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Prevx hogging system resources.

 
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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:57 pm    Post subject: Prevx hogging system resources.
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Hi,

Not posted for a long while, just noticed a couple of PM's that I neglected to answer from a couple of years ago when Prevx was causing problems with my DVD & Floppy drives.

I have done a quick search but there is just so much stuff here I could not find anything relevant.

Prevx has been fairly trouble free, lurking in the background with the occasional warning prompt or update.

However, in the past week or so, whenever I attempt to open anything, in particular IE, my PC slows to a crawl.

By using Task Manager I have found that if I try to open IE, Prevx instantly takes up 99% of system resources, causing a long delay in loading the initial web page.

To prove my point, I have disabled Prevx and the pages load instantly.

Has something in Prevx changed in the past few weeks to account for this?

Jim.

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PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:15 pm    Post subject:
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Still having same problem.

If I have Prevx active it takes almost 40 seconds to load the Google homepage using IE.

If I disable Prevx it takes around 3 seconds.

However if I use Safari Beta browser I can open the Google homepage in around 5 seconds with Prevx active. Confused

My connection is a 20 meg BB cable.

Jim.

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PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:53 pm    Post subject:
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No troubles here, running v1.0.2 build 127.

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PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:04 pm    Post subject:
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I'm running V 1.0.2 Build 86 Pro.

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PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:03 am    Post subject:
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Uninstall, install v1.0.2 build 127 and see if it solves the problem?

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PostPosted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:03 am    Post subject:
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Had a reply back from support, will run the removal tool and re install as advised.

Jim.

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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:10 pm    Post subject:
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Sadly no joy, removed Prevx using removal tool, installed build 127 but it made no difference. Crying or Very sad

I seem to be destined to have strange problems with Prevx, my previous one in 2006 was the one that froze my PC completely whenever I tried to use my DVD or Floppy drives. That problem was also caused by Prevx but was eventually cured with later releases.

Ah well, there are worse things to worry about. Cool

Jim.

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