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I forgot to say, that I use Win98SE. I had similar problems when I used
WinNT4.0 (before using Sygate and ZoneAlarm). NT does from time to
time some housekeeping which hindered me when daytrading; that's one
of the reasons, I went back to Win98(the other one is using USB (e.g. for
two mice on one PC))
Nick
Date sent: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:57:26 -0800
From: Dennis Holverstott <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Nick Malzahn <kmz@xxxxxxxx>
Copies to: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Better than Black Ice
> Short version - fixed my problem with Sygate and ZoneAlarm.
> Long version - read on.
>
> Nick wrote:
> > SGSERV.EXE 3% (Sygate)
> > VSMON.EXE 2.1% (ZoneAlarm)
> > ZONEALARM.EXE 1.4% (ZoneAlarm)
> >
> > 6.5% of the CPU-time were used by Sygate and ZoneAlarm. For me
> > that's worth it.
>
> Thanks Nick. I hadn't realized that VSMON.EXE was ZA. I suspect that my
> _average_ is similar to yours. Okay, just checked the CPU time and it's
> about 7-8%. The problem is that CPU usage spikes up to 100% or nearly
> that every few seconds and typing and scrolling in some internet apps
> get jerky when it does. Couldn't see any problems typing and scrolling
> in Word.
>
> I also have a file named SYGATE.EXE. That one and VSMON.EXE are the ones
> using the CPU so much. I went into NT Task Manager and set the priority
> for SYGATE.EXE, VSMON.EXE, and ZONEALARM.EXE to LOW and it seems to have
> fixed the problem. I tried to change SGSERV.EXE but it wouldn't let me
> do it. The CPU is still getting spiked but now I can type in Netscape
> with no problems. I'm not that fast a typist but I hate typing faster
> than the screen on a P3-450 with 320MB. :-)
>
> Back in stealth mode,
> Dennis
>
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