Bizarre behaviour in Windows Mail

I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail
comes in. I click on the header and the body now takes several seconds to
open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly every
3 seconds - weird.

I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and everything
takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's asleep all the time.

No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only changes
were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on the internet at all since
yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as I surf safely.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

Its likely McAfee. Most of us recommend you get rid of it. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

steve

"Peter" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail
>comes in. I click on the header and the body now takes several seconds to
>open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly every
>3 seconds - weird.
>
> I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and everything
> takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's asleep all the time.
>
> No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only changes
> were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on the internet at all
> since yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as I surf
> safely.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>

I'm aware of that, the trouble is I'm a moderator at McAfee help
forums...LOL
In any case, I've formatted and am about to reinstall Vista. I think an
abortive attempt at installing Linux on another partition somehow messed
things up.
WM only started this behaviour yesterday, and McAfee's been around since
forever.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
news:097F55F9-0C1F-4B59-8309-...
> Its likely McAfee. Most of us recommend you get rid of it. See
> www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>
> steve
>
> "Peter" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail
>>comes in. I click on the header and the body now takes several seconds
>>to open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly
>>every 3 seconds - weird.
>>
>> I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and
>> everything takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's asleep all the
>> time.
>>
>> No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only changes
>> were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on the internet at all
>> since yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as I surf
>> safely.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
>> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>>
>

Some are reporting unusual slowness after the recent Windows Update.
If you reinstall Vista, I recommend not setting Windows Update on full
automatic, and do some testing before and after installing the
KB931768 "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer".
At least it can be uninstalled if it proves to be the culprit.

Gary VanderMolen

"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message news:...
> I'm aware of that, the trouble is I'm a moderator at McAfee help forums...LOL
> In any case, I've formatted and am about to reinstall Vista. I think an abortive attempt at installing Linux on another
> partition somehow messed things up.
> WM only started this behaviour yesterday, and McAfee's been around since forever.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message news:097F55F9-0C1F-4B59-8309-...
>> Its likely McAfee. Most of us recommend you get rid of it. See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Peter" <> wrote in message news:...
>>>I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail comes in. I click on the header and the body now
>>>takes several seconds to open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly every 3 seconds - weird.
>>>
>>> I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and everything takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's
>>> asleep all the time.
>>>
>>> No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only changes were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on
>>> the internet at all since yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as I surf safely.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
>>> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>>>
>>
>
>

That's interesting. That particular update just took 4 attempts before it
finally succeeded in installing in XP.
I'm having (for the first time in many installations) trouble installing
Vista on my other HDD. It keeps failing because of some unknow driver.
usually Vista installation is a breeze and I never before had to unplug
anything when installing it from the XP boot partition.
I'm trying various "unplugs" and slowly going insane here.
You watch, it'll probably install easily tomorrow after I've given the PC
some rest.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Some are reporting unusual slowness after the recent Windows Update.
> If you reinstall Vista, I recommend not setting Windows Update on full
> automatic, and do some testing before and after installing the
> KB931768 "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer".
> At least it can be uninstalled if it proves to be the culprit.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I'm aware of that, the trouble is I'm a moderator at McAfee help
>> forums...LOL
>> In any case, I've formatted and am about to reinstall Vista. I think an
>> abortive attempt at installing Linux on another partition somehow messed
>> things up.
>> WM only started this behaviour yesterday, and McAfee's been around since
>> forever.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>
>> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
>> news:097F55F9-0C1F-4B59-8309-...
>>> Its likely McAfee. Most of us recommend you get rid of it. See
>>> www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>>I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail
>>>>comes in. I click on the header and the body now takes several seconds
>>>>to open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly
>>>>every 3 seconds - weird.
>>>>
>>>> I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and
>>>> everything takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's asleep all the
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only
>>>> changes were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on the internet
>>>> at all since yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as
>>>> I surf safely.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
>>>> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

The update KB931768 that was sent out the other day messed up my Windows Mail
and my McAfee SecurityCenter. I uninstalled the update, uninstalled McAfee
SecurityCenter, then reinstalled McAfee SecurityCenter, and everything went
back to normal.

"Peter" wrote:

> That's interesting. That particular update just took 4 attempts before it
> finally succeeded in installing in XP.
> I'm having (for the first time in many installations) trouble installing
> Vista on my other HDD. It keeps failing because of some unknow driver.
> usually Vista installation is a breeze and I never before had to unplug
> anything when installing it from the XP boot partition.
> I'm trying various "unplugs" and slowly going insane here.
> You watch, it'll probably install easily tomorrow after I've given the PC
> some rest.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > Some are reporting unusual slowness after the recent Windows Update.
> > If you reinstall Vista, I recommend not setting Windows Update on full
> > automatic, and do some testing before and after installing the
> > KB931768 "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer".
> > At least it can be uninstalled if it proves to be the culprit.
> >
> > Gary VanderMolen
> >
> > "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> I'm aware of that, the trouble is I'm a moderator at McAfee help
> >> forums...LOL
> >> In any case, I've formatted and am about to reinstall Vista. I think an
> >> abortive attempt at installing Linux on another partition somehow messed
> >> things up.
> >> WM only started this behaviour yesterday, and McAfee's been around since
> >> forever.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >> Toronto, Canada
> >> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
> >> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> >> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
> >> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
> >>
> >> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
> >> news:097F55F9-0C1F-4B59-8309-...
> >>> Its likely McAfee. Most of us recommend you get rid of it. See
> >>> www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
> >>>
> >>> steve
> >>>
> >>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
> >>> news:...
> >>>>I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail
> >>>>comes in. I click on the header and the body now takes several seconds
> >>>>to open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly
> >>>>every 3 seconds - weird.
> >>>>
> >>>> I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and
> >>>> everything takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's asleep all the
> >>>> time.
> >>>>
> >>>> No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only
> >>>> changes were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on the internet
> >>>> at all since yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as
> >>>> I surf safely.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Peter
> >>>> Toronto, Canada
> >>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> >>>> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

Well, you are a glutton for punishment, then. <G>

steve

"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm aware of that, the trouble is I'm a moderator at McAfee help
> forums...LOL
> In any case, I've formatted and am about to reinstall Vista. I think an
> abortive attempt at installing Linux on another partition somehow messed
> things up.
> WM only started this behaviour yesterday, and McAfee's been around since
> forever.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
> news:097F55F9-0C1F-4B59-8309-...
>> Its likely McAfee. Most of us recommend you get rid of it. See
>> www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I have never seen this one before. I poll for mail, fine it works, mail
>>>comes in. I click on the header and the body now takes several seconds
>>>to open in the panel below and then proceeds to appear/disappear roughly
>>>every 3 seconds - weird.
>>>
>>> I got to Newsgroups in order to clear out the current items and
>>> everything takes several seconds to "happen" - like it's asleep all the
>>> time.
>>>
>>> No virus warnings at all from McAfee Security Center and the only
>>> changes were some updates yesterday. I've hardly been on the internet
>>> at all since yesterday so doubt if there is any kind of spyware etc. as
>>> I surf safely.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
>>> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>>>
>>
>
>