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  Asked: Apr 23 2008   8:02 AM GMT
  Asked by: Naib Ali

System Hangs


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I have abt 30 pcs in the environment. from some time there is a strange problem in almost all pcs including server. They all become stucking or hanging or slow processing at 5 pm local time. I tried everything on it but cant find any solution for that.

Please tell me any reason of it or any cure for that


Thanks in advance

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Last Answered: Apr 23 2008  2:57 PM GMT  by Adolphus




hey man you might want to try and check you antivirus software such as mcafee which runs at a certain time, if it's not configure correctly it will hug you processor at 100% check on this even symantec. it can be turndown to only 10% i was experiencing the same issue about a few years back, if thats not the problem look into you task manager processes and see what spiking your cpu at a high rate. start you check around 4:55pm sort it by highest.
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Naib Ali  |   May 2 2008  7:09AM GMT

Thanks Buddy I, you r right I m using Mcafee Enterprise Version 8.5, may be thats the update may be the problem, I will check it, and tell me how to reduce processor usage to 10% as u told. Is it ok to use MCafee for Windows Server 2003 or should I try other Antivirus, Thanks again and waiting for ur reply….

 

Schmidtw  |   Jul 22 2008  3:24PM GMT

you should look into lighter footprint software, McAffee has a reputation for processor hogging.

 

Pressler2904  |   Jul 23 2008  4:33PM GMT

To my experience, both McAfee and Symantec antivirus solutions have a tendency to be processor hogs if left in the default configuration. While “throttling” their processor usage may seem to resolve your W/S and server hangs, I agree that a lighter footprint antivirus solution would be preferable. Try Sophos or Kapersky… There are others as well.