G
Guest
Hi, I just finish to install vista beta 2. My hard disk are always accessed
neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?
neither is I do nothing and no program are open. Any suggestion?
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G
Guest
It's seam to be the searchindexer.exe that always write or read on the HDD.
Why?
Why?
G
Guest
I think mine may be the search indexer also. but I didnt have any problems
with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding. Sometimes it
gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working again.
with it until I installed the free trial of CA antivirus for vista beta2
subscribers. Now, various windows frequently stop responding. Sometimes it
gets to the point i have to hard reset the computer to get back working again.
G
Guest
Yep, same here Jason. I removed the free trial of CA antivirus, now no more
disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
disk thrashing, window freezes or BSOD's.......
N
Neil
I also removed the CA virus protection went to microtrend it works fine
now...
Neil....
now...
Neil....
B
Bk_St_Crawler
I removed and reinstalled CA and now everthing is working fine.
David
David
G
Guest
I have just installed Vista Beta as well and have the same or very similar
problems with constant disk activity, I removed CA but no difference
initially, it does seem that indexer is taking from 14% upto 75% of my cpu. I
am running an AMD 2600 Athlon with 1GB ram and NVidia 128 graphics. Any one
notice how long it takes when a programme does not respond and task manager
is applied. So far today about 6 out of 8 hours have been spent waiting or
rebooting. However if Microsoft get all the bugs out the rest seems to be
great.
problems with constant disk activity, I removed CA but no difference
initially, it does seem that indexer is taking from 14% upto 75% of my cpu. I
am running an AMD 2600 Athlon with 1GB ram and NVidia 128 graphics. Any one
notice how long it takes when a programme does not respond and task manager
is applied. So far today about 6 out of 8 hours have been spent waiting or
rebooting. However if Microsoft get all the bugs out the rest seems to be
great.
R
Richard Hay
The hard disk activity is probably indexing going on.
G
Guest
I left it running over night for 9 hours, it was still indexing when I went
back. Any thoughts or comments?
back. Any thoughts or comments?
M
Mark D. VandenBerg
It could be anything, really. The 8 hours you spent playing with it + the 9
hours you let it sit, lonely, in the corner is 17 hours. Now, unless you
really are Google, I would think that's enough time to index your computer,
so something else is going on there. The indexer is going to run, because
its an avid information freak and just can't wait to get its grubby little
bytes on anything new, so its always on the lookout. It especially loves
log files, for some reason. But I digress.
So, now we start looking for other culprits, like perhaps a beta video
driver that isn't quite holding up its end of the bargain, or maybe some
software not getting along, or, well, anything like that. Too bad your name
isn't Ian or that would have been a great Orwellian pun.
Also, while others may argue it out, I think you will find that while the
minimum specification with regard to RAM is 512MB to be "Vista Capable,"
let's assume for a moment that Microsoft meant you can run Vista Home Basic
with that set-up but every edition as you move up the ladder will require
more hardware resources to make it run. Here we are at Vista
Superfantasticultimate, so, my point to all that is, (and it's an opinion,
mind you) 1 GB of RAM may be near the low side for Ultimate. Now throw in
the debugging code and the fact that 5384.4 isn't exactly optimized for
speed, I would expect the system to churn a little.
For interest sake, on this computer right at this moment, I have roughly
900MB of RAM in play and the CPU usage is around 30%, with Outlook 2007, Win
Mail, Win Media Center streaming music and IE7 open, indexing is on and a
total of 61 processes running. I would consider this a normal situation for
this computer with a beta operating system.
hours you let it sit, lonely, in the corner is 17 hours. Now, unless you
really are Google, I would think that's enough time to index your computer,
so something else is going on there. The indexer is going to run, because
its an avid information freak and just can't wait to get its grubby little
bytes on anything new, so its always on the lookout. It especially loves
log files, for some reason. But I digress.
So, now we start looking for other culprits, like perhaps a beta video
driver that isn't quite holding up its end of the bargain, or maybe some
software not getting along, or, well, anything like that. Too bad your name
isn't Ian or that would have been a great Orwellian pun.
Also, while others may argue it out, I think you will find that while the
minimum specification with regard to RAM is 512MB to be "Vista Capable,"
let's assume for a moment that Microsoft meant you can run Vista Home Basic
with that set-up but every edition as you move up the ladder will require
more hardware resources to make it run. Here we are at Vista
Superfantasticultimate, so, my point to all that is, (and it's an opinion,
mind you) 1 GB of RAM may be near the low side for Ultimate. Now throw in
the debugging code and the fact that 5384.4 isn't exactly optimized for
speed, I would expect the system to churn a little.
For interest sake, on this computer right at this moment, I have roughly
900MB of RAM in play and the CPU usage is around 30%, with Outlook 2007, Win
Mail, Win Media Center streaming music and IE7 open, indexing is on and a
total of 61 processes running. I would consider this a normal situation for
this computer with a beta operating system.
G
Guest
Thankyou Mark, although it was probabley lonely, it did have the cat to keep
it company. Never the less something is radically wrong, I will up the ram
tomorrow by another 1GB and see if that helps, and yet whilst I am writing
this indexer strangely is not using much at all in fact my hard disk is
silent?. Thanks again.
it company. Never the less something is radically wrong, I will up the ram
tomorrow by another 1GB and see if that helps, and yet whilst I am writing
this indexer strangely is not using much at all in fact my hard disk is
silent?. Thanks again.
G
Guest
Forgot to mention Mark, I did re-install the CA antivirus, first thing this
morning. Whilst recieving mail through Windows Mail I got an error message
saying that Anti-virus has a problem and will close, then the whole thing
locked up solid for ten minutes, no activity at all,black screen, frustrated
I did a hard power down and re- started and since then there have been no
problems. As some one who makes their living from building and repairing PC`s
I need to make sure that when Vista is finally released that I am reasonably
content with it`s working, there is nothing worse than selling some one a
system which frustrates hell out of them. Cheers.
morning. Whilst recieving mail through Windows Mail I got an error message
saying that Anti-virus has a problem and will close, then the whole thing
locked up solid for ten minutes, no activity at all,black screen, frustrated
I did a hard power down and re- started and since then there have been no
problems. As some one who makes their living from building and repairing PC`s
I need to make sure that when Vista is finally released that I am reasonably
content with it`s working, there is nothing worse than selling some one a
system which frustrates hell out of them. Cheers.
F
FrRSutter
I uninstalled the CA EZ Antivirus and the problem went away on mine.
Of course, until Symantec gets on the ball, I have no AV.
Of course, until Symantec gets on the ball, I have no AV.
M
Mark D. VandenBerg
Try Avast 4.7 until then.
W
William R. Mosher
Avast Home Edition 4.7 (also the 4.7 Professional Edition) run very well in Vista and the Home Edition is FREE! I have read that you can use Norton System Works without the AV on Vista. I don't think you can do that with the Norton Internet Security Suite.
William
Try Avast 4.7 until then.
William
Try Avast 4.7 until then.
G
Guest
I will try Avast, as since my last post CA has crashed out so many times, and
I constantly am having to reboot because of it. I have now removed it and it
would deffinately seem to be the cause. But no more indexing going on that
affects performance.
I constantly am having to reboot because of it. I have now removed it and it
would deffinately seem to be the cause. But no more indexing going on that
affects performance.
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