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zeke

Sep 2 2005, 13:56

Group: Members
Posts: 12
Joined: 2-September 05

Computer configuration:
eMule Plus version:	1.1f
Using proxy:	No
Firewall:	Yes
CPU:	P4 540 (3.2Ghz)
Memory:	1.5GB DDR2 SDRAM
Operating System:	WinXP Home w/all updates
Updated drivers for network and video:	Yes

After using em+ 1.1f for a while (say 3-5 minutes), Windows kinda locks up (but does not freeze) and the only applications I can run are emule and a small chess program. When I click on say, Deer Park Alpha 2 or MSN Messenger, nothing happens. Please not that Windows looks and runs fluid; it is just that I am not able to start any application. At first I thought it was a resource hogging problem, but I checked task manager and em+ takes only 16% of CPU on average and 34MB RAM.

I can start Windows Explorer, but when I click on an http link (say google, on the links bar), it just stays on "finding site www.google.com...". As soon as I close em+, all the applications which I had tried to start (and failed) when em+ was running, start at once. This is really weird. Please help!

Sometimes I get the message:

Server Busy
This action cannot be completed because the other program is busy. Choose 'Switch To' to activate the busy program and correct the problem. There are three buttons; 'Switch To', 'Retry' and 'Cancel' (grayed out). Clicking on 'Switch To' just opens the Start Menu. and nothing happens. I have to exit EM+ to make Windows get back to normal.

Here is a screenshot of my connection settings.

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muleteer	Sep 2 2005, 14:27
Group: Betatesters Posts: 8261 Joined: 29-February 04	Try patching tcpip.sys. Go to http://www.xp-antispy.org/, download the latest version, install, and run the patch under 'special'. Increase the limit to 50 or more.
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zeke	Sep 2 2005, 16:58
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	nopes... it doesn't work, regardless of the max limit.
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Fuxie - DK	Sep 2 2005, 17:09
Group: Managers Posts: 4800 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Copenhagen, Denmark	QUOTE(zeke @ Sep 2 2005, 18:58) nopes... it doesn't work, regardless of the max limit. After patching TCPIP.SYS, a reboot is required....
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zeke	Sep 2 2005, 17:18
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	of course, I rebooted every time I patched the files...
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Fuxie - DK	Sep 2 2005, 17:35
Group: Managers Posts: 4800 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Copenhagen, Denmark	Have you scanned your PC for possible virus?? Also, unless you up-/download from other clients on LAN, tehre is no need to enable LanCast, but that is just a sidenote..
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zeke	Sep 2 2005, 18:09
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	yeah... no viruses nor spyware found on my PC with latest definitions. Thanks for the info about LanCast. I thought that since I am behind a router, I have to enable LanCast. I'll disable it.
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Fuxie - DK	Sep 2 2005, 18:19
Group: Managers Posts: 4800 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Copenhagen, Denmark	QUOTE(zeke @ Sep 2 2005, 20:09) Thanks for the info about LanCast. I thought that since I am behind a router, I have to enable LanCast. I'll disable it. No, no... Only if 2 or more eMules on a LAN are downloading one or more of the same files...
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Fuxie - DK	Sep 2 2005, 18:38
Group: Managers Posts: 4800 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Copenhagen, Denmark	Are you loading any drivers for hardware that no longer is plugged into the computer? E.g. Changed NIC, GFX card etc...
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zeke	Sep 2 2005, 19:16
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	nopes, no such things.
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muleteer	Sep 3 2005, 01:26
Group: Betatesters Posts: 8261 Joined: 29-February 04	Maybe you're hitting the router's 256 connection limit. Try setting Max connections to 200 and 'in 5 secs' to 20 or less.
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zeke	Sep 3 2005, 03:01
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	muleteer, the problem persists. Restoring settings back to 400/30.
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muleteer	Sep 3 2005, 03:39
Group: Betatesters Posts: 8261 Joined: 29-February 04	Stick with the settings I gave you. Change them back AFTER the problem is fixed.
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zeke	Sep 3 2005, 04:45
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	OK... changing back to 200/20. Please note that other Windows applications remain responsive as long as there are no downloads (I'm connected to a server alright and queued)... as soon as my downloads start and reach about 15-odd kbps, the problems start. This post has been edited by zeke: Sep 3 2005, 04:47
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zeke	Sep 3 2005, 11:56
Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-September 05	I have narrowed down the problem to one of McAfee's softwares; I have McAfee Internet Secutiry installed (VirusScan, Personal Firewall and Privacy Service - no SpamKiller) and when I disabled all the 3 components one by one and quit the suite, the problem went away. I have been running emule for 8 hours straight now and it hasn't pulled any crap on me yet. This post has been edited by zeke: Sep 3 2005, 11:57
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