Basically if I shut down all programs and leave the computer alone for a bit, when I come back it lags like hell and I literally cannot do anything except play Minesweeper. This only happens if I leave it alone. Any ideas/suggestions?
Computer keeps freezing up
Basically if I shut down all programs and leave the computer alone for a bit, when I come back it lags like hell and I literally cannot do anything except play Minesweeper. This only happens if I leave it alone. Any ideas/suggestions?
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
Do you have a crazy screensaver set?
Disable your screensaver or stop it from going into suspend/sleep mode.
It's also possible that you have virus-scanning or other processes set to run whenever Windows decides no one is using the computer.
Are you running Vista? That sounds normal to me if that's the case
I sussed the problem. Norton was permanently trying to update. I uninstalled it so it now behaves, or will do when I get the Virgin Media PC Guard thingy to obey me properly.
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
Give it the same treatment as you gave norton
At least with this I could turn off the scheduled anti-virus scan. It's behaving now I turned off all the real-time stuff.
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
Good girl.
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
Does the real-time stuff serve any purpose except to eat the CPU alive?
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
It supposedly stops things before the user has a chance to open them and destroy their computer. In actuality, virus scanning software doesn't really stop much.
I hates Norton... Why is it so standard these days x_x Which reminds me. I need to kill it too. *Does so* And wow does it take a long time to uninstall...
Okay, it now hates me. Not only is the Virgin Media PC Guard determined to grab every scrap of CPU power it can get, it also seems that Norton is a zombie. I have uninstalled Norton, but the process LuComServer_3_4.exe (which is Norton) still runs. That and despite turning off all real time stuff, RPS.exe eats 80-98% of the CPU according to task manager. Does anyone know how the hell to deal with this?
EDIT: Shutting down PC Guard has no effect on RPS.exe. This is annoying since they should be the same
Would terminating this process from Task Manager be a bad idea?
Last edited by starseeker; 03-18-2008 at 06:49 PM.
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
reformat then get AVG antivirus
Reform and re-install Windows? I'm not that desperate. And I would desperately love to uninstall it except my dad only installed it recently so all the computers would have a standard set-up. Right now I just need a bloody compromise.
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
Locate file. Delete >_>
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