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| Thread ID: 37540 | 2003-09-10 06:03:00 | Hard Drive space mysteriously dissapearing | pegboy (4546) | Press F1 |
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| 174388 | 2003-09-11 09:52:00 | Hi pegboy, Your'e not by any chance running McAfee are you? I just read something to the effect on the latest" Langalist" on Fred Langa's site!that other users are experiencing this problem with McAfee continuously running on? Sorry cant post address as I deleted newsletter,but Google will find it ! Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
Kiwitas (514) | ||
| 174389 | 2003-09-11 09:53:00 | I chanced on this information (www.computing.net) while looking for something completely different, but it sounds just like your problem. Even if it isn't precisely the same, it may give you some more ideas. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 174390 | 2003-09-11 12:08:00 | Hi pegboy, Kiwitas's response reminded me to read my latest Langalist newsletter . I have cut and paste the article he was referring to . Good luck . Sudden Drop In Disk Space Hi Fred, I am a self-employed financial advisor with a keen interest using technology to run my business efficiently . The other day, I was getting the LOW Disk Space warning and didn't know what was going on . So I started deleting stuff and doing some clean out but the warning would not go away and my hard disk would not stop chugging along . I did a google search and this is what I came up with . . computing . net/security/wwwboard/forum/6248 . html" target="_blank">www . computing . net I think a lot of people are experiencing this problem . --- Rick Shrier Thanks, Rick . Other readers have reported similar issues, including nearly constant CPU use--- something eating their CPU cycles *and* disk space at a prodigious rate . But as the above and following links indicate, the common thread seems to be an out-of-control process inside McAfee that is supposed to stop Worms: . google . com/search?q=mcvsescn%2Eexe" target="_blank">www . google . com . google . com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mcvsescn . exe&sa=N&tab=wg" target="_blank">groups . google . com Amazingly, the McAfee site has no search function--- only canned FAQs--- so I have no way to search this further . The user reports, above, which include paraphrasing of conversations with McAfee tech support, are probably the best-available information so far . If you're using McAfee, it might be a good idea to check the above, and watch for this problem, to ensure you don't end up with disk-space or performance issues, too . |
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| 174391 | 2003-09-11 22:01:00 | *Snap* Sparky :D That's the link I posted a couple of hours earlier. Great minds think alike, and probably subscribe to the same resources.:) Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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