The 100% CPU usage occurs also with W2K when the telnet connection to a cluster is lost when using DXBase2003 (and 2002 for that matter) telnet.
It does not occur with telnet connections made with the Windows built in telnet program, nor with HyperTerminal, nor with EasyTerm. Ron N5IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Harlem, W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:25 PM Subject: RE: [DXBase] CPU Use Nears 95 Percent > I have noted a variety of idiosyncrasies reported on this and other > software user reflectors involving users of WinXP. While it is no doubt > a more stable OS than Win9X, it's my impression that there are > occasional adverse interactions that cannot be predicted. I have not > experienced high CPU usage, but I run Win2K Pro and do not use the > telnet feature of DXB. The contest logger I use for telnet pops a > window if the connection is aborted. I don't know whether DXB does that > too, but closing the window and reconnecting to the cluster sounds easy > enough--the full package of DXBase 2003 is a fine product. > > George W1EBI > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of FireBrick > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:12 PM > To: Phil Duff; [email protected]; Joe - WL7M > Subject: Re: [DXBase] CPU Use Nears 95 Percent > > Joe > You may be jumping to conclusions. > > No one is sure it's a DXB problem. It seems to be a function of > something > called the MSoft MFC program. I've seen a error message listing this. > But too brief to read or understand. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe - WL7M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Phil Duff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:25 PM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] CPU Use Nears 95 Percent > > > > Thanks to everyone for letting me know of this "known problem". > Certainly > > lessens my enthusiasm for DXbase, especially if it's been around from > 2001. > > > > 73, > > Joe > > WL7M > > > > At 04:22 AM 2/10/2003, Phil Duff wrote: > > >At 16:51 2/9/2003 -0900, Joe - WL7M wrote: > > >>As a new guy, I'm experiencing a problem perhaps others have solved. > The > > >>CPU use rater goes to about 95 percent when DXBase 2003 has been > running > > >>for awhile - a few hours. I have an internet connection running, > spotting > > >>DX stations. When I close the internet connection, the CPU rates > drops > > >>back to about 4 percent. Anyone have an idea as to what is causing > this > > >>drain on the resources? Makes it tough to use after awhile..... > > > > > >This is a known problem with DXbase. I have DXbase 2001 and > experience > > >the same problem. > > >It happens if you have the Internet window running and lose the > connection > > >but the window stays open. The open dropped connection window slams > the > > >CPU to a continuous 100% load on my WinXP Home Ed running on an AMD > Athlon > > >Thunderbird 1.2ghz CPU. That's a pretty good trick as I've never had > any > > >amount of normal system load slam this CPU to continuous100%. Close > the > > >internet window and the problem goes away. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
