Am I the only one with slow menus & crawling PC here?

[AirNav Support]

Try as Allocator suggested. Also try the method to get RB to run on one CPU only and see whether improves anything.

We did have a user a few days complaining of the same issue though it was caused by his very slow internet and he had all the pictures, sharing, network on. Have a go at unticking all that and see whether that helps.

Finally the 5seconds you have set is when the screen update not the database write which happens at a different interval.

[GlynH]

Thanks for the reply AirNav,

How best to get RB to run on just the one CPU? Right-click on the process and select Set Affinity?

How often does the app write to the database then and is there a way to change the interval?

Oh and Allocator - I never use Vista either!

Thanks & regards,
-=Glyn=-

[Allocator]

Glyn,

Sorry, I must have been reading somebody else's post about Vista :-)

I know that this doesn't actually help you, but here are links to 2 YouTube videos I've just uploaded.  They show the processes running in Windows Task Manager - the first one has the processes listed in alphabetical order and the second in processor loading order.  I've got a whole bunch of stuff running on 2 monitors and it's the fscapture screen capture that seems to be hogging the processor! You can read the numbers if you watch it in HQ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOluneQKuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-gNj0Sd-Is

Edit: The first one is processor loading order, and the second is alphabetical.

[EMA]

Thanks for the reply AirNav,

How best to get RB to run on just the one CPU?
-=Glyn=-

In task manager right click on anrb.exe and select the cpu you wish to use.

[GlynH]

Got it EMA...thanks...just amended my post for clarification and you had replied. Thanks.

Regards,
-=Glyn=-

[AirNav Support]

Thanks for the reply AirNav,

How best to get RB to run on just the one CPU? Right-click on the process and select Set Affinity?

How often does the app write to the database then and is there a way to change the interval?

Oh and Allocator - I never use Vista either!

Thanks & regards,
-=Glyn=-

The affinity is perfect and the database is written to every 10-15 seconds. (Actual hard write to disk) and can't be changed.

[GlynH]

Glyn,

Sorry, I must have been reading somebody else's post about Vista :-)

No it was probably mine but I was referring to Terry's machine running Vista and not mine.

I wouldn't touch Vista with a bargepole...I sold my Vaio because I couldn't 'downgrade' (shouldn't that be upgrade?:-) to XP! ;^)

Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

[EMA]

Hi Glyn

As I stated earlier when I had the slow menu problem running on one CPU made a major difference.

Kevin

PS, I run vista and have never had any issues but my systems where supplied with a vista os as standard.

[tarbat]

I use Avast! AntiVirus on all of my machines but not only have I set an exception to ignore C:\Program Files\AirNav Systems\AirNav RadarBox 2009 - 3.0 Beta but I have tried disabling it altogether with no joy.

Are you running Vista?  If so, you need an anti-virus exception for the Virtual Store as well - that's where Vista stores MyLog and Navdata.  Even better, if you're using Vista, don't install RB in C:\Program Files, it causes no end of problems.

Again like me he has well over 10,000 aircraft in his MyLog (where exactly is this kept on Vista?)

In the Vista virtual store.

[GlynH]

Thanks for the reply Chris,

NO! I DON'T LIKE VISTA!

I REFUSE TO RUN VISTA!

I WON'T EVEN HAVE VISTA IN THIS HOUSE!

I'VE SOLD A PERFECTLY EQUIPPED, HIGH-END LAPTOP BECAUSE IT RAN VISTA!

See above... ;^)

I was asking where Vista stores the data so my mate Terry could find his database.

He uses Vista - how I hate that OS - I tried a search on his PC for MyLog & MyLog.db3 and it couldn't find anything anywhere at anytime...bloody Vista...

Did I say I don't use Vista here? ;^)

OK...I have emptied MyLog tables and irrespective of whether running on one or both Xeons - ie. '2' or all '4' CPU's the utilization is back down to its usual 4-14% and I have a grand total of 209 aircraft in MyLog!

My menus are quick and using MyLog is a dream.

I can even drag the Alert box around without it stopping for a p*ss like an incontinent dog on a lead every second or so...

I can multi-task as I am used to with no slow-down.

This is more like it...I have my PC back!

But surely the point of being a 'spotter' is to record all the aircraft I see and not throw away 16,000+ contacts just because my PC turns into treacle? ;^)

I'll tell you what...if someone wants to give it a try I will post them my 120MB MyLog on a flash drive (they can keep the flash drive) so they can see if it turns their Pentium 4 into a Sinclair Spectrum? ;^)

Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

[EMA]

I installed Airnav on my d drive and in it's own directory. I have around 180-220 in mylog and have not cleared the database since last November.

Did I say I use Vista :-)

[Allocator]

I installed Airnav on my d drive and in it's own directory. I have around 180-220 in mylog and have not cleared the database since last November.

Did I say I use Vista :-)

You must have more than 180-220 aircraft in MyLog?

[Allocator]

But surely the point of being a 'spotter' is to record all the aircraft I see and not throw away 16,000+ contacts just because my PC turns into treacle? ;^)

Maybe you damaged your MyLog database in some way?

Copied that you don't run Vista - lol

[GlynH]

But surely the point of being a 'spotter' is to record all the aircraft I see and not throw away 16,000+ contacts just because my PC turns into treacle? ;^)

Maybe you damaged your MyLog database in some way?

Copied that you don't run Vista - lol

The only thing that touches MyLog is ANRB - although I bought & paid for SQLMaestro recently I haven't used the damn thing...

And in any case this sloooowness has plagued me since I first installed it when MyLog was just a baby...but that was a couple or three revisions of software ago.

Did I say I don't run V....OK...you get the message...;^)

Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

[EMA]

Just making sure you were awake,

I meant myflights indicating how busy the system is on a daily basis.