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WinMX running causes explorer.exe to chew up to 40% CPU
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:40 am
by RussellSydneyOz
I am having a performance problem!!
Whenever WinMx is Running I find that Windows Explorer is very active
As a result, watching a movie etc is very jerky.
When I invoke TaskManager and view "Processes" I see that "explorer.exe" is consuming up to 40% CPU on a Pentium-4 2.4GHz
Anyone know what the problem is?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:57 am
by Rat
What version of winmx are you running? Older builds suffered from terrible memory leaks and gradually used more and more resources until finally the machine would crash. Make sure you're using the latest client software... currently 3.54 beta 4.
WinMx running causes explorer.exe to chew up to 40% CPU
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:43 am
by RussellSydneyOz
I'm currently running version 3.53 - I'll install 3.54 B4 to see if that helps - thank you
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:24 am
by battye
Moved to Support
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:02 am
by RussellSydneyOz
I have now installed WinMx 3.54 Beta - Rebooted - the problem continues
Any more suggestions? - Do you have a similar problem? - When you invoke Taskmanager and set the display sequence to CPU, what are the top CPU users?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:04 am
by RussellSydneyOz
What does "Moved to Support" mean Battye?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:31 am
by Rat
RussellSydneyOz wrote:Any more suggestions? - Do you have a similar problem? - When you invoke Taskmanager and set the display sequence to CPU, what are the top CPU users?
No problems here (see image). Top users are Firefox and Thunderbird. Are you using XP?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:42 pm
by nesman
I'd suspect Zone Alarm. Are you using it?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:33 pm
by quicksilver
RussellSydneyOz said :
What does "Moved to Support" mean Battye?
Its just a move of this subject to the right area of the forum Russell ,nothing to worry about
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:50 am
by RussellSydneyOz
I have somewhat resolved the problem!!!
I installed a small (6GB) additional harddrive, then moved the INCOMPLETE winMX download files, The SHARED FILES Folder, and the WinMX Program folder to this drive - thus isolating WinMX to that drive
I left behind any completed download files.
My CPU performance improved dramatically - "explorer.exe" usage dropped to 2%
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:34 am
by Red XIII
Get more memory = problem solved
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:50 pm
by quicksilver
That would fit with the facts ,as explorer.exe is the main part of windows as you can see if you turn it off in task manager ( for those who may try this ,to restore your desktop and all the visible parts of windows, open File-New Task (run) and enter explorer.exe).
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:06 am
by Red XIII
Aye, but that only solves it for that computer session, mine solves it indefinetly
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:59 pm
by quicksilver
I,m sure we could all do with more of everything Red , but I suppose our pockets are empty after this festive fuelled spending frenzy.