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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: January 15, 2011, 08:32:33 PM »
So I was having the same slow down problem running a tournament last night, so I decided to look at my setup again. The icon I was using to launch TD was set to 'run as admin', and set to XP compatibility mode. I couldn't remember why I had it set that way, so I changed it. Works fine now. I ran a tournament for a few hours. The memory usage slowly creeps up, but the process % never changes much like before.

Hopefully that was the issue. I'll keep testing.....

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 11, 2010, 10:53:54 AM »
AdamK, did the software NOT lag over time for you, and then you upgraded to a newer version and it started lagging?  That would surprise me.

It started to lag after I updated to new hardware, a Lenovo X200. The version of TD I was using did NOT change. I always updated TD 2.5.x when new versions become available, so it was the latest version which I had been running on my Lenovo X61s. The X61s was running Windows 7 32-bit and the TD ran perfectly.

My current hardware is relatively new (a couple of months old), so the Windows 7 64-bit installation is "fresh". The only thing I did was install all of the Windows Updates and my typical program set. All other programs are running as expected. I noticed the slow down the first time a ran a tournament for my poker group. I figured I just hadn't rebooted for a while?? I've been running TD for this group for a number of years, about once a month. This is a relatively fast computer with 4Gb of RAM. It's never been infected, nor has it ever exhibited any other "strange" behavior. I'm an IT director and do some programming so I <think> I'm a pretty good judge of whether a machine is in good operational condition. I carry this laptop between work and home and it is my primary computer. It runs GREAT!

<Something> is definitely up even with the latest BETA version. The slow down still exists, but as we've discussed, it's "better". Hopefully this issue will remain an isolated problem for a small percentage of your users. Happy hunting! :)


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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 10, 2010, 10:14:38 AM »
I think Corey means that all "official releases" have run fine. the beta releases aren't considered full release, although anyone who wants to can, and assume any risk associated with it, and thus be able to test out the newest updates.

Well, my "Official" 2.5 version is lagging too. In fact, it's lagging more than 2.6 Beta 3. It all started when I moved to a brand new Lenovo X200 Laptop running Windows 7 64-bit and the "official" 2.5 version. I tried the BETA to see if the problem was fixed. According to Corey it's not, but he speculates it lags less due to code optimization.

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 09, 2010, 12:43:40 PM »
Thanks for the clarification.

Just for grins I tried uninstalling all my IE add-ins and tried again. Same slowdowns....

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 08, 2010, 11:06:35 AM »
I run the software on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on a daily basis.  No problems.  In fact, it screams.  I love it.  I also run it on Windows XP Media Center Edition (32-bit) on a daily basis.  Again, no problems.  All run under IE8, but I also use virtual machines to run it under Vista, and to use IE 7.

So it's the BETA that's running well for you under Windows 7 64-bit and IE 8? I'm more than willing to do that if that cures the problem and if the software will get me through a tournament without much trouble. How close are you to releasing the new version?

Thanks!

No, it's all versions that are running well under Windows 7 64-bit and IE 8.  In fact, 2.6 alpha 1, beta 1, and beta 2 did NOT run will under IE8.  They exhibited the memory management slowdown.  I fixed this in beta 3 and it runs well again.  But earlier versions have always worked fine.

I'm really confused now?? Your first sentence says, "it's all versions that are running well under Windows 7 and IE 8...". The second sentence says, "2.6 alpha 1, bet 1 and bet2 did NOT run under IE8"??

I loaded up 2.6.b3 and while it is better, it still slows down over time. I'd say it's about 50% better. The clock only loses a second every other second after an hour or two. 2.5.x lags by about 2 or 3 seconds after that amount of time.....

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 06, 2010, 08:17:26 PM »
I loaded the BETA and have the same problem, just not quite as bad. After a couple of hours I get 1 to 2 second lags, but not the 3 to 4 in the older version.

I hadn't realized I could just save, exit and reload to continue where I left off without missing a beat. That'll work for now.

Too bad this issue is such a tough one to track down. Seems the user base of this product is going to be moving into Windows 7 and IE 8 over time. A solution would be a good thing to find! :)

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 06, 2010, 04:37:23 PM »
Adam, Per a post earlier today in the Beta forums, he's very close to releasing the final beta. From there, it's going to be some testing to see what bugs/performance issues, and what not gets reported to him. If all goes well, who knows how soon it would be???

OK. Sounds like he's most of the way through the cycle then. I just wanted to, one, make sure the BETA actually runs better with Windows 7 64-bit and two, get a feel for where he was in development of this version. I can live with a few bugs until it's officially released.

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 06, 2010, 03:23:42 PM »
I run the software on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on a daily basis.  No problems.  In fact, it screams.  I love it.  I also run it on Windows XP Media Center Edition (32-bit) on a daily basis.  Again, no problems.  All run under IE8, but I also use virtual machines to run it under Vista, and to use IE 7.

So it's the BETA that's running well for you under Windows 7 64-bit and IE 8? I'm more than willing to do that if that cures the problem and if the software will get me through a tournament without much trouble. How close are you to releasing the new version?

Thanks!

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 06, 2010, 12:23:42 PM »
I've been running some test tournaments this morning to watch it a little closer. CPU usage starts low, then steadily climbs until it peaks at 50%. Memory usage slowly climbs the entire time. An hour and a half in and it's hit 243,000K. The clock is skipping 1 to 2 seconds pretty consistently. After hitting 'x' the screen takes about 5 seconds to appear. The lag to check players and hit the 'Done' button is about 4 to 5 seconds on each....

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Help Me / Re: MSHTA,EXE at 100% CPU
« on: November 06, 2010, 10:33:58 AM »
I have a new Lenovo X200 with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. My tournaments run fine for a couple of hours. Eventually I start to notice the slowdown when I go to bust out a player. The program lags and I have to wait 3 to 5 seconds for the check marks to appear next to names. Th program is still running, just slow. The clock starts skipping several seconds at a time from that point on. The sounds no longer play either.

Not sure what to try next?? I was thinking about running running it in a XP virtual PC, but it looks like people are having this issue with XP too.....

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General Discussion / Registry Error
« on: September 17, 2010, 12:03:10 PM »
Been running TD fine for quite a while. Today I got the following whn I started it up??

"Cannot export keyExport.reg: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error."

Anyone ever see this one??

Computer seems to be fine. Windows 7 64-bit.

Thanks!

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: short (sensible) sound
« on: February 02, 2009, 01:08:38 PM »
I also use the Jeopordy music when the clock is paused. Here's that one...

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: short (sensible) sound
« on: February 02, 2009, 01:07:30 PM »
Here's the 24 sound

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Templates, Layouts and Sounds / Re: short (sensible) sound
« on: February 02, 2009, 01:01:00 AM »
I use the count down sound they use just before breaking for commercials on the TV show 24. Short, and sweet. Easy to find via Google.

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Help Me / Re: Internet Explorer version 8 BETA
« on: January 29, 2009, 10:55:17 AM »
I couldn't bring up individual player data from the database running Vista Ultimate and IE 8 BETA 2. Reverted back to IE 7 and all is well again.

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