I can open up the Symantec program, but it doesn't show me any scheduled scans and doesn't appear to be running, from that viewpoint. I can't terminate that process from the task manager (tried and it would not let me) so maybe it is an IT behind the scenes thing?
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
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flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:21:38 am PDT #14885 of 25501
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Liese S. - Sep 15, 2010 9:23:12 am PDT #14886 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok, go back and answer tommy's question about CPU usage; he's correct in that stuff that just takes up a lot of memory isn't necessarily bogging you down. He wants to see what is actually using the cpu.
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:23:27 am PDT #14887 of 25501
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Thanks, Liese, I will show that page to the IT guy. (Gee, wouldn't it be nice if they could diagnose this and not just tell me I have "too many tabs open"?)
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:25:53 am PDT #14888 of 25501
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Opening the NYTimes web site made CPU of Firefox go from 1 to (briefly) 48, and then back down to 2. Is that bad? (I didn't install the Flashblock yet.)
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2010 9:26:36 am PDT #14889 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think 'too many tabs open' is the new 'did you try rebooting it?'
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:27:08 am PDT #14890 of 25501
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Currently I can't get gmail chat to open - but trying to doesn't spike the CPU at all.
Typo Boy - Sep 15, 2010 9:27:28 am PDT #14891 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well you definitely want flashblock. Flash ads will kill your bandwidth. Don't know if that is the cause of your problem. But if you don't block flash ads, and the problem is something else it will be tough to diagnose.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2010 9:28:07 am PDT #14892 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Flea, that's normal. was it loading fast?
Liese S. - Sep 15, 2010 9:28:27 am PDT #14893 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Nope, that seems pretty normal. Is there anything else showing an active CPU usage percentage when you are experiencing the slowness?
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:31:44 am PDT #14894 of 25501
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NYT loaded normally, which is to say a bit slower than most sites but not too bad. The machine is not doing the bad hanging right now, since I rebooted it before I started bugging you guys. I will look tomorrow at the usual time, before I reboot.