1) I use a PC, because I am cheap and lazy . 2) This sort of thing is a ubiquitous problem on PCs, and is sometimes a problem for Macs depending the exact operating system (but I've never seen it as bad on a Mac as it usually is on a PC).
3) I would be suspicious of a store-bought expert helping with this... and as has been suggested, an expert friend should be cheaper (though not necessarily free, as it is time consuming). 4) I know how to use the resource monitor, and often find that it is not telling me what I want to know. The long list of Processes often does not seem to account for what the Performance screen tells me is the CPU Usage and Physical Memory Usage. I've never really figured out why this discrepancy occurs... but I haven't tried hard to find out. It is certainly annoying. As suggested, a complete wipe will fix the problem. I have rarely done this... but usually am thinking about getting a new computer at about the time the problem is annoying enough that I would consider a wipe... and switching to a new computer is pretty much the same thing as wiping the old one. If you do not use too many programs, a wipe might be relatively easy. Also worth noting: Depending on your computing needs, $200 is a significant fraction of the cost of a new machine. Eric -------- Eric Charles Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State, Altoona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Thompson" <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam@redfish.com> Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:57:32 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Thanks owen. I did lots of stuff LIKE that, but may not have recognized a helping hand when it was proffered. With your reassurance I will plunge back in. The response to this inquiry has led me wonder some wonderings about the folks on the list. Is it the case that: (1) I am the only person on this list that owns a PC (2) I am the only person on this list that owns a PC who has had this sort of problem (=”resource leakage”?). (3) I am the only person on this list that owns a PC who is too cheap to pay the 200 bucks to get it fixed by an expert. (4) I am the only person on this list that owns a PC who is too cheap to pay the 200 bucks to get it fixed by an expert and who also too dumb to know how to use the resource monitor to fix it, myself. N From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:25 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor Nick: did you google: how to use the windows resource monitor .. it turned up lots and lots of info. However, the classic solution to a clean machine is to literally start over: wipe the disk *after* making a complete copy of its contents to a cheap disk, and drag stuff back aboard as you need it. This is augmented by Dropbox: if you don't have it now, you may want to consider it as a backup of your working stuff, stuff that you can't replace from other sources and is data you actually created. It also makes it trivial to see/work on the files from any of several computers. Then the "lets start over" approach is much much easier. Clean system with one folder of your working repository. I'm always amazed just how zippy a new system is. I keep a log of all installs I do, you may start doing that .. it makes it easy to know what you may need to reinstall if you go the clean install route. And what may need removing 'cause you don't use it anymore. -- Owen On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net > wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions. Most I actually understood, for which I am enormously grateful. I have the habit of burying my most important question under a lot of verbal rubble, so I want to ask it again in case you missed it . Is there any guide to the Resource Monitor that is more forthcoming than the help files that come with it? Stuff like what the various charts and graphs and numbers are telling me. N ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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