what is up with performance in WLM8.1b2?!

I've noticed since upgrading to WLM8.1b2 that CPU usage has gone through the
roof!
It's not a huge problem on my main machine, but on an older tansmeta based
laptop it's crippling... actually have to close/exit messenger to get
anything done!
iTunes 7 ws the same... a sudden unexpected leap in system resource usage,
luckily cured in 7.01 but it was enough to get me to uninstall iTunes!
For the moment I've gone back to Gaim on the slower PC (and it has tabbed
conversation windows!)

Greetings,

Same here. Closing all the current conversation windows seems to get it back under control
though.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
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All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
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"Saurian" <> wrote in message
news:7CB1BDFF-5351-492C-999B-...
> I've noticed since upgrading to WLM8.1b2 that CPU usage has gone through the
> roof!
> It's not a huge problem on my main machine, but on an older tansmeta based
> laptop it's crippling... actually have to close/exit messenger to get
> anything done!
> iTunes 7 ws the same... a sudden unexpected leap in system resource usage,
> luckily cured in 7.01 but it was enough to get me to uninstall iTunes!
> For the moment I've gone back to Gaim on the slower PC (and it has tabbed
> conversation windows!)

glad it's not just me
Hopefully 8.1GA will make the problem go away

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Same here. Closing all the current conversation windows seems to get it back under control
> though.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Saurian" <> wrote in message
> news:7CB1BDFF-5351-492C-999B-...
> > I've noticed since upgrading to WLM8.1b2 that CPU usage has gone through the
> > roof!
> > It's not a huge problem on my main machine, but on an older tansmeta based
> > laptop it's crippling... actually have to close/exit messenger to get
> > anything done!
> > iTunes 7 ws the same... a sudden unexpected leap in system resource usage,
> > luckily cured in 7.01 but it was enough to get me to uninstall iTunes!
> > For the moment I've gone back to Gaim on the slower PC (and it has tabbed
> > conversation windows!)
>
>