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Title: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: F3RL on 15. March 2009., 12:39:06
Hello,

I am currently using McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i + Patch 7. For some reason the computer freezes for few seconds and starts working again.
I did fresh install without ethernet cable plugged in but before I install VSE it did not freeze but after installing VSE it freezes.

You can move mouse around the screen but when you click on start or desktop icon or whatever AFTER few seconds of startup, it freezes.

Does anyone have experienced this sort of bug or something?
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: Samker on 15. March 2009., 13:10:06
Hello,

I am currently using McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i + Patch 7. For some reason the computer freezes for few seconds and starts working again.
I did fresh install without ethernet cable plugged in but before I install VSE it did not freeze but after installing VSE it freezes.

You can move mouse around the screen but when you click on start or desktop icon or whatever AFTER few seconds of startup, it freezes.

Does anyone have experienced this sort of bug or something?


I notice the same thing only in time when AV "pick" new update definitions or start scheduled Weekly Scan.

Check that first.  ;)

 
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: F3RL on 16. March 2009., 11:43:22
Thank you for reply,
I only do On-demand scan every weekends, no scheduled task except AutoUpdate I set the schedule to check for updates after 5:00AM, and missed task delayed by 5 minutes.

I dont have a big problem with it but the startup seems to be laggy.
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: Samker on 16. March 2009., 22:30:43

hmmm ???

I don't have any more ideas right now...

Anybody else??

 
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: georgecloner on 17. March 2009., 04:18:10
Try to access XP's event viewer and study them closely for defined errors (usually signed with a red marked icon).

For fast access: START>RUN

type in: "c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\eventvwr.msc"

Kindly give us info on errors you may find.

Is your MCAfee a legit one?
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: F3RL on 17. March 2009., 10:25:33
Try to access XP's event viewer and study them closely for defined errors (usually signed with a red marked icon).

type in: "c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\eventvwr.msc"

Is your MCAfee a legit one?

Sorry but I do not use 'legit' copy of VSE, it is pirated one (I apologize McAfee but I will get Internet Security suite soon).
Would you like the copy of it in case it contains malicious codes?
But it seems only happens to my computer, other laptops, computers I've installed have no problem with freezing at startup.

Thank you for your suggestion.  :thumbsup: and I will have a look at the event log
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: babynegro on 15. April 2009., 13:48:03
I have experienced the same problem in one of my computers. Think the problem are the hardware limitations (e.g. Processor, Memory, etc...).

I disabled the McAfee for launch at startup and it boot a little bit faster.

Current PC Configuration:
Brand: Dell Dimension 8200
OS: Windows XP Professional SP3
Processor: Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
Memory: 512MB RDRAM Dual Channel 400Mhz


Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: georgecloner on 16. April 2009., 04:47:32
2 things:

1.  100% CPU usage. (too many process in the background / cpu overheats)
2.  Memory clogged.

Hey F3RL, I'll give you a legit one (VSE8.7). interested? ;D
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: HISNA on 25. April 2009., 06:29:50
I might be...;) I'll have to see why VSE8.7 is better than 8.5i before I installit tho....lol. I'll let you know if I want it or not.
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: F3RL on 25. April 2009., 10:39:42
Hey F3RL, I'll give you a legit one (VSE8.7). interested? ;D

Well, that would be greate if you could share the copy of legit VSE8.7, but...
Isn't it a little bit unstable? Because I have a copy of VSE8.7 (downloaded long time ago) but
it seems to be slow and unstable - I was waiting for a patch to come out.

Btw, it would be great if you could share :P thank you.

- Eric
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: delta_777 on 27. April 2009., 13:25:09
I have the same freezing problem with VSE 8.5i.

This could be due to the update process of Mcafee AV.

Any comments would be appreciated
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: Samker on 28. April 2009., 08:03:08
I have the same freezing problem with VSE 8.5i.

This could be due to the update process of Mcafee AV.

Any comments would be appreciated



I have same felling about this issue...



Quote
Hello,

I am currently using McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i + Patch 7. For some reason the computer freezes for few seconds and starts working again.
I did fresh install without ethernet cable plugged in but before I install VSE it did not freeze but after installing VSE it freezes.

You can move mouse around the screen but when you click on start or desktop icon or whatever AFTER few seconds of startup, it freezes.

Does anyone have experienced this sort of bug or something?


I notice the same thing only in time when AV "pick" new update definitions or start scheduled Weekly Scan.

Check that first.  ;)

 

Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: F3RL on 28. April 2009., 11:10:04
I have the same freezing problem with VSE 8.5i.

This could be due to the update process of Mcafee AV.

Any comments would be appreciated

That might be it as most people are suspecting it as an issue. When it updates,

it actually freezes or slows down the computer performance a lot for few seconds.

Btw my computer is 4-years old Dell Dimension 3000;
 - Intel Pentium 4, 2.90GHz CPU
 - 1.00GB of DDR2 RAM
 - Intel 82865G Integrated Graphic with 64MB RAM
 - 160GB 3-partitions (Knoppix, RedHat and Windows XP)

Well, I might need to just live with it :D Thank you for you helps!
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: Samker on 30. April 2009., 08:32:59

Take a look to this HotFix:

http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2711.0.html (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2711.0.html)

Maybe this is reason...  ;)

Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: cbdenver on 04. March 2010., 05:35:28
my XP laptop is slow for like 10 minutes after bootup due to Mcafee 8.5.  Will a patch help?
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: Samker on 04. March 2010., 08:41:38
my XP laptop is slow for like 10 minutes after bootup due to Mcafee 8.5.  Will a patch help?

I'm 99% sure that it'll resolve this problem, I was write you answer here also: http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2394.msg10052.html#msg10052 (http://scforum.info/index.php/topic,2394.msg10052.html#msg10052)

Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: sdwgnr76 on 16. March 2010., 19:35:05
Hmm. i don't know.
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: F3RL on 25. March 2010., 11:42:37
I have the same freezing problem with VSE 8.5i.

This could be due to the update process of Mcafee AV.

Any comments would be appreciated

I don't use VSE8.5 anymore, switched to F-Seucre. Anyway the problem was yes, the update process when computer starts up. But.. any good reason to freeze some computers? umm...
Title: Re: VSE8.5i freezes XP startup for few seconds, WHY?
Post by: Jaxn on 15. August 2012., 02:54:09
Try to clean the temp files by typing %temp% in the Start > Run - area and also clean the Prefetch folder under WINNT, this has helped.