[Pidgin] #5583: Pidgin is a process hog, yet unable to use the program

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#5583: Pidgin is a process hog, yet unable to use the program
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  Reporter:  RisenPhoenix216  |       Owner:  lschiere       
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new            
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:                 
 Component:  unclassified     |     Version:  2.4.1          
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  process, taskar
   Pending:  0                |  
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Comment (by phannent):

 Since you are on windows XP you can do some other diagnostics to see what
 the processor is working on.

 Open up the task manager, switch to the "Processes" tab, then click on the
 "View" menu, then click on the "Select columns..." option.  You will be
 presented with a tab of options.  You should enable the following:
 Page Faults Delta - This will tell you if you are swapping out to RAM
 (this should be very low, expect between 0 and 10)
 I/O Reads - This will tell you that the process is reading from the disk
 I/O Writes - This will tell you that the process is writing to the disk
 I/O Other - This will tell you that the process is performing some other
 IO operation
 GDI objects - This will tell you if the system has a lot of interface
 memory being used
 Threads - This will be the number of threads the application is using,
 expect something low since pidgin is not big on threading.  Mine is about
 8.

 Also what is the Physical Memory and Available memory on the "Performace"
 tab?

 Compare the values when the system is stable to when its at 100% CPU one
 of those might give an indication.  Also which version of GTK do you have
 installed (You can check on the Help->about menu)?

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