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Re:system hanging
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2003, 02:11:15 AM »
Sure. I run folding@home, so the CPU is always busy. Set to 90% of idle cycles. I've been running it for over a year on this system without problems.

When it goes into the hang, I can't bring up task manager or any other program even if it's minimized, nor can I start a program.
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Re:system hanging
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2003, 12:06:01 PM »
Ehm, am I reading the screenshot correctly that you were (/are?) having a steady 90% CPU usage? Yikes!

Any idea which process is taking up the cycles? Even the Task Manager could tell you this thing... Starting the performance monitor is generally a good idea but you have to know what you're looking for. If you're shooting to the dark, the standard Task Manager can usually supply you with more data, in a more readable form...


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Vlk, I know this not concern to avast, but anybody can explain to me - and anybody else who does not understand anything about this - what are the meaning of the Task Manager monitor itens: peaks, bytes I/O, virtual memory, and so on... there are a lot of columns and we donĀ“t know what do we have to monitor... Thanks if you can do anything.  ;)
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Re:system hanging
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2003, 12:10:24 PM »
When it goes into the hang, I can't bring up task manager or any other program even if it's minimized, nor can I start a program.

This is a common problem of all our system... Not Windows events nor Performance monitor can be easily configurated to 'save' and 'show' the correct information...
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Does anybody know, I mean, really know and application or Window setting to correct this? I'm tired of graphics and tables full of numbers and not an understandable thing for current Windows users  >:(
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