ThinkVantage Registry Monitor Service consuming too much CPU!
My X200 Tablet is often in an unusable stable for 10~20 minutes after a reboot or a wakeup from a sleep/hibernation state. I noticed it's mainly because CPU is busy with the ThinkVantage Registry Monitor Service.
I noticed that although the CPU usage of "tvt_reg_monitor_svc.exe" is often <10%, another process "System" is often taking >80% CPU when "tvt_reg_monitor_svc.exe" is running. "System" CPU usage immediately comes down when "tvt_reg_monitor_svc.exe" is killed. Is it a kind of camouflage? Thanks!
I was not able to disabling the registry monitor service completely either. Although I can stop and disable it in the Services control panel, it will automatically come back to life after a reboot. I heard that it may be because some other lenovo services, such as the Fingerprint Server, Rescue & Recovery, may need the Registry monitor service.
Anyone know how can I continue to use RnR and the fingerprint service but keep the annoying Registry Monitor service disabled? I'd like to use the fingerprint reader for convenience, and use RnR for saving data too! (my laptop, half a year old, crashed once already, and RnR saved my data!) Or, how to make the Registry Monitor use less CPU?
BTW, my X200 tablet is running Windows XP SP3, and currently up-to-date using both lenovo's "ThinkVantage System Update" and microsoft's "Windows Update".
Thanks!
Hi,
this situation was fixed by one patch, so please try to install following patch, if this fixes your situation too:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-69109
Let me know, if this helps.
Cheers
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PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
5936 bsdson 20 0 53696 14m 9908 R 34.3 2.8 6:52.08 xpad
I don't know what's happened to xpad and I think it's not right!
Some other informations that may help to audit the situation are as follows:
output of "lsof"
[503 ~:bsdson 14:07]$ lsof -p 5936
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
xpad 5936 bsdson cwd DIR 3,3 4096 16578 /home/bsdson
xpad 5936 bsdson rtd DIR 3,3 4096 2 /
xpad 5936 bsdson txt REG 3,3 106784 1167614 /usr/bin/xpad
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 70888 1229138 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 1383016 460167 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.30
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 260714 469032 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 244598 465457 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 229672 469372 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.18.2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 39960 622977 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libxfce.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 7407 628487 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so
xpad 5936 bsdson DEL REG 0,8 98307 /SYSV00000000
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 65932 541280 /usr/share/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 1203565 459788 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.9
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 1102863 460619 /usr/lib/libscim-1.0.so.8.2.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 97079 835608 /usr/lib/scim-1.0/1.4.0/IMEngine/socket.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 32923 938695 /usr/lib/scim-1.0/1.4.0/Config/socket.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 192752 938704 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/immodules/im-scim.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 9103 579077 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 110289 458822 /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 20890468 541939 /usr/share/fonts/TTF/uming.ttf
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 64176 1130585 /var/cache/fontconfig/8d4af663993b81a124ee82e610bb31f9-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 19808 1130584 /var/cache/fontconfig/a98d8961fa319a64d3cfd8640c79e62d-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 12112 1130560 /var/cache/fontconfig/5a02e0a9ca9b27d0aa4bd0c42ba2438d-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 60824 1130555 /var/cache/fontconfig/d62e99ef547d1d24cdb1bd22ec1a2976-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 184848 1130554 /var/cache/fontconfig/f6b893a7224233d96cb72fd88691c0b4-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 284528 1130552 /var/cache/fontconfig/17090aa38d5c6f09fb8c5c354938f1d7-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 285224 1130540 /var/cache/fontconfig/df311e82a1a24c41a75c2c930223552e-x86.cache-2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 5817880 508074 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 45839 1229021 /lib/libnss_files-2.7.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 17728 474987 /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 4975 1278022 /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xpad.mo
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 99824 469427 /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtk20-properties.mo
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 1541072 557747 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 20620 459252 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 9736 468831 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 164278 464007 /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 126332 1540527 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 6054 471891 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 168315 1231016 /lib/libpcre.so.0.0.1
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 76174 1231017 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 563882 465462 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.16
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 211710 475007 /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1800.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 39845 1540334 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 25962 469760 /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 35209 467377 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 8764 1540137 /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 35203 469295 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 63628 467168 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 212151 465792 /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.2.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 176772 1229019 /lib/libm-2.7.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 156478 464218 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.23.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 17791 461410 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 8331 469208 /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 8800 474244 /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 1045771 1540528 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 1488269 1229055 /lib/libc-2.7.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 786780 465417 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.4
