Bj, Would you believe right click produces nothing For this item. For every other window or program open, yes. In any case the programs-running window is in the middle of the screen and does not have any of the other task manager windows with it, not even a top, so to speak; jusr a window with a border and the three buttons at the bottom!
Joseph Harris www.smilepoetryweekly.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > Find the program on the bottom toolbar. I don't mean the quick launch item, > I mean whenever you open a new window whether it's Explorer, task manager, > whatever, you usually get a new item on the bottom toolbar - the one you can > click on to switch to that window when it's covered by another window. You > can right click on the item on the toolbar and see options to restore, > minimize or maximize the window, and you will also see 'move' in the list of > actions. Click 'move'. Now use the cursor arrow keys to move the task > manager window down the screen till you can see the tabs. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > > > > Which brings a slight problem that has developed for me. Ctr, Alt, Del > > brings up a > > window of only program listings; the top of the window is missing to the > > extent I have no tabs to choose. I cannot see task manager on the > > Accessories list, either, nor via Control Panel. Any ideas? > > > > Joseph Harris > > www.smilepoetryweekly.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > > > > > >> Damn! Gotta do something about this mouse. Sorry again for the > >> inadvertent > >> double-click send. > >> > >> Since he is running XP, one thing you can do is to start Task Manager, > >> switch to the Processes tab, and click on the CPU column header to sort > > the > >> entries by percent. This will bubble the highest CPU-use processes to the > >> top. Under most normal circumstances, the system idle process should be > >> at > >> the top (unless you're doing something such as graphics transformations, > >> programming IDE build and compile, etc.), since Windows is a > > message-based, > >> event-driven system and the machine ordinarily spends the vast majority > >> of > >> the time sitting in an idle loop listening for you to do something to > >> generate a message or fire an event handler. > >> > >> There should be very few processes showing significant CPU use at the top > > of > >> that list. In any event, note which processes seem to constitute the > > largest > >> users of CPU time, and investigate those first. If there do not seem to > >> be > >> any culprits at the time when the system is clearly sluggish online, I > > would > >> think that that would point to a connection issue, either bandwidth > >> limitations/usage or other external factor. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Scott > >> > >> . > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "trusz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:26 PM > >> Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] E-mail and computer slowdown > >> > >> > >> > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 09:03 pm, you wrote: > >> >> I am not confident enough to do a registry clean. I have heard so > >> >> many > >> >> stories about what can happen if you mess up the registry . . . > >> >> > >> >> I increased his IE cache - what other cache would I increase? > >> >> > >> >> What can be done about the users on his node logging on? Would this > >> >> happen with DSL too? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks for the reply, > >> >> Riva > >> >> > >> > If it's not a spyware issue then chances are you may be looking at > > either > >> > a > >> > networking issue (the slowdown from more people logged on that Michael > >> > mentioned) or he may have an application running which is leaking > >> > memory > >> > resources. When he notices the slowdown, have him reboot. If he speeds > >> > back > >> > up that's a good argument for some app on his machine, If he reboots > >> > and > >> > it's > >> > later in the day when more cable users are on, then it's something in > > his > >> > isp. Might be user load, might just be a flaky piece of equipment which > >> > gets > >> > worse with user load. At that point he has to put in a ticket with his > >> > isp. > >> > > >> > For the application problem, you really want him to shut down apps > >> > using > >> > lots > >> > of memory one at a time and see when the system speeds back up. Then > > load > >> > up > >> > everything except the possible problem app and see if the system runs > > ok. > >> > Sometimes you have to do this a few times to find the actual problem. > > It's > >> > painstaking, time consuming work. > >> > > >> > And of course it could be just accumulated flakiness in the os. All > > those > >> > added and removed programs take a toll. Left over dll's , program > >> > fragments > >> > etc can slow things down. If the os isn't too customized you might > > simply > >> > try > >> > to reinstall or repair it. > >> > > >> > drew > > > > > > ____ . 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