XP Pro... What the heck...

Hi Guys,

I know some of you are very good when it comes to Windows XP Pro and what is and isnt normal, so I thought I would post a question here...

I have 512MB System memory and I was wandering, if that was getting chewed up and basically getting critically low, say below 50MB available, would windows free (Including the mouse) like a pause, to try and free some system memory?

I am just curious becuase recently my system has been having a hard reign when it comes to pausing for upto 5 seconds at a time, and repeats this until I reset, although I haven't left it waiting longer than 5 mins to see if it stops by itself. This doesn't happen ALL the time, say 2 or 3 times a week.


Also, here is a paste from my system information - running processes section.. Can someone tell me if some stuff shouldn't be here or I can disable somehow? When I got this readout all I was running was Avast! Home edition and azureus.... Nothing else was loaded.

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agrsmmsg.exe c:\windows\agrsmmsg.exe 1844 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 2.1.41.10 2.1.41.10 06/29/2004 09:06:35 86.29 KB (88,363 bytes) 3/4/2006 8:17 PM

alg.exe Not Available 2500 8 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

ashdisp.exe c:\progra~1\alwils~1\avast4\ashdisp.exe 1896 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5, 0, 0, 0 105.63 KB (108,160 bytes) 8/15/2006 4:30 AM

ashserv.exe c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashserv.exe 560 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 4, 7, 844, 0 105.63 KB (108,160 bytes) 8/15/2006 4:30 AM

aswupdsv.exe c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\aswupdsv.exe 548 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available 57.63 KB (59,008 bytes) 8/15/2006 4:30 AM

azureus.exe c:\program files\azureus\azureus.exe 312 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:30 AM 1.0.0.0 152.00 KB (155,648 bytes) 2/24/2006 3:13 AM

csrss.exe Not Available 580 13 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

explorer.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe 1532 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 1,008.00 KB (1,032,192 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

helpctr.exe c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpctr.exe 3708 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 7:50 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 750.50 KB (768,512 bytes) 3/4/2006 6:33 PM

helpsvc.exe c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpsvc.exe 1700 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 7:50 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 726.50 KB (743,936 bytes) 3/4/2006 6:33 PM

iexplore.exe c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe 344 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 91.00 KB (93,184 bytes) 3/4/2006 6:32 PM

jusched.exe c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe 1888 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.0.60.5 36.11 KB (36,975 bytes) 8/14/2006 3:19 PM

lsass.exe c:\windows\system32\lsass.exe 664 9 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 13.00 KB (13,312 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

nvsvc32.exe c:\windows\system32\nvsvc32.exe 968 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 6.14.10.8198 128.07 KB (131,139 bytes) 12/10/2005 3:06 AM

services.exe c:\windows\system32\services.exe 652 9 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 105.50 KB (108,032 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

smss.exe c:\windows\system32\smss.exe 524 11 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 49.50 KB (50,688 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

soundman.exe c:\windows\soundman.exe 1852 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5, 1, 0, 54 564.00 KB (577,536 bytes) 8/12/2006 1:15 AM

spoolsv.exe c:\windows\system32\spoolsv.exe 1276 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2696 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050610-1519) 56.50 KB (57,856 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

svchost.exe c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe 832 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 14.00 KB (14,336 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

svchost.exe Not Available 880 8 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

svchost.exe c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe 948 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 14.00 KB (14,336 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

svchost.exe Not Available 1032 8 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

svchost.exe Not Available 1092 8 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

svchost.exe c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe 1572 8 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 14.00 KB (14,336 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

system Not Available 4 8 0 1413120 Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available

system idle process Not Available 0 0 Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available

wdfmgr.exe Not Available 1600 8 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 6:23 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

winlogon.exe c:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe 604 13 204800 1413120 8/17/2006 6:23 AM 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 490.50 KB (502,272 bytes) 8/18/2001 9:30 PM

wmiprvse.exe Not Available 1728 8 Not Available Not Available 8/17/2006 7:50 AM Not Available Not Available Not Available

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What does taskmanger say during this time within the performance tab? Is it spiking at 100% and large page file usage?

What is your page file set? How much hard drive space do you have left?
Within processes, what is the peak mem usage and VM size on the process that may be causing this issue?

Peak mem usage and vm size can be show, if you click "View", "Select Columns".

I personally have those, and vm size, paged pool, i/o reads, i/o writes, i/o read bytes, and Command line.

I assume xp is fully updated? Are you running anything in particular in the background? Any tasks that are set during these times?

Does the eventvwr.msc have anything going on during these times? <---- this can be checked any time, as long as you remember the dates and times this has caused an issue.

 

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