Non-Classmate DS Problems

[ayeckley]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

Is this a PC that kids have access to on a regular basis: i.e. has it been loaded full of non-robotics related garbage that is slowing it down?

It's my work laptop, so it's full of work-related non-robotics garbage

For what it's worth, the CPU overhead is about 4% before I open the DS application, so I suspect that it's not other applications running in the background that are causing the problem. I have noticed in other situations (my desktop PCs, for example) that when Windows Update is running there is no evidence. In other words, I'll be like "gosh this PC is running slowly" and then the PC will be like "but the CPU is only loaded to 4%" and then I'll be like "what about network activity?" and the PC will be like "no, I'm not doing anything" and I'll be like "huh." and the the PC will be like "oh, I've just downloaded an update, would you like to install it now?" and then I'm like "dangit!". [To use the parlance of the day.] I've got WU turned off on this laptop for exactly this reason.