Cyril Halbach wrote: > Does anyone have Microsoft Security Essentials installed on vista? > I would surely appreciate knowing if it is also hogging your computer as > it apparently seems to be > doing to me. It is using up 50% of the CPU time when it is running and > at times runs higher than that. > I thought at first is would scan the machine at night because it is set > for 2:00am but for some reason it > to run just about any time of the day even when I am using the system. > At least Google Desktop only uses > the system when it is otherwise idle. > > Cy Still using XP here, but from the sound of things the system could have too many applications running at once. Remember how we used to regulate that with a thing called "startup control"? -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 571215671 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Blog http://pc-tech-upper-hutt.blogspot.com/ Get a copy of my novel entitled "Return" at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1382737 Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.