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tehblaed · 01-16-2004, 08:17 PM

Oh god, there it is. I feared it. You guys think i'm retarded.
A) I've written my own LiteStep theme. And litestep is definitely NOT a resource intensive program.
B) I have 5 icons in my systray. Five. Norton, Seti (i know this is resource intensive, but not memory. RAM != Clock Cycles), MSN Messenger, and pop-up blocker. And don't tell me that it's not necessary nor uses up alot of memory. Please. Spare me.
C) Specs? Athlon 1700, 1 gig of RAM. PC2700. It's not the hardware.
Nevermind.

edit- I've been running without a hitch for quite some time. I know that I have 41 processes running. I know. This has never happened before. If anyone knows anything about computers, they know that programs like internet explorer do not take up 51 megabytes of RAM when they are displaying google. They don't. Litestep doesn't take 38 megabytes, regardless of if you have 100 modules loaded. It just doesn't. Something is fucked up.
Something beyond number of systray programs, beyond "make sure you have all things turned off you don't need". I know that. I've been a computer guy for 8 years.

I don't have a virus, as far as norton is concerned. There is no spyware, as far as spybot and adaware are concerned. This problem doesn't occur in safe mode, so it's gotta be something that's loading - I know. I can't figure out what. I've changed nothing, though, not to my knowledge. As far as I can tell, currentversion\run and runServices are exactly the same as they have been.

I'm thinking about a reformat. I just can't figure this shit out.

01-16-2004, 08:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
tehblaed Insane Location: land of the merry	Oh god, there it is. I feared it. You guys think i'm retarded. A) I've written my own LiteStep theme. And litestep is definitely NOT a resource intensive program. B) I have 5 icons in my systray. Five. Norton, Seti (i know this is resource intensive, but not memory. RAM != Clock Cycles), MSN Messenger, and pop-up blocker. And don't tell me that it's not necessary nor uses up alot of memory. Please. Spare me. C) Specs? Athlon 1700, 1 gig of RAM. PC2700. It's not the hardware. Nevermind. edit- I've been running without a hitch for quite some time. I know that I have 41 processes running. I know. This has never happened before. If anyone knows anything about computers, they know that programs like internet explorer do not take up 51 megabytes of RAM when they are displaying google. They don't. Litestep doesn't take 38 megabytes, regardless of if you have 100 modules loaded. It just doesn't. Something is fucked up. Something beyond number of systray programs, beyond "make sure you have all things turned off you don't need". I know that. I've been a computer guy for 8 years. I don't have a virus, as far as norton is concerned. There is no spyware, as far as spybot and adaware are concerned. This problem doesn't occur in safe mode, so it's gotta be something that's loading - I know. I can't figure out what. I've changed nothing, though, not to my knowledge. As far as I can tell, currentversion\run and runServices are exactly the same as they have been. I'm thinking about a reformat. I just can't figure this shit out. Last edited by tehblaed; 01-16-2004 at 09:39 PM..