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Old 10-07-2004, 09:47   #1
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System freezing?

I only reformatted my machine 2 days ago and already it freezes for about 5 to 10 seconds every few minutes or so. Is there any programme I can use to see what process is causing this?

When I use Task Manager, the 'Performance' tab shows the CPU usage peaking to 100% and then drops but if I keep the 'Process' tab open, nothing shows up as using any more than about 5% although there are plenty of aplications listed.

Edit - I've just tried uninstalling NAV 2004 and *so far* my machine hasn't frozen, I really hope that's not the cause....
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Old 10-07-2004, 10:25   #2
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Re: System freezing?

could well be norton , did you put xpsp2 back on ?????????? , and did you know there is a beta of nav 2005 kicking around , i am using it and it appears to be fine , so far anyway
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Re: System freezing?

Yeah I'm using XPsp2. I uninstalled NAV 2004 but I have an old copy of NIS 2002 kicking around which is apparently far less resource-hungry. I installed it and *so far* things seen to be a lot better...
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Re: System freezing?

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Yeah I'm using XPsp2. I uninstalled NAV 2004 but I have an old copy of NIS 2002 kicking around which is apparently far less resource-hungry. I installed it and *so far* things seen to be a lot better...
My system was locking up with NAV 2004 pro quite a lot....

But since I reverted to 2003 pro it's been ok.

I hope you manage to sort your computer problems out

Perhaps you could merge them all into a super Russ' PC problems thread
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suck it and see then
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Re: System freezing?

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Yeah I'm using XPsp2...
What did I tell you the other day?
It's BETA software...
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What did I tell you the other day?
It's BETA software...
I have SP2 installed, and I find it faster and more stable than SP1
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Re: System freezing?

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I have SP2 installed, and I find it faster and more stable than SP1


i have as well and it appears to be more stable and faster as well , one mans meat is another mans poison maybe
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Re: System freezing?

Scans Russ post for clues ......

Finds NAV ......

Problem located ........

Sorry, but I see just so many people having problems with Norton that my first response to anyone now is remove it.
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