Windows Live messenger uses 100% of cpu?

[2eroha]

hey guys!

ok, the issue is this: my laptop is kinda new, and i dont use it that often. but since i installed windows live messenger everything (programs, aplications, graphics) is really slow
it seems to gradually use more and more system resources until eventually I find my computer is unusable, and needs to be rebooted.

I'm interested to know if you are having the same problem, and whether any fixes helped.
i also would like to know if it is true that windows live msn causes partitions in your hard drive and this make your operating system slower.

thank you!

[Geschpooklichkeit]

I don't use Messenger, but only hard drive partitioning tools "cause partitions in your hard drive". Unless you mean it begins taking up significant amounts of unnecessary space, you need to be more specific. Also, how much RAM does your system have?

[seiya256]

Hard drive fragmentation maybe? I've never heard of this problem. Only issue I have had with MSN Messenger was when it is used with Outlook. There is an option in Outlook that links it with Messenger that causes the computer to run really slow at times. It doesn't have an obvious name and it changes between versions of Outlook, but there is a check box with what looks like an MSN Messenger icon next to it. Uncheck it if it is checked to see if it helps.

[2eroha]

Unless you mean it begins taking up significant amounts of unnecessary space, you need to be more specific. Also, how much RAM does your system have?

I have 512 m ... but i think thats not the prob..
i ve been talking with a friend that has the same problem and he told me all the stuff was about some program-service named "Messenger Sharing USN Journal Reader Service", this thing checks up all the folders and puts all the info in Cache.. so that makes the pc slow..

anyway, so many thanx ^^

[DaSpeedNotMobsta]

Originally Posted by 2eroha

I have 512 m ... but i think thats not the prob..
i ve been talking with a friend that has the same problem and he told me all the stuff was about some program-service named "Messenger Sharing USN Journal Reader Service", this thing checks up all the folders and puts all the info in Cache.. so that makes the pc slow..

anyway, so many thanx ^^

Hey I'm having the same problem....My msn live messenger is taking up all of the ram like a renegade......
Can you tell me how you fixed that? It would be a great help.. =]

[DaSpeedNotMobsta]

Hey mail me at swats_47@hotmail.com......I would appreciate it very much.
Thanks

[helix eternal]

Or just use Home | Pidgin instead

[kimcicle]

Windows Live Messenger won't make partitions in your hard drive; it might have partitioned files that might need a defrag to consolidate said files. I think you are thinking of a different term? Which version of Windows Live Messenger are you using? Are you sure you're running on the newest one (8.5)?

Everything is going to run slow if you have an application running (in this case, Windows Live Messenger) in the background. It could be pulling up ads or whatever, and it could be affected by how you're using Live Messenger. Video chat and voice chat don't work too well, and if you have even a slightly dated computer (and 512MB RAM is not enough these days), it will fill up the paging space quickly.

You can try an alternative messaging system, or rolling back to an older version of Windows Live (but I do know a few of them had some really bad memory leaks), or making sure you quit out of Windows Live Messenger when you're not using it. Not just closing the window, which makes the program just run in the background, but fully exiting from Live Messenger.