Several times now my HomeSeer Server locked up. Thought it was a bad video card because the PC seemed to be running but monitor claimed that there was no signal. Took out my ATI card and started using the on-board video. PC locked up again. Rebooted and watched Task Manager.
Three programs were using the most memory: HomeSeer/hs_compatibility/plug-ins, McShield, and javaw. The last one was for a Java program running. McShield is McAfee.
I had been using Norton but it was a resource hog but not nearly like McAfee. McAfee seemed to always use some resources but after recent updates it seems like a recent update made things worse. An IT guy told me to try F-PROT as it uses less resources. I have McAfee for 11 more months. It was free after rebates and is good for three PCs.
With McAfee, I can disable ActiveShield which I did and CPU went back to typical 30-40% level. If I do not open emails with suspect attachments, I suppose I do not need the email protection.
While in the process of turning things off. I also noticed that Windows Firewall was on and I turned it back off (I rely on NAT firewall). I suspect that McAfee turned it on for me during its installation.
I will search internet for what I can do to keep as much of McAfee running as possible. Anyone else have suggestions?
BTW, I suppose I can put my ATI card back. Would that provide any performance improvement over using on-board or the fact that I am adding a PCI card already creates a resource drain?
Three programs were using the most memory: HomeSeer/hs_compatibility/plug-ins, McShield, and javaw. The last one was for a Java program running. McShield is McAfee.
I had been using Norton but it was a resource hog but not nearly like McAfee. McAfee seemed to always use some resources but after recent updates it seems like a recent update made things worse. An IT guy told me to try F-PROT as it uses less resources. I have McAfee for 11 more months. It was free after rebates and is good for three PCs.
With McAfee, I can disable ActiveShield which I did and CPU went back to typical 30-40% level. If I do not open emails with suspect attachments, I suppose I do not need the email protection.
While in the process of turning things off. I also noticed that Windows Firewall was on and I turned it back off (I rely on NAT firewall). I suspect that McAfee turned it on for me during its installation.
I will search internet for what I can do to keep as much of McAfee running as possible. Anyone else have suggestions?
BTW, I suppose I can put my ATI card back. Would that provide any performance improvement over using on-board or the fact that I am adding a PCI card already creates a resource drain?
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