Is POWERSAVING freezing my system?
Under Windows 98 US Second Edition, I suspect the POWERSAVING application of freezing my system at regular intervals.
Every five or ten minutes, for a few seconds each time, the whole system stops responding, my MP3 player (and other sound-producers, like games) stutters the same fragment over and over... With a bit of patience, it passes and I can resume whatever I'm doing, but it's irritation while it lasts.
Killing POWERSAVING (Ctrl-Alt-Del, End Task) seems to help, but as I believe this to be my monitor power management app, I prefer not to have to kill it.
Other active background apps are:
- Systray
- Iomon98 (PC-Cillin virus software)
- Webtrap (same)
- Hotkey32 (Asus display adapter system tray icon)
- Anything I'm running, but these are the only regulars
So the questions are:
- Is POWERSAVING the probable culprit?
- What causes the problem?
- Can the freezing problem be solved without killing POWERSAVING?
PS: Oh, one IMpossible culprit is Advanced Power Management Support - that device is not present on my system.
Every five or ten minutes, for a few seconds each time, the whole system stops responding, my MP3 player (and other sound-producers, like games) stutters the same fragment over and over... With a bit of patience, it passes and I can resume whatever I'm doing, but it's irritation while it lasts.
Killing POWERSAVING (Ctrl-Alt-Del, End Task) seems to help, but as I believe this to be my monitor power management app, I prefer not to have to kill it.
Other active background apps are:
- Systray
- Iomon98 (PC-Cillin virus software)
- Webtrap (same)
- Hotkey32 (Asus display adapter system tray icon)
- Anything I'm running, but these are the only regulars
So the questions are:
- Is POWERSAVING the probable culprit?
- What causes the problem?
- Can the freezing problem be solved without killing POWERSAVING?
PS: Oh, one IMpossible culprit is Advanced Power Management Support - that device is not present on my system.
If you have Microsoft Office, disable FindFast and remove from the startup menu.
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Good point, celtics - first thing I always do after installing Office is killing FindFast (and Outlook's Journal and other useless stuff).
That was an interesting one fastfind. I noticed it causing some problems on one of our office pc's.
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It makes a major difference, jvronis, so major even that MS _itself_ lists it as one of the primary performance improvement tips for Office (both FindFast and Outlook Journal).
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This is not exactly the answer I had in mind, but I'm awarding the points anyway, because this utility will definitely help me identify the culprit, and I'D NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT!!!! Thanks a great deal, techwiz!
If you do boot to Bios and disable it and use Windows power management.