[Virtualacorn-list] Virtual Acorn Setup Problem

[Steve Joyce]

In article <gemini.kcarjc00ebsuq02vw at wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid>,
   Jeremy Nicoll - virtualacorn <jn.ml.vac.83 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:
> Steve Joyce <Steve at joyces.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> > Since initiating this thread, I've been distracted by other problems
> > - disappearing emails being one, but it is long past the time to
> > reply to some of the suggestions proffered.
[snip]

> Is the machine connected to the internet?  If so, try disconnecting it,
> and running it.  Then try with it still disconnected, without any
> software firewall you might have turned on.  Then try with no antivirus
> and/or anti spyware apps going.  Make certain that you do turn these
> things on later when restarting internet use.
Yes, connected to the internet.

> If you run VRPC non-full-screen(*) you should be able to have the tasks
> manager display visible at the same time.  If you set it up (by
> clicking the cpu column header twice) to show processes using most cpu
> time at the top of the display, when vrpc next grinds to a halt you
> should be able to see enough of the tasks display to see what's using
> so much cpu.
Thanks, that seems worth a try so that I can, hopefully, indentify whats
hogging the processor.

> If Diskeeper is one of those 'on the fly' defraggers,, turn that off
> too. It seems to me you're looking for some frequently running
> background task that hogs cpu, to find out what it is.  You'll have to
> try turning them off one by one to see which one causes this.
Only run when I tell/ask it.

> * on my laptop I used !Boot/Config -> Display -> Automode to define a
>   virtual MDF for a 30Hz 1200x700 display.  The windows display runs at
>   a slightly higher resolution.  As my VRPC system boots in a smaller
>   window size, once it's 'up', I get it to issue a command:

>   *WimpMode X1200 Y700 C16M EX1 EY1 F30
[snip]
I've reduced the refresh rate from the initial value (76Hz down to 50Hz
from memory). Running at 1280x1024 C16M.

>   I have a set of Obey files each with similar WimpMode commands in
>   them for forcing different maximum emulated window sizes.

>   Anyway with 1200x700 in use here the VRPC window running
>   non-fullscreen (in VRPC terms) is in practice occupying nearly all of
>   the laptop's screen.  But I can still get the mouse pointer down to
>   the very bottom rows to get to the XP task bar, and there's an area
>   about 1/2 inch wide at the righthand side of the real screen that I
>   park other windows apps windows in.  And as I say, one can have task
>   manager just visible in that portion.
>   
Thanks again. For some reason, this digest has split into separate
articles, unlike earlier ones. No  obvious reason why Pluto stopped
splitting them, and is now reverted to normal.

Cheers,

Steve