larryparker Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hello,I hope someone can help me with this one.After running uTorrent for a few days non-stop, my PC is now operating at a snail's pace. Even after shutting down uTorrent and rebooting, everything on my computer is running sooooooooooo slow. I don't mind the CPU usage while the application is running - in fact, I expect it. But now that it's shut down, why does my computer hate me so much?If it helps to know, I have: uTorrent 1.6Windows XP Home (SP1)Mcafee Personal FirewallBitDefender Antivirus15" CRT display Thanks,Larry Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Try uninstalling McAfee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I love how he throws in his 15" CRT when it doesn't affect how µTorrent works at all. It'd be more impressive if I threw my 3x17" LCD's in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I think he was just joking with that.McAfee causes CPU issues (and other things), so I suggest uninstalling it and using a different PFW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryparker Posted July 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Thanks for the replies.But Man Oh Man Oh Man. Mcafee has been such a nice working firewall for me. Now if I have to go out and spend more money on a new firewall, it kind of defeats the purpose of downloading torrents in the first place. So this is what being stuck between a rock and a hard place must feel like. UGH!Do you know of any firewalls specifically that will work well with uTorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Buy a good router. That helps a LOT more than using a software firewall. McAfee and Symantec products generally suck, and I don't really understand how anyone could find their products to be anything close to 'nice' or 'working' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryparker Posted July 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Well, until now, it's done exactly what I need it to do. Keep the things in that I want kept in. And keep the things out that I want kept out. You know, rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 cause they look pretty? cause they install a bunch of stuff i'll never gonna use but is nice to have more? cause norton & mcafee are synonym of security? cauze they are expensive so they must be the best?dunno, what could it be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 There's free firewalls anyway. I think. Anyway, just try to uninstall it and see if the issues disappear. If they don't, something else is causing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBears57 Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 What router does he have? Maybe he has a Linksys WRT54G v1-4 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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