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Mythran
After I leave the computer idle for an hour or so, when I come back and
"unlock" the computer, all the programs are very slow at responding to my
input for several minutes. This slow response clears up after using the
system over a period of 5 minutes or so. It is becoming a pain having to
wait for what I type to be displayed on the screen. If I try right-clicking
on ANY file, pffft, I can go off and get a cup of coffee, lunch, and get
comfortable reading a book before the context menu appears.
I assume that maybe all running programs are being cached to disk during a
certain period of time of being idle, and that is why I get the slow
response. If I am actively using the computer with an application open but
minimized for a long period of time, the single application that was
minimized will have a slow response for a few minutes before being a fully
productive or responsive app again. So I think there is a connection there.
This isn't a problem with a single application. I usually don't have more
than 4 or 5 applications open at the same time. My machine specs are decent
(2 GB Memory on a P4 3.2 GHz proc) and my applications that are open are not
CPU intensive (but some are memory hungry...*cough* visual studio .Net,
which I only have 1 copy of VS open usually).
Is there a setting/registry key that specifies an application time to
"cycle" memory into cache after a certain amount of idle time for the
application or computer? Is there another way to prevent this "slow-down"
without having to sit and actively use all open applications?
Thanks,
Mythran
"unlock" the computer, all the programs are very slow at responding to my
input for several minutes. This slow response clears up after using the
system over a period of 5 minutes or so. It is becoming a pain having to
wait for what I type to be displayed on the screen. If I try right-clicking
on ANY file, pffft, I can go off and get a cup of coffee, lunch, and get
comfortable reading a book before the context menu appears.
I assume that maybe all running programs are being cached to disk during a
certain period of time of being idle, and that is why I get the slow
response. If I am actively using the computer with an application open but
minimized for a long period of time, the single application that was
minimized will have a slow response for a few minutes before being a fully
productive or responsive app again. So I think there is a connection there.
This isn't a problem with a single application. I usually don't have more
than 4 or 5 applications open at the same time. My machine specs are decent
(2 GB Memory on a P4 3.2 GHz proc) and my applications that are open are not
CPU intensive (but some are memory hungry...*cough* visual studio .Net,
which I only have 1 copy of VS open usually).
Is there a setting/registry key that specifies an application time to
"cycle" memory into cache after a certain amount of idle time for the
application or computer? Is there another way to prevent this "slow-down"
without having to sit and actively use all open applications?
Thanks,
Mythran