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06-07-2008

"Stan Shankman" wrote:

Quote:

> WLM hogging CPU
> Renders itself and XP into slow mode . . .
>
> Greetings newsgroupers,
>
> I have been using WLM for a few weeks now.
> When I first loaded and ran it, WLM brought over all of my Outlook Express
> messages and accounts – took it a long time too!
> Yet once installed, it stared out working okay however it did seem to run a
> little slow – at least by comparison to Outlook Express. I was starting to
> like WLM, and could live with the slight slowness. But in the past few days,
> things have gotten much worse.
> I am using WLM even now to post this message. So it is not entirely
> disabled, but, things are not right.
> (In fact, I just checked and right now CPU usage is normal for WLM. – Maybe
> this problem only arises when I am in the “Mail” tab. ??)
>
> Here are my symptoms:
> When I first start Windows Live Mail, it runs off and completes its message
> gathering operations okay. I can use it for a brief few seconds right after
> it first starts, but then spontaneously and unexpectedly it starts hogging
> big CPU. It is difficult for me to fully characterize this problem, but WLM
> just start eating a lot of CPU. I do not know what it is doing. It happens
> over and over, and I must force closed WLM if I am to use my computer. One
> time I left it run in that high-CPU-state overnight, hoping that maybe it
> was simply doing some internal housecleaning or some such thing. But in the
> morning, task manager still reported over 90% CPU usage. I cannot use WLM in
> this state. The entire computer runs at a crawl because of it, and I am
> forced to use task manager to kill WLM so I can regain control of my
> machine. (Windows XP Pro)
> And now, I am totally dependent on WLM for all my messaging needs, and it
> has created a serious difficulty for me.
>
> Also, note this:
> I have an extraordinarily large collection of messages. And I subscribe to
> quite a few newsgroups (and news servers), and have an extensive archive of
> past saves for those messages too. The bottom line is, I have a large data
> base.
> Yes, I do my backups.
> Oh, and I do not run any virus or spyware programs other than Windows Live
> One Care.
> My machine is (has been) well behaved, and I do not suspect any memory or
> other hardware problems.
> I only have problems with WLM.
>
> What must I now do to get WLM to start behaving properly?
> Thanks all,
>
> - Stan
>
> Oh oh, even as I composed this mail, WLM spontaneously started using big
> CPU. Task Manager now reports WLM at over 80%.
> I hope this message will send! And I hope I am able to read any replies.
>
>

06-07-2008	#3 (permalink)
me n/a posts	RE: Windows Live Mail hogging CPU – renders itself and XP into slow, s "Stan Shankman" wrote: Quote: > WLM hogging CPU > Renders itself and XP into slow mode . . . > > Greetings newsgroupers, > > I have been using WLM for a few weeks now. > When I first loaded and ran it, WLM brought over all of my Outlook Express > messages and accounts – took it a long time too! > Yet once installed, it stared out working okay however it did seem to run a > little slow – at least by comparison to Outlook Express. I was starting to > like WLM, and could live with the slight slowness. But in the past few days, > things have gotten much worse. > I am using WLM even now to post this message. So it is not entirely > disabled, but, things are not right. > (In fact, I just checked and right now CPU usage is normal for WLM. – Maybe > this problem only arises when I am in the “Mail” tab. ??) > > Here are my symptoms: > When I first start Windows Live Mail, it runs off and completes its message > gathering operations okay. I can use it for a brief few seconds right after > it first starts, but then spontaneously and unexpectedly it starts hogging > big CPU. It is difficult for me to fully characterize this problem, but WLM > just start eating a lot of CPU. I do not know what it is doing. It happens > over and over, and I must force closed WLM if I am to use my computer. One > time I left it run in that high-CPU-state overnight, hoping that maybe it > was simply doing some internal housecleaning or some such thing. But in the > morning, task manager still reported over 90% CPU usage. I cannot use WLM in > this state. The entire computer runs at a crawl because of it, and I am > forced to use task manager to kill WLM so I can regain control of my > machine. (Windows XP Pro) > And now, I am totally dependent on WLM for all my messaging needs, and it > has created a serious difficulty for me. > > Also, note this: > I have an extraordinarily large collection of messages. And I subscribe to > quite a few newsgroups (and news servers), and have an extensive archive of > past saves for those messages too. The bottom line is, I have a large data > base. > Yes, I do my backups. > Oh, and I do not run any virus or spyware programs other than Windows Live > One Care. > My machine is (has been) well behaved, and I do not suspect any memory or > other hardware problems. > I only have problems with WLM. > > What must I now do to get WLM to start behaving properly? > Thanks all, > > - Stan > > Oh oh, even as I composed this mail, WLM spontaneously started using big > CPU. Task Manager now reports WLM at over 80%. > I hope this message will send! And I hope I am able to read any replies. > >
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