Hey guys..
Just bought a new laptop for my mobile rig. Gateway MX6421 with AMD Turion 64 1.8 Ghz, 1 Gig Ram and Windows XP Media Center Edition. I'm definately no computer expert, know enough to get me in trouble, but I've done my usual that I do on my recording setups (remove McAfee, install AVG, Install Firefox, and let windows do 9000 updates).
It seems "jittery" like it's tagging the hard drive or something. It's doing this constantly. So bad I can't play a song as it glitches every 3-5 seconds. I've taken off windows media player wondering if that's the problem, and am thinking about going with another software for my music, but wanted to get some advice from you all first on what this may be.
I do have a few restore points from the past, but don't know if that's worth trying or not.
Any Suggestions on what it may be?
Justin
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It isn't jittery when I'm listening to a myspace track. I did run the virus scan and the spyware scan. Nothing.
Every once in a while, it seems to check the DVD drive too even though there's nothing in the player.
It isn't jittery when I'm listening to a myspace track. I did run the virus scan and the spyware scan. Nothing.
Every once in a while, it seems to check the DVD drive too even though there's nothing in the player.
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On a pillow of your bones
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lonewolf
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Gateway and Dell factory install goofy little toolbar and junkware programs that sometimes grind the disk drive and jitter the mouse cursor. It might be hard to identify exactly which one it is, but the 1st place to look is ADD/REMOVE programs and look for search toolbars and Gateway junkware.
Another thing you can do is close all your programs, press <ctrl> <alt> <del> and on the Windows task manager, click the PROCESSES tab. Sort it by CPU (click CPU) and see if any processes are using CPU time intermittantly. Do the same thing with MEM USAGE.
I'm 99% sure its some useless little program that Gateway installed to "improve your computing experience".
Another thing you can do is close all your programs, press <ctrl> <alt> <del> and on the Windows task manager, click the PROCESSES tab. Sort it by CPU (click CPU) and see if any processes are using CPU time intermittantly. Do the same thing with MEM USAGE.
I'm 99% sure its some useless little program that Gateway installed to "improve your computing experience".
...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time...
THanks, I see a few things that stick out, but don't know what they are...
CPU...system Idle Process?? 88-95% CPU?
SVC Host - Mem Usage 63,780?
A total of 37 processes going on with @15% cpu usage...just firefox running as well as AVG.
CPU...system Idle Process?? 88-95% CPU?
SVC Host - Mem Usage 63,780?
A total of 37 processes going on with @15% cpu usage...just firefox running as well as AVG.
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bassist4life2004
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Your best bet is to go in and delete bullshit programs that you dont use. AOL is a prime example. Also, if you can, get rid of any antivirus and spyware protection that you arent using, that can eat up a computers resources. Check for Programs that you wont use such as MusicMatch, trial software, and things of that nature. Those programs may run in the background and slug a computer down.
I used to sell those things constantly, so if need be, if you live close enough i can take a look at it for ya.
Ken~Echo Chamber
I used to sell those things constantly, so if need be, if you live close enough i can take a look at it for ya.
Ken~Echo Chamber
It sounds like you are dipping into virtual memory, which means there is a hog program or service running that is using up all of your gig of RAM. Usually multimedia related programs need to create fairly large memory buffers to operate. If you are out of RAM, these buffers get created in virtual memory and you'll hear stutters and see the hard-drive get hit when the virtual memory is used.
The best thing to do with a new Windows computer is wipe it clean and reinstall Windows and everything you want on the machine. Factory installations are usually loaded with uneeded crap.
As mentioned earlier, spyware and anti-virus programs are some of the biggest memory hogs out there. Especially Norton Anti-virus.
The best thing to do with a new Windows computer is wipe it clean and reinstall Windows and everything you want on the machine. Factory installations are usually loaded with uneeded crap.
As mentioned earlier, spyware and anti-virus programs are some of the biggest memory hogs out there. Especially Norton Anti-virus.
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Heartless_Mockery_Records
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If you don't want to do a fresh install like Ron suggested, you can run "MSCONFIG" from the run prompt under the start menu. Tab over and you can control which programs/processes load when you computer starts. There are lots of resources available online to tell you what each service does so you can decide what you can disable. I do this on both of the studio PC's.
Here is a link to get you started:
http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
Here is a link to get you started:
http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/