Author Topic: Really Irritated (Read 1216 times)

Eagler · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2007, 05:24:36 AM »

switching from norton security to NOD32 helped me get to 21 processes with taskmanager open while the cpu bounces from 1% to 4% max

FSAutoStart may help those who do not understand the processes running on their computer

rednex21 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 03, 2007, 11:18:25 AM »

I have 51 processes running and i have that CHOST thing also. I have no idea what i need and what i dont. So im prett much screwed i guess.

I watched my CPU Usage and it stayed around 0-2%. It did one timw spikw to 78%.

rednex21 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 03, 2007, 11:20:55 AM »

Oh yeah..another thing thats really important...When my computer freezes the game its like my CPU locks up. The only way i can even turn my computer off to restart is by flicking the surge protector switch. Note this only happens when i play the game.

Krusty · « **Reply #18 on:** August 03, 2007, 11:46:32 AM »

Hrm... I wonder if that's a hardware/driver problem? Low system resources don't normally "hard lock" a system like that, and your CPU and RAM are decent enough: P4 3.2GHz, 512MB ram.

AKDogg · « **Reply #19 on:** August 03, 2007, 12:25:10 PM »

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Originally posted by rednex21
The only way i can even turn my computer off to restart is by flicking the surge protector switch.

If u press and hold the power button on your PC for at least 4 secs, the computer will shut off. They did that to prevent young kids with happy fingers turning the computer off suddenly. If u just press the power button your computer will shut down normally like u hit start/shutdown in windows.

As for your services issue, when I get home, I have a list of services and links that u can use as a reference to which services can be disabled or turned off.

rednex21 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2007, 12:56:26 PM »

I just hope i get it fixed. It seems like it does it more when i up perk planes:mad:

Thanks guys for all your help:aok

But keep on telling me things..i definetly want to be able to play this game and have fun....not freeze and get mad and wanna sling it out the door.

B4 i log =

When i log =

When it freezes =

REP0MAN · « **Reply #21 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:57:04 PM »

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Originally posted by BennyBeaver
on my laptop aces high freezes all the time...ya know what i did....i GOT OVER IT

This doesn't help and is not necessary.

McFarland · « **Reply #22 on:** August 06, 2007, 02:19:35 AM »

Well, I got it down to 24 processes with FSAutoStart, and 0-4% CPU usage.. Then turning on AOL bumped it up to 30, and 7-75% CPU usage. I can't play it online without AOL started, so I'm stuck with freezes, warp, and other problems. By the way, when I run AOL, is it neccessary to run aolwbspd.exe, aoltray.exe, and waol.exe? If not, it would cut down a lot on the memory and CPU usage.

Old Sport · « **Reply #23 on:** August 06, 2007, 06:04:06 AM »

Shutting down unnecessary XP processes.

I've set up a hardware profile for playing AH. So when I restart my XP PC and select the AH HW profile there are minimal processes running (19, but I'm using Track IR). I've used the Black Viper guideline at the link to configure my AH HW profile.

WARNING - you fiddle at your own risk. I'd suggest reading the article and links twice or three times if you are not a computer whiz.

Black Viper XP Services Configuration

If you set a restore point in XP before you start creating or changing configurations you should be able to restore your XP setup if something goes haywire.

Best Regards

The Fugitive · « **Reply #24 on:** August 06, 2007, 06:19:36 AM »

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Originally posted by McFarland
Well, I got it down to 24 processes with FSAutoStart, and 0-4% CPU usage.. Then turning on AOL bumped it up to 30, and 7-75% CPU usage. I can't play it online without AOL started, so I'm stuck with freezes, warp, and other problems. By the way, when I run AOL, is it neccessary to run aolwbspd.exe, aoltray.exe, and waol.exe? If not, it would cut down a lot on the memory and CPU usage.

In the old days when I played AW on AOL, once you conected to the game you could turn off your browser. Don't know if it will work in this case, but can't hurt to try. Connect to AOL, launch the game, , out of the game and close down the browser windows. Click on the AH2 tab to open the game back up.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #25 on:** August 06, 2007, 07:11:10 AM »

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Originally posted by BennyBeaver
on my laptop aces high freezes all the time...ya know what i did....i GOT OVER IT

I hope you get PNG'd.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #26 on:** August 06, 2007, 07:16:07 AM »

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Originally posted by McFarland
Well, I got it down to 24 processes with FSAutoStart, and 0-4% CPU usage.. Then turning on AOL bumped it up to 30, and 7-75% CPU usage. I can't play it online without AOL started, so I'm stuck with freezes, warp, and other problems. By the way, when I run AOL, is it neccessary to run aolwbspd.exe, aoltray.exe, and waol.exe? If not, it would cut down a lot on the memory and CPU usage.

Hey bud, good advice so far from folks (except Benny).

While I have a good system now. Before May of last year, I played on a 800mhz P3, 384MB/133 RAM, with a GeForce DDR-DVI. To keep things clean I did the following:

I used drivers from 2002.
I installed SP2, but realized 6 processes were created with the install.
I reverted to SP1, and without TM.
I have SBC/Yahoo DSL, and they have their programs. I used them to start, and no longer use them. I just use the windows login/and firefox.

I had 13 processes at Startup

Hope this helps any.

McFarland · « **Reply #27 on:** August 06, 2007, 01:20:45 PM »

Ok, I'll try to do some things, see how it works out. Thanks for all the advice.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #28 on:** August 06, 2007, 02:40:42 PM »

BTW, I had XP pro on that PC, and put it on my current PC.