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| Thread ID: 106416 | 2010-01-07 20:52:00 | Excessive pagefile usage at startup | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 846727 | 2010-01-07 20:52:00 | For about 5 minutes after boot-up, my pc's pagefile usage is around 70 - 90% . Task Manager > Processes shows high memory activity for services . exe . There is also a high CPU rating, although this fluctuates and is not as high as the pf . During the time of high pf any pc activity is slowed down quite a bit, even the internet is like molasses . After 5 minutes or so, pf and cpu activity drop down to normal . I have tried shutting down Comodo firewall and disabling Avast, but this does not fix the problem . Firefox or other browsers do not automatically start, and I have disabled non essential programs from auto start up . Repeated virus and malware scans show nothing . There is negligible internet activity during the high pf period so it does not seem to be a trojan, etc . , and I have also done several Hijack_This scans with analysis . WinXP, P4 cpu, 1G RAM . Coming out of sleep mode does not cause problems - only on rebooting . Any ideas of what may be causing the problem? Thanks . |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 846728 | 2010-01-07 21:01:00 | Disable the pagefile, then re-create it. See if that fixes it. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 846729 | 2010-01-07 21:24:00 | Had a similar prob when I had indexing enabled on my HTPC. Might be worth a look. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 846730 | 2010-01-07 21:30:00 | Are you using Windows Desktop Search 4.0? We had similar issues at work with laptops and desktops booting slowly, pf was being thrashed... uninstalling Windows Desktpop Search seemed to fix this issue. Cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 846731 | 2010-01-07 21:38:00 | Yup good point chief. Anything to do with windows search I avoid. I disable it in Vista and Win7 as well. As well as indexing | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 846732 | 2010-01-08 01:03:00 | Me too!! | linw (53) | ||
| 846733 | 2010-01-08 01:37:00 | Had a similar prob when I had indexing enabled on my HTPC. Might be worth a look. Turning off Windows Indexing was the first thing I did when reinstalling XP on a new hard drive, on each partition. But somehow I now notice that indexing WAS on my back up hd (both hd's are 500 Gb Seagates) - now I have turned it off and will see if this takes care of the problem. I have never had Windows Desktop Search installed but earlier this year I did try Google Desktop Search - thought I disabled it but will check again using Services. Disable the pagefile, then re-create it. See if that fixes it. I will try this Speedy, if the above does not solve the problem. However, look at this page (www.codinghorror.com): and tell me what you think... I remember reading somewhere that someone had to install XP again after disabling the pagefile. Initially, everything was fine, actually even better than WITH the page file. It lasted for some time and eventually, at some point, XP would load and start again. Had to reinstall. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 846734 | 2010-01-08 01:52:00 | You can select no pagefile in XP (under my computer / properties advanced I think). Altho if you had to reinstall after selecting no pagefile, whats the point in having the option? I've done it myself. I wouldnt leave it off, put it back on (system managed), it'll recreate it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 846735 | 2010-01-08 07:09:00 | You can select no pagefile in XP (under my computer / properties advanced I think). Altho if you had to reinstall after selecting no pagefile, whats the point in having the option? I've done it myself. I wouldnt leave it off, put it back on (system managed), it'll recreate it Speedy, the green text in my last post was from the page I had a link to; i.e. I did not have to reinstall. When I reboot my pc, I will report back with the results. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 846736 | 2010-01-09 06:55:00 | Finally rebooted and still have excessive pagefile and cpu usage. Went into Comodo > Active Process List, and found sp_rsser.exe ... Crawler.com (everything else looked OK). Found this is Spyware Terminator (which I only seldom use and thought I had disabled it). Went into Services and changed Spyware Terminator from Automatic to Manual, but this has not changed the excessive cpu and pf usage; maybe it needs a reboot for the Services change to take effect? Anyhow Speedy, I may soon follow your advice regarding the pagefile, as in your post #2 above. If anyone else has ideas on this matter, I would be glad to hear them. Thanks. |
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