WTF ??? P-1 slowdown

PageFault · 2012-03-01, 00:14

I am running one instance of trial factoring and one instance of P-1 on my aging Pentium D setup. It is with P-1 that I have identified a problem which appears to be due to another application, Microsoft Internet Exploder. Running this wreaks havoc on prime95, slowing the P-1 by 20 - 30 sec per iteration, and also serious disrupts the trial factoring instance.

What is worse, the P-1 instance never recovers, even after closing IE. The trial factoring usually, but not always, does recover. I suspect that this is due to ads using flushplayer, since browsing this site does not incur the problem. Only a reboot completely fixes the problem.

What can be done ??? I could jack the priority of the P-1 instance to runtime and let IE thrash the TF core. I shall test to see if this is effective.

FYI, P-1 is allocated 1024 MB of 2048 MB RAM installed. I doubt that the light Office suite that I use comes close to using that much memory.

How can I disable flushplayer? I cant find it ... used to be in system directory, as macromedia ... I have had this problem before, and dealt with it ...

Thanks in advance

Dubslow · 2012-03-01, 00:29

http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_flash.asp
http://weblogz.org/ehaugsjaa/how_to_...ll_flash_2.htm
http://lifehacker.com/5533694/use-in...-block-feature
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...7-or-ie-8.aspx

You'll probably get better results if you use your Windows and IE version in the Google. I guessed.

PageFault · 2012-03-01, 21:53

Thanks for the help, finally disabled that pile of shit.

2012-03-01, 00:14	#1
PageFault Aug 2002 Dawn of the Dead 5×47 Posts	WTF ??? P-1 slowdown I am running one instance of trial factoring and one instance of P-1 on my aging Pentium D setup. It is with P-1 that I have identified a problem which appears to be due to another application, Microsoft Internet Exploder. Running this wreaks havoc on prime95, slowing the P-1 by 20 - 30 sec per iteration, and also serious disrupts the trial factoring instance. What is worse, the P-1 instance never recovers, even after closing IE. The trial factoring usually, but not always, does recover. I suspect that this is due to ads using flushplayer, since browsing this site does not incur the problem. Only a reboot completely fixes the problem. What can be done ??? I could jack the priority of the P-1 instance to runtime and let IE thrash the TF core. I shall test to see if this is effective. FYI, P-1 is allocated 1024 MB of 2048 MB RAM installed. I doubt that the light Office suite that I use comes close to using that much memory. How can I disable flushplayer? I cant find it ... used to be in system directory, as macromedia ... I have had this problem before, and dealt with it ... Thanks in advance

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2012-03-01, 00:29	#2
Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 1C35₁₆ Posts	http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_flash.asp http://weblogz.org/ehaugsjaa/how_to_...ll_flash_2.htm http://lifehacker.com/5533694/use-in...-block-feature http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...7-or-ie-8.aspx You'll probably get better results if you use your Windows and IE version in the Google. I guessed.

2012-03-01, 21:53	#3
PageFault Aug 2002 Dawn of the Dead 5×47 Posts	Thanks for the help, finally disabled that pile of shit.