I agree, it is not addressed at all. I no longer have any XP systems so can't comment further.
David Ferrin A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked perfectly. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 1:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] important information regarding MSE I have never noticed MSE slowing down my system appreciably while a scan is in progress. It's jus thtat it seems to take longer now for my XP system to boot up and for JAWS to start talking than it used to , which is not addressed in this article. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 12:51 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] important information regarding MSE > How to Keep Microsoft Security Essentials from Slowing Down Your System > > > > > > Source: > > http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-keep-microsoft-security-essentia > ls-slowing-down-your-system.htm > > > > How to Keep Microsoft Security Essentials from Slowing Down Your System > > > > > > > > Updated 19. September 2011 - 6:33 by v.laurie > > > > > > > > > > > > Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is Gizmo's Freeware Product of the > Year > for 2010. Recently, a new version came out and it has a setting that can > be > very useful to owners of older, slower PCs or netbooks. > > > > Even when an efficient antivirus program does a scan, it can use enough > system resources to cause a noticeable slowdown of older machines. Version > 2 > of MSE has a setting that can cut down the impact that a scan has on the > system. The amount of CPU time allocated to the scan can be limited. While > it won't make much difference in a new quad-core machine, it can keep an > old > single-core system or a netbook from bogging down and allow you to > continue > to work during a scan. > > There is a tradeoff-using less CPU time means taking longer to finish a > scan. > > > > To configure the settings, open MSE and select the "Settings" tab. As the > figure below shows, you can adjust the amount of CPU time devoted to a > scan > in a drop-down menu. The default setting seems to be 50%. If limiting the > CPU is not important in your particular system, remove the check by "Limit > CPU usage during scan". That will speed up your scans. > > > > > > > > By experimenting with this CPU setting, you should be able to find one > that > is best for your particular system. > > > > David Ferrin > Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones > that mind don't matter. > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
