If you have 2.5GB of memory and only 80 emails in the file the memory
usage is small and you should not be using virtual memory unless you've
got many other things running. You can use task manager to check on
real and virtual memory usage. You could try temporarily disabling
Norton to see what effect it has. I got rid of Norton many years ago
and have sworn never to go back. Using Avast! at the moment. But
Avast! is an on demand virus checker testing both program and data files
as they are opened and used. That's as opposed to most other virus
checkers with do a batch run against the disk contents, say, once per
day. I prefer it but it demands a fast processor not to introduce any
appreciable delay in the loading. But if the processor is fast enough
it can keep up with the much slower disk.
Now that I've said that I have to question what I told you before. I
think Norton (which I believe to be a once/day batch processor would
have previously checked your email program and data files on its last
batch run and would not be testing them again on load. But it would be
checking the incoming new mail before appending to the mail file. If
that's all true disabling Norton might have no visible effect on
performance at all.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks, Chuck. I have 2.5GB of memory and, normally, 30 to 80 emails from
> two photo lists, so this is probably the explanation. It never seems to
> change, and Norton never finds problems, so I guess I will just live with
> it. That is the only slow-down that I experience with Norton.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT Windows XP PC question
>
>
>> I'm not Joel but would suggest that this consists of two parts with the
>> longer being: (1) loading and parsing of the email file into some form
>> of linked list in memory in preparation for pre-pending the new entries
>> and (2) loading the requisite parts of Norton anti-virus that deals with
>> email.
>>
>> Note that (1) could take a long time if you have lots of mail in the
>> file and small memory in the computer which will force use of virtual
>> memory to hold the in-memory version of the mail file.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Joel,
>>>
>>> Since you seem well versed in this sort of activity, I would like to see
>>> if
>>> you have ever noticed one peculiarity that I see each day. I use Norton,
>>> and just updated to the 2010 version. With both the 2009 and 2010
>>> versions,
>>> I note that, on the first email that I click on each morning, the
>>> computer
>>> disk activity light is on for 30 to 60 seconds, before the email content
>>> is
>>> displayed. After the first one, all is normal. ( I turn my system off at
>>> night, and restart each morning.)
>>> Does this have an easy explanation?
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:53 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT Windows XP PC question
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Yes, I have also wondered why the computer frequently shows disk
>>>>> activity,
>>>>> when really there seems to be no reason why. Sometimes it goes on for
>>>>> many seconds.
>>>> I tend to watch most activity using the already-mentioned Zone Alarm,
>>>> and the most frequent items that ask for access are Apple's Bonjour
>>>> service, Java, and AVG, which all seem to want to phone home. This is
>>>> appropriate for those services, so no problems. There is a free
>>>> utility called Startup Inspector which allows you to tweak your
>>>> startup folder stuff. I still use it on the family computer (which I
>>>> don't monitor very much), though I prefer just to evaluate requests on
>>>> the computers I use a lot by letting Zone Alarm do its thing.
>>>>
>>>> AVG 9.0 appears to be quite active. I assume most virus checkers are.
>>>> I also notice when there is disk activity that the ZA icon is active,
>>>> and as long as I see that, I don't worry as I do allow known good guys
>>>> to phone home to check for updates, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Joel W.
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