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 13474 1229031 /lib/libdl-2.7.so
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 13014 465310 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.1400.4
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 300452 464093 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1400.4
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 568682 1540439 /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2.11.6
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 289114 475000 /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.1800.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 44703 474474 /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1800.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 129100 461455 /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.1200.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 361631 1540328 /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0.2009.1
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 668823 461445 /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 4429835 461439 /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1200.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 97607 1540312 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 33356 473707 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 21314 1277960 /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/scim.mo
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 51006 459861 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 9247 460625 /usr/lib/libscim-x11utils-1.0.so.8.2.3
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 59076 469420 /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtk20.mo
xpad 5936 bsdson mem REG 3,3 127601 1228807 /lib/ld-2.7.so
xpad 5936 bsdson 0r CHR 1,3 6003 /dev/null
xpad 5936 bsdson 1w REG 3,3 3139 23446 /home/bsdson/.xsession-errors
xpad 5936 bsdson 2w REG 3,3 3139 23446 /home/bsdson/.xsession-errors
xpad 5936 bsdson 3u unix 0xdede0600 13342 socket
xpad 5936 bsdson 4u unix 0xdede0c00 13345 /home/bsdson/.config/xpad/server
xpad 5936 bsdson 6u unix 0xde908a00 13424 socket
xpad 5936 bsdson 7u unix 0xde908e00 13426 socket
xpad 5936 bsdson 8u unix 0xde908400 13428 socket
[503 ~:bsdson 14:07]$
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socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 110) = 0
getpeername(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, [20]) = 0
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read(4, "\0\0\0\4\300\250\250\245\0\0010\0\22MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1\0"..., 4096) = 548
close(4) = 0
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read(3, 0x80895f0, 8) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\0\v\0\0\0\231\0", 8) = 8
read(3, "\0\261\236\0\0\0\340\0\377\377\37\0\0\1\0\0\24\0\377\377\1\7\0\0 \10\377\264\26\36\10"..., 612) = 612
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{"7\0\5\0\0\0\340\0\203\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\377\377\377\0b\0\5\0\f\0\0\0BIG-"..., 40}], 1) = 40
select(4, [3], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\0\2\0\0\0\0\0\1\203\0\0008\252\261\277\313\260\24\10\334\n \10\20\252\261\277(\252\261\277", 4096) = 3
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{"\203\0\1\0", 4}], 1) = 4
select(4, [3], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\327\3\0\0\0\0\0\377\377?\0\313\260\24\10\334\n \10\20\252\261\277,\252\261\277X/\35\10", 4096) = 32
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{"\24\0\6\0\203\0\0\0\27\0\0\0\37\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\341\365\5", 24}], 1) = 24
select(4, [3], [], NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\10\4\0%\0\0\0\37\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\222\0\0\0\313\260\24\10\334\n \10\20\252\261\277"..., 4096) = 180
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=0}, {fd=9, events=0}], 5,
read(3, 0x8089e54, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1197527190, 966688}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, events=0}, {fd=9, events=0}], 5,
read(3, 0x8089e54, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1197527190, 966897}, NULL) = 0
<conitnues forever>
Can anyone help me to audit this?
BR,
bsdson.tw
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0 B Page-outs1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off merely by the seeming complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can read it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed. -
Firefox uses too much CPU ff3.6.3 any HELP?
Firefox uses way too much CPU. Running MAC OSX and ff 3.6.3 using "activity monitor" shows Firefox uses typically 96% of my CPU !!
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I noticed my computer was getting s- l -o w- e -rHello Kr.
This kind of issues are, unfortunately, more common and the we'd like. Thankfully, 99% of the cases are very easy to solve. However, you do need to diagnose what your exact problem is. Do this:
#run Firefox in [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode safe-mode] to disable all extensions, themes and plugins. If this fixes your issues, be them with RAM or CPU usage, then you know it's a problem with plugins, themes or extensions. Proceed to number 2. If safe-mode doesn't fix the issues, then read bellow, after this list;
#update all extensions, themes and plugins in your Firefox. If this doesn't solve the issues, proceed to the following number;
#disable all extensions, themes and plugins in your Firefox (not running safe-mode). Being certain that, as in safe-mode, the problems you're having have gone away, enable one plugin at a time. You should be certain that you WANT that plugin to be enabled, so keep your overall number of plugins as low as possible. When you encounter the problems, you know you've found a problematic plugin, so disable it for good. Keep enabling all plugins (except problematic ones) until you've gone through them all.
#enable one extension at a time. Again, be certain that you WANT that extension to be enabled, so keep your overall number of extensions as low as possible. Also, try the theme you want to have installed so see if that is what's causing the problem. When you encounter the problems, you know you've found a problematic extension/theme, so disable it for good. Keep enabling all your extensions (except problematic ones) until you've gone through them all;
#you're done! You've fixed your problems with problematic add-ons. If you want to keep using those problematic add-ons, please contant their author for support.
