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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2007-09-13 09:32 am
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Calling Windows Experts

My machine is being _really_ slow for the past week. Checking the task manager tends to show that the actual processes are taking a percentage or two - but that the kernel times are at at least 25%. Is there any way of telling what's sucking up all of the kernel time?
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[identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's suspicious that both of us are talkign the same timeframe. And it's not going to be a virus as my laptop never gets used for email and about the only websites it accesses are LJ & Facebook. I'm running Norton on it which has it tied up pretty tightly, but I've even totally disbled that this week as I know that NIS can cause resourcing problems.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2007-09-13 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It is odd.

Just before leaving this morning I unplugged my USB card reader, and that seemed to make a difference - but more playing is definitely in order tonight!

[identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, I don't have a card reader attached to my Laptop although I do have an external HDD which I use via USB. I did end up copying the program I was tryig to stream across to the laptop HDD instead of using the external HDD in case the slow down was there bu I was still having problems - I don't know if I specifically pulled out the USB connection though - I may well try that tonight.

[identity profile] johnbobshaun.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Funnily enough that was similar to what I was going to suggest: my old MP3 player used to cause similar problems when it was plugged in. I updated the drivers and firmwave and it went away.

However, that was definitely spikes of slowness when the computer was polling the device.
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