> -----Original Message----- > From: Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:34 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Google Chrome > > <!-- SNIP --> > > You can at least track memory + cpu usage through the Task Manager > > (Ctrl-Alt-Del + T on most distros). In the Task Manager, I also > noticed > > that GoogleUpdate.exe is running even when Chrome.exe is not. This > made > > me a bit curious, so I went into msconfig (the Microsoft GUI utility > for > > modifying startup programs, services, and system INI files) and saw > that > > GoogleUpdate.exe had been added to the list of programs to run on > > Windows startup. > > > > I hate, hate, HATE it when programs install resident agents that eat > my > > memory and perform background network activity. Rrgh! Points taken > away > > from Google for this app's EULA and its methods. Slick otherwise, > though > > (aside from the lack of XMLDOM instantiation support for > Javascript)... > > startup monitor -> sure it runs at startup, but that little bugger > keeps an eye on my startup and asks me if I want to allow my startup to > be modified.
Yeah, I used to use a program that had similar functionality. Haven't really bothered putting much of my "familiar" software on my work PC, but maybe I should after this... it has been bogging down a bit lately, after all. Todd Boyd Web Programmer
