RE: javaw Slowdown

Michael,

We had similar problems here.  For me, javaw.exe would go to 100% and
eventually just shut down WDSc without giving me a chance to recover.  We
found it was a page file issue.  You can see the history of it in
Taskmanager under the Performance tab.  Once we upped the virtual memory
allocation, the problem subsided.  Below is description from a coworker that
helped us resolve the problem:

Yeah... Sometime this is a page file issue... Which is also related to the
amount of physical RAM you have in the first place and also this can happen
if you fill up the disk that is holding your paging file.

To change it in XP, you would:
Right click on "My Computer"
Select "Properties"
Select "Advanced"
Select "Settings" under the "Performance" section
Select the "Advanced" tab
Under "Virtual Memory" make sure that you have 3 to 4 times the amount of
space allocated to virtual memory as you have RAM. So... If you have 1 GB of
RAM, you should have at least 1024 to 3072 MB of Virtual Memory allocated.
Make sure that the drive you are allocating the virtual memory to has enough
free disk space plus at least 20% free space. Also, make sure that your
drive is not highly fragmented.

HtH

Rick Weber | Toys Я Us International 


-----Original Message-----
From: michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:28 AM
To: WDSCI-L
Subject: [WDSCI-L] javaw Slowdown


This is a new problem. I have slowdowns in WDSC when editing an RPG member.
WDSC basically 'locks up' for a period of time, like 10-20 seconds. Looking
at Task Manager shows the javaw.exe process consuming 98%+ of the CPU. I'm
just doing normal editing tasks when this happens, like arrow key movement.
I'm running Version: 5.1.2.6, Build id: 20051002_2139. This problem has just
started, and I can't think of anything that's changed (famous last
words<s>). 

It's getting kinda frustrating...I'm thinking of using SEU again, but WDSC
really helps with a large program. I've rebooted (warm and cold) and the
problem persists.

Any ideas? TIA...