David Wilkinson wrote:
Using SM2 on Windows 7 x64 (and other Windows machines).
I have found many discussions of high CPU usage in FireFox and
SeaMonkey, but none of the suggestions have ever helped in my situation.
The symptom is that SeaMonkey freezes for a few seconds, most noticeably
when scrolling a document or clicking a menu (when I expect instant
response). The problem is less severe on my new quad core machine
(Windows 7 x64) and worse on an XP virtual machine.
When this happens on my quad-core machine, Task Manager typically shows
high CPU on several cores (usually three), not just one one core as
happens when I load a new page.
How can I find out what SeaMonkey is doing when this happens?
Thanks all for the suggestions, but my attempts to throttle background activity
in mailnews do not seem to have helped. In fact, the problem always seems to be
caused by some kind of user interaction with SM, often something quite
innocuous. If I just watch Task Manager without using SM, I do not see these spikes.
In the past I have tried starting SM in safe mode and this did not help either.
Again, the symptom is a sudden spike in CPU usage on several cores, sometimes
three, sometimes four.
Again, is there any way to determine what SM is doing to consume these cycles?
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David Wilkinson
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