Re: OT - periodic PC slowage

["psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

Martin,

I would start by looking at which process or task is hogging the CPU 
(if it is indeed a single one). Unfortunately (from what I can 
remember of W98), the task manager (ctrl,alt,del) doesn't show you 
which tasks are running and what cpu bandwidth they're utilising.

There are several shareware/freeware replacement task managers 
around - have a look at:

http://nordcom.tucows.com/system/resource95.html

I've not used any of these but the one labeled 'Win9x/ME Task 
Manager 1.0.7' looks like it could be worth a download (Tucows rate 
it 5 stars).

Normally, finding out which task is hogging will give an indication 
of where to look more deeply.

Paul.


--- In ukha_d@y..., Martin Howell <grizelli@n...> wrote:
> Sorry for the OT post, long term lurker at his wits end.  My 2
year old 
> Dell with W98SE has developed the habit of periodically running 
> unbelievably slow - mouse pointer moves at normal speed, but the 
machine 
> takes around 5 seconds to respond to a mouse click or key press. 
System 
> monitor shows processor usage at 100% at these times (but then it 
does 
> that at other times as well when the machine is working fine). 
Seems to 
> be triggered by anything that uses the modem - Explorer, Netscape 
and 
> Kazaa - and can only be fixed with the Big Red Button.
> 
> Its getting worse, and neither Dell nor that nice Mr Gates have 
any 
> useful ideas.  I've done all the defrag/scandisc/dump all the
.tmp 
> files/clear out all the advertising search robots/etc. and my gast
is 
> completely flabbered.  Any clues from the brains out there??
> 
> Thanks
> Martin



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