Tiger becoming unresponsive
I'm running Tiger 10.4.2 and every now and then the system will become unresponsive. The unresponsiveness grows exponentially with respect to the time it started. The clock on the menubar updates in minutes instead of seconds. You can do things but the % CPU usage for system processes is at 102%. So clicking on a dock icon may take a minute or more. The funny thing is you can choose a cocoa application's window and move it around the screen just as fast as possible (ie: terminal with opacity) and it performs as fast as one would expect. The CPU cooling fan never ramps up. So it seems that part of the system is working just fine. Most of the time you have to hold down the power button and reset the machine. Two or Three time I was able to recover from this condition. Once by quitting a running java application.
At first I suspected the 5.0 JVM, but I've seen it happen without running (at least to my knowledge) the JVM at all. Lately, I've been suspicious of Virtual PC 7.0.2 running Windows XP but haven't been able to confirm it.
I've talked to Apple and Microsoft, but no help there.
Has anybody seen this at all, and been able to isolate the problem?
I installed Virtual PC 7 "stand alone" Sunday, upgraded to 7.02 and imported Win98 and Win2K PC's from Connectix Virtual PC 5.x (hadn't used for quite some time). I tried upgrading IE on the Win2k VM and shortly thereafter all but the mouse became unresponsive. After two Hard resets my 60G boot drive wouldn't boot, or even show up in Disk Utility when booting off another drive(also Tiger 10.4.2). I got it mounted in the external firewire box, but Disk Utility couldn't repair it, and even the other Boot of Tiger became unresponsive (though not as completely). My first thought was that Virtual PC killed my system: it's the first upgrade I've bought since Microsoft took it over from Connectix, and naturally I was skeptical. but after having so much trouble fixing the drive I thought maybe it was just an incredible coincidence - having had no major drive trouble for years. After reformatting the drive, however, it seems to behave just fine (too soon to tell for sure), which led me back to searching for Virtual PC 7 and Tiger links in this discussion.
By the way, I installed VPC 7 (not the 7.02 upgrad) on a different G4 running 10.3.9 Tuesday, installed win2k, upgraded IE to 6.? and it has been working flawlessly - so far.
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MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,1
1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 3:59:26
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.42 GB (374.93 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
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com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67)
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.monitor (653)
com.intego.iokit.BehavioralKext (1)
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.network (653)
com.intego.netbarrier.kext.process (653)
com.intego.virusbarrier.kext.realtime (775)
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[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.integod.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.taskmanager.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.icalserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.commonservices.metrics.kschecker.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.logger.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.monitor.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netbarrier.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.netupdate.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.emlparser.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.logger.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.intego.virusbarrier.daemon.scanner.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[invalid] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
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[System] com.intego.netbarrier.alert.plist 3rd-Party support link
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link
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Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126 - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.3 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.70 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.9 3rd-Party support link
ContentUploaderPlugin: Version: 1.2 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
Safari Extensions:
Pinterest: Version: 1.0
Dashlane: Version: 2.4.0.55923
Audio Plug-ins:
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AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
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Picasa: Version: 1.0 3rd-Party support link
Box Edit: Version: 1.2.8(310) - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
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DivX 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Growl 3rd-Party support link
Perian 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
TurboTax Deluxe 2011: Version: 2011.r15.011 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.2.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
iSkysoft Helper Compact: Version: 2.2.5.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
/Applications/Epson Software
EPSON Software Updater: Version: 2.1.2 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Epson Connect Printer Setup: Version: 1.2.2 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Utility/UT4
EpsonSuppliesTool4: Version: 8.61 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Epson Printer Utility 4: Version: 8.61 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 465.12 GB Disk used: 115.94 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.76 GB
Total number of backups: 3
Oldest backup: 2013-09-11 14:21:30 +0000
Last backup: 2014-01-18 19:16:24 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 465.76 GB > (Disk used 115.94 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
100% com.apple.ShareKitHelper
2% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
2% Dock
1% BehavioralInjector_64
Top Processes by Memory:
1.48 GB com.apple.ShareKitHelper
123 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
90 MB WebKitPluginHost
66 MB Safari
57 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
147 MB Free RAM
1.44 GB Active RAM
1.27 GB Inactive RAM
905 MB Wired RAM
990 MB Page-ins
129 MB Page-outs
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You also need to clean out your login items list, which is extensive, and should uninstall any apps you're not using. (I see you have Turbo Tax 2011, for example... since it is now the 2013 tax season, you can probably uninstall the 2011 version at this point.) When uninstalling an app, be sure to use the uninstaller provided by the developer of that app. Do not simply drag it to the trash (unless it was purchased from the App Store), and do not use any general-purpose uninstallers like AppZapper or AppCleaner.
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100% com.apple.ShareKitHelper
Top Processes by Memory:
1.48 GB com.apple.ShareKitHelper
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Date and Time Severity Level Action Test / Production Description API Class Rule Caller Process ID Caller Process Parameter User
2012-07-30 10:48:09 AM 15 Block Production Unauthorized NT call rejected by protection driver. System Built-in rule 1608 FlashplayerPlu FuncID-B6H, R... None
At first we thought that it was a Javascript problem until we noticed this log. The key words are 'Block' and 'FlashPlayerPlu'. This problem recently started for us, perhaps with a software push 1-2 weeks ago. Internet Explorer does not hang when accessing pages with Flash.
The Flash page does eventually load after a long time. However, since the whole browser hangs for a while, for the most part having the Flash plugin enabled makes Firefox unusable if accessing pages with Flash.
Disabling the Flash plugin solves the hanging problem, but I do not know what is causing the problem, nor do I know when a combination of Windows 7, Flash, and Symantec will work. Your later version of Symantec shows that we might have the problem for a while, but I do not know what customization CSC did with Symantec. My coworker did run a complete virus scan, uncovering nothing. Another co-worker is running Windows XP. She does not have the problem, but I do not know what other versions of software she is running.
Symantec Endpoint Protection version 11.0.6100.645
Flash version 11.3.300.268
Firefox version 14.0.1
Windows 7 32-bit service pack 1 -
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