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Annoying brief pauses
Name: Martyn999 Date: April 3, 2006 at 12:55:22 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro SP1 CPU/Ram: Athlon64 3500+ / 1GB
Comment:
Every 4-5 seconds my whole system pauses for a fraction of a second, only noticeable when moving the mouse around - you see it pause briefly, holding down any key in a writing program - it stops briefly, and the most annoying thing in films/videos/any moving pictures like that.
I havent installed anyting or done anything recently, it just started a couple of days ago. Ive looked in task manager, nothing unusual in there and I'm free of viruses and spyware.
Name: Curt R Date: April 3, 2006 at 13:11:35 Pacific
Reply:
Google Startup Control. Download and install it. It runs from the Control Panel and does what msconfig does, only it does it better . Use it to check what all is running on bootup. This sounds to me like a process running in the background and Control Panel may be what you need to help you find out what the process (app) is and prevent it from running anymore.
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Response Number 2
Name: Martyn999 Date: April 3, 2006 at 13:21:05 Pacific
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OK thanks, I'll download it now
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Response Number 3
Name: Martyn999 Date: April 3, 2006 at 13:23:17 Pacific
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Nope, nothing dodgy in there, just stuff I know about and need
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Response Number 4
Name: hobblyhoy Date: April 3, 2006 at 15:23:01 Pacific
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does it do it in safe mode?
"the right to swing my arm ends where your nose begins." -Claude Adrien Helvetius
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Response Number 5
Name: Martyn999 Date: April 3, 2006 at 15:39:01 Pacific
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Havent tried that yet, will tomorrow though.
Actually one thing I just noticed in task manager, just as it lags (or briefly after), the 'System' item jumps up from 0% to 19%, then back down to 0 again...
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Response Number 6
Name: Martyn999 Date: April 4, 2006 at 06:56:38 Pacific
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OK, looking more into the system process, at each pause the thread 'ntoskrnl.exe!KeWaitForMultipleObjects+0x198' spikes up to about 16%, it's clear that this is the problem cause. Any ideas what this does, or why it could keep lagging?
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