag
Reply #49 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:49 PM
Reply #49 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:49 PM
One Company rule we have is: Do not do business with anyone in Washington State.
As for all the other lurid details.........forget it
As for all the other lurid details.........forget it
Sugaree
Reply #50 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:54 PM
Reply #50 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:54 PM
What's wrong with WS?
Mmkay, you shall remain a Mystery...for now
Mmkay, you shall remain a Mystery...for now
kona0197
Reply #51 Monday, February 2, 2004 12:02 AM
What's wrong with WS? It's not Oregon
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Reply #51 Monday, February 2, 2004 12:02 AM
| What's wrong with WS? |
What's wrong with WS? It's not Oregon
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IPlural
Reply #52 Monday, February 2, 2004 12:03 AM
Reply #52 Monday, February 2, 2004 12:03 AM
hey, you know your supposed to wrap that raskel ?
Computer Condoms, sillys
Computer Condoms, sillys
XX
Reply #54 Monday, February 2, 2004 3:28 AM
Reply #54 Monday, February 2, 2004 3:28 AM
Why not Washington state?? Oregon I would understand due to roads that was designed by people that like to confuse people. 
dabe
Reply #55 Monday, February 2, 2004 5:52 AM
Travis, you are sooooooo helpful.
Chas, I do not have double firewall/AV going. Of that I'm sure. I'm running NAV, not Norton Utilities. ZoneAlarm had been a problem for me in the past, but yrag helped me through it. I now have ZAP 4.0 installed, and it's working flawlessly. Hey yrag!!! Is it safe to upgrade to 4.5 yet?
I still haven't run Photoshop yet, and that will be the real test. It's just that it got to be too late last night, and now I gotta get ready for work. >
This evening, I'll try to make sure it's all running smoothly.
And yes, I'm fairly sure the problem was/is OD. I tend to have my computer on constantly on weekends, so maybe the GDI's just keep climbing. I don't understand why turning the computer off the first 16 times didn't resolve the problem, though. I like OD. I don't want to have to dump it. I'll just monitor with TaskInfo. Right now, it's running at 80 GDI objects.
Thanks again, everyone. Especially Travis.
Reply #55 Monday, February 2, 2004 5:52 AM
| I think the problem is you have your computer on. turn it off and you should notice a remarkable less amount of cpu and memory usage. |
Travis, you are sooooooo helpful.
Chas, I do not have double firewall/AV going. Of that I'm sure. I'm running NAV, not Norton Utilities. ZoneAlarm had been a problem for me in the past, but yrag helped me through it. I now have ZAP 4.0 installed, and it's working flawlessly. Hey yrag!!! Is it safe to upgrade to 4.5 yet?
I still haven't run Photoshop yet, and that will be the real test. It's just that it got to be too late last night, and now I gotta get ready for work. >
This evening, I'll try to make sure it's all running smoothly.And yes, I'm fairly sure the problem was/is OD. I tend to have my computer on constantly on weekends, so maybe the GDI's just keep climbing. I don't understand why turning the computer off the first 16 times didn't resolve the problem, though. I like OD. I don't want to have to dump it. I'll just monitor with TaskInfo. Right now, it's running at 80 GDI objects.
Thanks again, everyone. Especially Travis.
SelfExiled
Reply #56 Monday, February 2, 2004 1:20 PM
Like Duh, I didn't know that. I got it here smart a**. lol.
Post #23
"I going to shut down NAV(Norton Anti-Virus) and see how it runs. I had been using Kaspersky AV Pro(Another Anti-Virus) for a long time..."
It sounded to me like he was running two Anti-Virus programs and he was going to shut down one of them. I read the firewall stuff somewhere in his posts too. It sounded like he was running a lot of conflicting programs. He must have a large CPU and lots of memory, I say.
Reply #56 Monday, February 2, 2004 1:20 PM
| Chas....Zone Alarm is a firewall, NAV (Norton AntiVirus)is an AV. Where do you get he's running two AV's or two firewalls? |
Like Duh, I didn't know that. I got it here smart a**. lol.
Post #23
"I going to shut down NAV(Norton Anti-Virus) and see how it runs. I had been using Kaspersky AV Pro(Another Anti-Virus) for a long time..."
It sounded to me like he was running two Anti-Virus programs and he was going to shut down one of them. I read the firewall stuff somewhere in his posts too. It sounded like he was running a lot of conflicting programs. He must have a large CPU and lots of memory, I say.
yrag
Reply #57 Monday, February 2, 2004 1:38 PM
Reply #57 Monday, February 2, 2004 1:38 PM
As noted earlier:
Yes...version 4.5.538. Un-check 'Load on Startup' in ZA preferences and re-boot. After the re-start, install the new version as an upgrade. http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/information/zap/releaseHistory.html
| dabe - that's an on going problem with OD...several times a day you need to close and re-start it to keep the handle count down. It's an issue that they know about and hopefully will be resolved in the near future. |
| Is it safe to upgrade to 4.5 yet? |
Yes...version 4.5.538. Un-check 'Load on Startup' in ZA preferences and re-boot. After the re-start, install the new version as an upgrade. http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/information/zap/releaseHistory.html
dabe
Reply #58 Monday, February 2, 2004 6:17 PM
Reply #58 Monday, February 2, 2004 6:17 PM
Thanks, yrag. I just upgraded ZA.
BTW, Chas. I'm not a "he".
BTW, Chas. I'm not a "he".
sig101
Reply #59 Monday, February 2, 2004 7:13 PM
Reply #59 Monday, February 2, 2004 7:13 PM
Well Chas I looked at the Task Manager pic of running processes she posted when she was trying to get help. It good to check out the details when you're trying to help someone with their rig to avoid giving advice that's a tad off the mark.
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Reply #41 Sunday, February 1, 2004 11:19 PM
The thing you need to do is find the tools that work correctly for you on your specific system and stick with them.
I have yet to be hit with a Virus, Worm, Trojan or anything else with NIS Pro installed since the product hit the market and am running NIS Pro 2004 at this moment on every desktop and laptop on our network and on our client networks. The only time there was any issue in the past was the fault of IT tech's not doing their job and staying on top of updates and pushing them out to the client systems on their local systems.