Ok, if disabling all extensions and plugins through safe-mode didn't work to bring Firefox's CPU and RAM usage to good levels, then you have different issue. The most likely scenario is that you have a third party software running on your computer that is messing with Firefox. Do as follows:
#try reinstalling Firefox. No data will be lost. You can get the latest version for free at [http://www.getfirefox.com/ getfirefox.com]. If that doesn't fix the problem, proceed;
#do a virus/malware check on your computer. If this doesn't fix it, proceed;
#disable all software running in the background that you don't want to have running in the background (in windows, this is done by pressing WINDOWS+R in your keyboard, typing "msconfig" (without the commas) and pressing enter. Now, under the "Startup" tab, you can uncheck the software you don't want, and reboot your system for changes to take effect. If you're unsure of what software you want running, ask someone with more experience). If this doesn't fix your issues with Firefox, proceed;
#check your firewall/antivirus/security suite for enabled functions/features that you don't want and/or may be conflicting with Firefox. You'll find that these features are most likely tied to Internet Security features, such as link scanners or URL checkers and the like. If you're not sure they are conflicting with Firefox, simply try to disable them to see whether or not that's true. As long as you don't browse the web with your antivirus completely off and your firewall completely turned off, there should be no problems. If this doesn't solve the issues, proceed to the following number;
#check your operating system security options, mainly advanced options that are not configured by default. While it's very unlikely that this may be the cause of the problem (after all, it's the last item on the list), it's remotely possible. If this doesn't work, proceed to the following point;
#update your modem/router software. There have been some reports that some modem/router software may cause Firefox and other browsers to loose performance and/or stability. If updating doesn't fix your issue, try other versions of the software, if possible. If you need support with this, contact your modem/router manufacturer. If this doesn't help, proceed;
#clean up your OS registry, using appropriate software. Make sure you've followed my instructions correctly, but if this all doesn't work, [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles create a new Firefox profile] (this can be temporary, of course) and see if the issues persist. Report here the results, so we can't help you further. -
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I don't have anything connected to my Macbook Pro (bought year 2006), not even mouse, just power wire.
What to do? I don't see any difference after the notice (that something has been shut down). It is just popping up all the time and makes working with the computer really annoying. It might be related situations the when computer is moved, or something.
Can I swich some USB-port/device off? Thank you in advance already!I had the same problem which arose just after I lost an external hard disk (Lacie 1 Tb started to make loud clicking sounds). I'm not sure whether I lost the hard disk because the break down of the USB-ports or whether I lost the USB-ports because of the break down of the hard disk (?).
Either way I get the same warning and after resetting the SMC and the PRAM I reinstalled the OS. Nothing of it helped. Instead I went to the authorised Apple service partner. And now it gets scary for real.
Apparently the USB-ports are an integrated part of the logic board (not just a card) and I need to get a new logic board to fix the USB-ports. Price 10.000 DKK. A new MacBook Pro will set me back 13.800 DDK (divide those figures by 5,8 to get US $).
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Hello everyone,
My macbook taking too much CPU processing power for playing Video file.Below shared the statistics..Is it a issue..? can you please help me here..I can't play simultaneously 2-3 MKV videos..distorted picture Quality.
Macbook:
mkv
Qucik Time PLayer (using perian plugin):50%
vlc:40%
mplayer:60%
normal(example Mp4)
Qucik Time PLayer (using perian plugin):30%
vlc:25%
where a normal Linux system takes
mkv file with VLC : 20-25%
Thanks in advance...Simple thing to try would be to disable composite and see how you fare then
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1. Delete and reinstall all email accounts.
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A technical colleague of mine is executing a procedure which selects data from two databases and inserts it into the third one. The procedure is not new and he has been executing the same since a year now.However in past two weeks the procedure is either consuming too much amount of time ( 3-4 hours as against 10-12 mins ) or it fails as it utilises more amount of temp space on the database on which insertions are made. In the temporary tablespace i added about 10gb more but it is still not suffice for the procedure to execute successfully.The sga for the database onto which insertion is done is 2560M and pga for the same is 2G.
Please suggest what is to be done as it is an extremely crucial procedure.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
rdxdbaIf you have Diagnostic Pack licence try to use AWR to compare instance activity for this procedure execution. If not try to install Statspack.
I recommend also to use SQL trace to have trace data for a "good" execution and for a "bad" execution and to compare TKPROF output for related trace files.
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