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Thread: Win XP Problem on Intel Dual Core....Windows Task bar locks |
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jsgraham
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I am running Win XP on a T2600(2.16GHz) with 2GB RAM with V4.0.3.3 of the grid Agent. If I am watching in task manager, I can see WCGrid_AutoDock.exe eating 50% of my system (fine by me). If I use the Address part of my windows task bar to try to open a directory, the windows task bar hangs for several minutes until the directory window finally comes up. All the other windows I have already open remain responsive. WCGrid_AutoDock.exe continues to eat 50% of my system during the hang and the System Idle process gets the other 50-49%.
If I disable the Community grid agent or configure it to only run as a screen saver, I don't have this problem. I am guessing something that something in the grid agent is sitting on a lock that the task bar UI needs? I have also seen some other UI hangs that seem like they may be related to this same problem. |
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Former Member
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Well, I'm going to advise migrating to BOINC, since you have a dual core - you could be getting twice as many points for no effort. It should fix your taskbar problem, too.
The only time I have seen an issue remotely like yours, it was caused by a corrupt filesystem. You may want to schedule a sector scan. Just to rule a few things out: conflicts have been reported with some security programs. Are you using anything from AOL, McAfee or Sygate? |
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RT
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Tagging on, I have not seen that problem either. I doubt that it is the UD agent; just how it is interacting with something else that is likely askew in the system.
----------------------------------------You could install a copy of BOINC on that machine and let it run one work unit at the same time along with the UD agent. I did that for a while on my first dual core machine. Subsequently I took the UD agent off of it and let it run two BOINC units. I have done the same with another dual core since. Works great. That might avoid the glitch in the machine or it might make it look like there is a problem in BOINC. I agree, run a disk scan. If that does not do it, stick in your XP install CD and do a repair. then get the latest downloads from Microsoft. Let us know what happens |
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