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From: "John Davis" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG v5.15 'further Grey-outs'
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:12:51 -0700
References: <IGEBIICJNFBCFBINHIGGAEONDHAA.martinfjackson@beeb.net> <004a01c4a8a1$00fedc00$0400a8c0@karen>


For a system with resource problems, one thing that I have found that
speeds up TMG immensely is turning off my antivirus software and my
firewall software. The change for me was immediate and dramatic. The
program really seemed to appreciate the added headroom. I now do this if
I am going to work completely off-line (which is most of the time for
me), and I am always certain that I have done a complete scan on the
system, including non-executables and compressed files with heuristic
scanning enabled. I can always crank these programs back up in short
order if I want to go online.

ZoneAlarm (my firewall) seems to use a lot of resources. Depending on
the antivirus software settings, it may be scanning files of all types
(not just executables) every time they are copied, created, run or
renamed. And, it is always idling but alert in the background.

I'm running an older system (Win98, 350mHz, 224 Mb) and this has really
made a tremendous difference. A person would just need to be careful
that the antivirus program has recently scanned the hard drive and do
not use any removable media that hasn't been scanned.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen McKellar" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG v5.15 'further Grey-outs'


> My guess is that you are running low on resources. I have not had any
> problems with grey-outs since upgrading my system. I now run on 1.60
GHz
> with 1.00 GB of RAM. Previously I was running with 166 MHz with 512
K
> RAM.
>
> Karen
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Jackson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 5:33 PM
> Subject: [TMG] TMG v5.15 'further Grey-outs'
>
>
> > Good Evening Listers
> > I now get about two or three 'grey-outs' a day, totally repeatable.
> > At the moment I am entering a huge amount of new data from lists
sent to
> > me
> > by a fellow researcher. I need to check if I have the information
already
> > and have multiple windows open [in a modified style to the one that
Teresa
> > uses].
> > The PE is linked to other Windows, and I apply a filter to make the
> > contents
> > of the PE specific to my current enquiry, in this case it takes the
form
> > of:
> > Surname = [?] AND
> > Given Name contains [?] AND
> > Fathers Name Group contains Given Name [?] END
> >
> > The PE List is sorted on Primary Birth Date, this now gives me a
sub-set
> > with which I can more readily identify say all occurrences of John
son of
> > James, in date of birth order etc
> >
> > If I now find a new person in the paper lists sent to me and proceed
to
> > enter them into my project without clearing the filter in the PE,
TMG
> > freezes and the greyout occurs, the only remedy is to Check for
Update and
> > re-enter the program. This is totally consistent, unfortunately, but
I am
> > used to it now. I regularly Re-index and Optimise during the day and
> > always
> > before Backing up at the end of a session, such as stopping for
lunch etc.
> > As I am used to this happening and as no data seems to be lost I am
> > somewhat reconciled to it, but would dearly love it not to happen!!!
> >
> > FYI - I am using Windows XP Home - AMD 2.8 MHz processor and 512Mb
RAM
> >
> > Comments please.
> >
> > Martin Jackson
> >
> >
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