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Old Codger

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Jul 17, 2010, 10:41:59 PM7/17/10
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TB 3.1 continues to freeze for 5 to 10 seconds randomly. Again, are
there any sincere suggestions to remedy this persistent irritant?

Old Codger

goodwin

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Jul 18, 2010, 2:03:07 AM7/18/10
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On 07/17/2010 07:41 PM Old Codger scribbled:

> TB 3.1 continues to freeze for 5 to 10 seconds randomly. Again, are
> there any sincere suggestions to remedy this persistent irritant?
>
> Old Codger

The reasons for the problem can be many, not only Tbird.

Why do you think it is a Tbird issue?
Have you checked your network/ISP connections?
What type of connection do you use?

Old Codger

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Jul 18, 2010, 2:25:16 AM7/18/10
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No other program does this.
Yes, checked all that.
Cable internet; no problems.

Graham P Davis

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Jul 18, 2010, 3:10:17 AM7/18/10
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And it happens on Linux as well.
And no other program on this system shows the same symptoms.
And I'm on cable internet.

Mind you, I'm using a 64-bit version so TB will probably shift the blame
elsewhere.

--
Graham Davis, Bracknell, Berks. E-mail: newsman, not newsboy

goodwin

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Jul 18, 2010, 3:10:54 AM7/18/10
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On 07/17/2010 11:25 PM Old Codger scribbled:

off the wall - tools>settings>advanced>config editor>
filter for prefetch

change options from what you see...

kes

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Jul 18, 2010, 5:35:01 AM7/18/10
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On 18/07/2010 08:03, goodwin wrote:
> On 07/17/2010 07:41 PM Old Codger scribbled:
>
>> TB 3.1 continues to freeze for 5 to 10 seconds randomly. Again, are
>> there any sincere suggestions to remedy this persistent irritant?
>>
>> Old Codger
>
> The reasons for the problem can be many, not only Tbird.
>
> Why do you think it is a Tbird issue?

Because many more people have raised this same issue (and you can add me
to the list). I am running on 32-bit Win XP Pro.
Your 'off the wall' suggesions further down the thread are a bit too
off-the-wall, as they suggest fiddling with about:config defaults which
obviously are common to most TB3.1 users.

Chris Ilias

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Jul 18, 2010, 5:11:15 PM7/18/10
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On 10-07-17 10:41 PM, Old Codger wrote:
> TB 3.1 continues to freeze for 5 to 10 seconds randomly. Again, are
> there any sincere suggestions to remedy this persistent irritant?

If you close Thunderbird, then start Thunderbird in Safe Mode, does the
problem still occur? For instructions on starting in Safe Mode, see
<http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode>.

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Chris Ilias <http://ilias.ca>
List-owner: support-firefox, support-thunderbird, test-multimedia

John Elvin

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Jul 23, 2010, 3:00:07 AM7/23/10
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When it freezes have you checked in Task manager to see if any process
is using a lot of CPU? I see freezes and it is always MsMpEng.exe
(Microsoft Security Essentials).

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jelv

Ron Hunter

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Jul 23, 2010, 3:08:16 AM7/23/10
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You might try adding your TB profile to the folders that MSE doesn't scan.

Graham P Davis

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Jul 23, 2010, 4:56:56 AM7/23/10
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On Friday 23 July 2010 08:00, John Elvin scribbled:

Doesn't explain me getting the same problem with TB3 in Linux. Frustrating
to be typing a post and checking to see what I've written and found half a
line missing and then sit and wait for the darned thing to catch up with my
two-fingered typing.

You may notice I'm not now using TB as it's got its old troubles with
corrupted newsgroup storage and just seizes up totally - using all of one
processor - when accessing this one. I've got fed up with deleting files
every week to sort the thing out. It's been a problem (feature?) since
Netscape 1.2N and I would have hoped it would have been rectified by now.

Old Codger

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Jul 23, 2010, 9:00:48 AM7/23/10
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Bingo! I turned off MSE|Settings|Mnitor file and program activity on
your computer

It no longer freezes or slows down like molasses on a cold day. Of
course, no I have anti-virus in a compromised state...

Old Codger

John Elvin

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Jul 24, 2010, 4:20:55 AM7/24/10
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D'oh!

Thanks for the suggestion - it's looking much better now!

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jelv

The Real Bev

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Jul 31, 2010, 11:31:48 PM7/31/10
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Never noticed this behavior with TB, but it happens all the time with
FF. I toggled the FF prefetch entry. Knock wood!

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Cheers, Bev
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who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."
-- Anna Quindlen

Wayne Mery

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Aug 1, 2010, 11:16:54 AM8/1/10
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On 7/31/2010 11:31 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 07/18/10 00:10, goodwin wrote:
>
>> On 07/17/2010 11:25 PM Old Codger scribbled:
>>
>>> On 7/18/2010 12:03 AM, goodwin wrote:
>>>> On 07/17/2010 07:41 PM Old Codger scribbled:
>>>>
>>>>> TB 3.1 continues to freeze for 5 to 10 seconds randomly. Again, are
>>>>> there any sincere suggestions to remedy this persistent irritant?
>>>>>
>>>>> Old Codger
>>>> The reasons for the problem can be many, not only Tbird.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you think it is a Tbird issue?
>>>> Have you checked your network/ISP connections?
>>>> What type of connection do you use?
>>>
>>> No other program does this.
>>> Yes, checked all that.
>>> Cable internet; no problems.
>>
>> off the wall - tools>settings>advanced>config editor>
>> filter for prefetch
>>
>> change options from what you see...
>
> Never noticed this behavior with TB, but it happens all the time with
> FF. I toggled the FF prefetch entry. Knock wood!
>

FYI https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Controlling_DNS_prefetching
In Firefox I would expect disabling prefetch to have bad effect, unless
you are experiencing something like
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475603 Lots of timeouts for
DNS requests with Netgear Router WGR614, and stylesheet/css rendering
problems

In Thunderbird, you should not be seeing any ill-effects due to bug
545407 and bug 544745 - essentially prefect is not used.

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http://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing
http://www.spreadthunderbird.com/aff/165/

Wayne Mery

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Aug 4, 2010, 8:39:42 AM8/4/10
to The Real Bev
On 7/31/2010 11:31 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 07/18/10 00:10, goodwin wrote:
>
>> On 07/17/2010 11:25 PM Old Codger scribbled:
>>
>>> On 7/18/2010 12:03 AM, goodwin wrote:
>>>> On 07/17/2010 07:41 PM Old Codger scribbled:
>>>>
>>>>> TB 3.1 continues to freeze for 5 to 10 seconds randomly. Again, are
>>>>> there any sincere suggestions to remedy this persistent irritant?
>>>>>
>>>>> Old Codger
>>>> The reasons for the problem can be many, not only Tbird.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you think it is a Tbird issue?
>>>> Have you checked your network/ISP connections?
>>>> What type of connection do you use?
>>>
>>> No other program does this.
>>> Yes, checked all that.
>>> Cable internet; no problems.
>>
>> off the wall - tools>settings>advanced>config editor>
>> filter for prefetch
>>
>> change options from what you see...
>
> Never noticed this behavior with TB, but it happens all the time with
> FF. I toggled the FF prefetch entry. Knock wood!

The Real Bev, did that change help?

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