Re: Mersenne: Slow iterations

2000-10-09 Thread Nathan Russell 

Hi Dave,

You wrote:

 I am running Windows98 on a Pentium computer.
 
 Recently, Prime95 started running at 8 seconds per iteration.
 
 When I killed process Alogserv, it went back to running at
 
 .28 seconds per iteration.  What is this process, and how do I
 
 get rid of it?  Thanks.
 
  
 
 - Dave Weatherell.
 
I have found that Windows sometimes experiences rather extreme
slowdowns.  I usually reboot every 3 days; that solves almost all
problems.  

Nathan
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Re: Mersenne: Slow iterations

2000-10-09 Thread Luke Welsh 

At 09:32 PM 10/9/00 -0400, David M. Weatherell wrote: 
Recently, Prime95 started running at 8 seconds per iteration.
When I killed process Alogserv, it went back to running at
.28 seconds per iteration.  What is this process, and how do I
get rid of it?  Thanks.

ALOGSERV is part of McAfee Anti-Virus.  It burns virtually zero
time on my PC.

--Luke

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Re: Mersenne: Slow iterations

2000-10-09 Thread xqrpa 



To The Base:

Some time ago I posted the following, which may still be 
of use to those who have joined since:

I am assuming you are using W95/98/ME.Apologies if this is 
redundant -- I never saw it go through to "base."Regarding creeping 
slowdown of Prime95:Here is a strategy: first use a "process 
display" program like ProcessViewer 2000 to look at the processes 
running along with Prime95.CTRL-ALT-DEL will show some, but not all of them, 
and thereare some parasitic processes which seem not to show up at 
all.
PV2000 can be used to delete or change priorityof most concurrent 
tasks, tuning the machine in question to give Prime95MaxHeadroom including 
"real time" priority, squeezing out all but vital systemfunctions.I 
had to resort to the latter to get a Compaq Presario7998 to turn intop 
performance, saving half a second per iteration.PV2000 is free, and can 
be found with an avalanche of other utilities at:http://winfiles.cnet.com/apps/98/system-analyze.htmlabout 
35 programs from the page top. I'd be very curious to know if 
thissolves the problem, and I can give you a list of the 8 processes I've 
foundthat make up the essentials.Other utilities such as MemTurbo 
(not free) can be used to automaticallyscavenge memory when MemAvail drops 
below a preset limit, forcinggrabage collection.Feel free to 
contact me about this,Best Wishes,Stefanovic

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  David M. 
  Weatherell 
  To: GIMPS mailing list 
  Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 6:32 
  PM
  Subject: Mersenne: Slow iterations
  
  
  I am 
  running Windows98 on a Pentium computer.
  Recently, 
  Prime95 started running at 8 seconds per 
  iteration.
  When I 
  killed process Alogserv, it went back to running 
  at
  .28 
  seconds per iteration. What is 
  this process, and how do I
  get 
  rid of it? 
  Thanks.
  
  - Dave 
  Weatherell.

Re: Mersenne: Slow iterations

2000-10-09 Thread John R Pierce 

I am running Windows98 on a Pentium computer.
Recently, Prime95 started running at 8 seconds per iteration.
When I killed process Alogserv, it went back to running at
.28 seconds per iteration.  What is this process, and how do I
get rid of it?  Thanks.

not sure, but find the executable file (use find files... or something?) and
right click, properties on it, and look at the 'version' tab, there's the
author of the program and a one line description...

-jrp

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Re: Mersenne: Slow iterations

2000-10-09 Thread Dave Mullen 



Yeah, but most virus checkers have a scheduler, 
whereby it kicks in when the system is "quiet", and scans your hard disk for 
viruses, innoculates new files etc. If the slowdown is sporadic, and rectifies 
itself after 5 or 10 minutes, I'd guess this is the case.

Dave

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  At 09:32 PM 10/9/00 -0400, David M. Weatherell wrote: 
  Recently, Prime95 started running at 8 seconds per 
  iteration.When I killed process Alogserv, it went back to running 
  at.28 seconds per iteration. What is this process, and how do 
  Iget rid of it? Thanks.ALOGSERV is part of McAfee 
  Anti-Virus. It burns virtually zerotime on my 
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