[GreenKeys] PC pecularity

[hunybuny at eskimo.com]

Hey Jack;

Assuming that Millenium works like the other versions:

o Mouse down to the lower left corner of the desktop and click on START.
o Slide up the menu to RUN. Click on RUN.
o Enter TASKMGR in the space provided.
o Select APPLICATIONS. Do you see anything running that you don't expect?
   It might help to close the utilities that you don't need running and
   see if the machine is acting squirrely.
o Select PROCESSES. Under CPU do you see anything eating cycles?
o Select PERFORMANCE. How busy does it say under CPU USAGE HISTORY?
o Select NETWORKING. Is anything hammering your computer?

regards,
W6ESE - tony
NNNNZCZC

wa2hwj at att.net wrote:
> ZCZC
> 
> I'm experiencing an odd problem with a COMPAQ PC
> running Millenium.  The machine seems to stop "computing"
> every twenty seconds for approximately 3-4 seconds, then
> starts working again. When running Heavymetal, it just stops
> the data flow, when using ITTY, it interrupts the audio. Even if
> I'm just using the machine to write a WORD document, it stops taking
> keyboard input for the same timeframe (it's even doing it now as
> I type this email). Does anyone have any ideas? I've turned off
> any virus scans or other "scheduled" tasks. Otherwise,
> the machine works fine...I have the problem when on-line or
> off-line. I eliminated the printer port (don't use a printer with
> this machine) and tried to find any other reason for this
> "interrupt" but with no luck. To make matters worse, 
> sometimes the "problem" isn't there at all....
> Any ideas?
> 
> 73,
> Jack WA2HWJ

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