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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Damned Windows Bloat |
| Date | 2016-09-12 20:21 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <e3ndu4FksmfU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <e3n6jrFj55dU1@mid.individual.net> <nr5toc$23k$1@dont-email.me> |
On 12/09/2016 7:50 PM, BartC wrote: > On 12/09/2016 09:16, Sylvia Else wrote: >> I wondered why my aging Windows 7 laptop was struggling to the point of >> unusability. I discovered that by the time it lets me do anything after >> booting, it's already loaded 1.8Gb of junk into its 2Gb memory. >> >> By taking a sharp knife to it in safe mode, I got that down to 600Mb, >> which is still absurd, but is at least workable. >> >> 1.8Gb! What the hell? How can there be 1.8Gb of stuff loaded that I'm >> not even using? > > That's 1.8GB after a full restart? > > My W7 desktop I think is at 800MB out of 3GB after a restart (that can > gradually increase as it goes on due to memory leaks presumably; it was > at 1.3GB now with no apps running). > > I suggest some of that might be apps that load themselves, which might > not be to do with Windows itself. Use the Task Manager to have a look > (Shift-Ctrl-Escape). Click 'Processes' tab then the box 'Show processes > from all users'. > > Look especially for SVCHOST (I had a problem with that once, not memory > but CPU, taking over my machine for 30 minutes each morning rendering it > almost unusable. It was to do with Windows updates. I think MS forget my > machine is supposed to be working for *me* not them!) > There was a case, unfortunately I can't find a reference, where a football club got fined for a late start to a game, caused when a computer used for scoring or some such essential element, decided to do a half-hour long update when it was booted. Sylvia.
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Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-12 18:16 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-12 10:50 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-12 20:21 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-09-17 14:12 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-17 17:06 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-09-17 15:30 -0300
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-17 21:17 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-09-17 21:47 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-17 22:06 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-09-17 23:02 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-09-18 08:45 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-18 09:06 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-18 14:54 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2016-09-18 17:45 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-18 17:07 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-18 17:20 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-18 17:21 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-09-18 17:19 -0300
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-09-18 23:38 +0300
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 17:49 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2016-09-18 22:26 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 13:29 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-18 22:34 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-09-18 18:45 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2016-10-02 11:54 +0000
[OT] light Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2016-10-01 14:48 +0000
Re: [OT] light Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2016-10-02 13:39 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 10:12 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-18 17:15 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 12:54 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-18 22:47 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-09-18 17:24 -0300
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-18 23:01 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-18 00:42 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-17 23:30 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-09-12 10:35 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-09-12 10:54 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-12 18:38 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-09-12 19:43 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-13 12:11 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-09-12 21:13 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2016-10-02 13:48 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-09-12 10:40 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-12 23:25 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Joe <joecool@ihaveenoughspam.net> - 2016-09-12 21:30 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Batchman <batchman@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-13 09:37 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Batchman <batchman@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-13 11:13 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-09-14 08:47 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Batchman <batchman@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-15 14:45 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-09-16 16:16 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-09-16 16:49 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-09-16 18:44 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-09-17 09:27 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-09-17 11:04 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-18 19:22 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-09-18 11:58 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-18 21:33 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-09-17 11:25 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 07:38 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-13 10:59 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 19:20 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-09-14 13:17 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-09-14 14:59 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-09-15 11:38 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 19:45 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 14:14 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-09-15 20:20 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-09-15 11:43 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-09-16 15:41 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-16 23:56 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-09-16 19:51 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-09-17 13:09 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-09-17 10:26 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-17 14:39 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-09-17 11:14 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Vladimir Vučićević <vladimir@vucicevic.iz.rs> - 2016-09-14 15:21 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Batchman <batchman@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-16 14:59 +1000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-09-16 11:58 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-19 23:57 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-20 22:19 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-10-21 01:59 +0000
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-21 13:45 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-10-21 14:24 -0300
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-21 20:46 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-10-21 22:58 -0400
Re: Damned Windows Bloat Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2016-10-21 21:58 +0200
Re: Damned Windows Bloat bashley@gmail.com - 2016-10-21 14:26 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-22 01:11 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-21 23:01 -0700
Re: Damned Windows Bloat BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-10-22 11:52 +0100
Re: Damned Windows Bloat The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-22 20:37 -0700
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