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Topic: «Poor Performance in Virtual Box , Performance running actual tools inside a virtual machine » on forum: Technical Support   Views: 10135
 
Sean Hanna
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Posted: 02/02/2012 19:54:49
 
 
I'm running actual tools (actual window manager trial) inside of a Virtual Box machine.
The operating system is windows 7 64 bit.
The machine runs operating system and other software like a dream.

With actual window manager running however performance degrades to the point of not being functional anymore. Window redraw, scrolling, window movement, clicking and even typing seems to degrade to unacceptable, crippling levels.

Can you suggest some configuration changes that will possibly resolve these performance issues?

I'm evaluating this software as an ultramon replacement and would possibly be satisfied with a reduced featured set. Ultramon has no performance problems in this virtual machine. I've tried closing ultramon processes but that did not have any affect.

Is this something you've tested or would it be possible that this is something you could fix?
 
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Vasiliy Ivachev
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Posted: 02/03/2012 03:55:39
 
 
Hello Sean,

Thanks for the post.

You could disable all features you don't need in (in the options window, on the default window settings pane...).

Please tell me do you have any other 3rd party system extenders (e.g. Bins, Taskbar Shuffle, Buttons Boogie) running along with AWM? If you do not know it for sure, please do the following:

1. Open the Command Prompt window (Start -> Run..., then type cmd and click OK)

2. Copy and paste the following command into the Command Prompt window:

tasklist /svc /fo TABLE /nh >"%UserProfile%\Desktop\TaskList.txt"

3. Find the "TaskList.txt" text document (or simply "TaskList" if your system does not display file extensions) on your Desktop and send it back to me (support@actualtools.com).

Best regards.
 
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Sean Hanna
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Posted: 02/03/2012 07:37:42
 
 
Tortoise SVN has some shell integration. Otherwise i wouldn't consider anything running to be an extender. Ultramon is still installed but not running. I might try uninstalling both to see if that helps.


System Idle Process              0 N/A                                        
System                           4 N/A                                        
smss.exe                       256 N/A                                        
csrss.exe                      348 N/A                                        
wininit.exe                    396 N/A                                        
csrss.exe                      416 N/A                                        
services.exe                   468 N/A                                        
lsass.exe                      500 SamSs                                      
lsm.exe                        508 N/A                                        
winlogon.exe                   540 N/A                                        
svchost.exe                    668 DcomLaunch, PlugPlay, Power                
VBoxService.exe                736 VBoxService                                
svchost.exe                    804 RpcEptMapper, RpcSs                        
svchost.exe                    876 AudioSrv, Dhcp, eventlog, lmhosts, wscsvc  
svchost.exe                    944 AudioEndpointBuilder, CscService, Netman,  
                                  PcaSvc, SysMain, TrkWks, UxSms              
svchost.exe                    980 AeLookupSvc, Appinfo, Browser, gpsvc,      
                                  IKEEXT, iphlpsvc, LanmanServer, MMCSS,      
                                  ProfSvc, Schedule, SENS, ShellHWDetection,  
                                  Themes, Winmgmt, wuauserv                  
svchost.exe                    404 EventSystem, fdPHost, netprofm, nsi,        
                                  sppuinotify, WdiServiceHost                
svchost.exe                   1092 CryptSvc, Dnscache, LanmanWorkstation,      
                                  NlaSvc                                      
spoolsv.exe                   1248 Spooler                                    
svchost.exe                   1340 BFE, DPS, MpsSvc                            
svchost.exe                   1432 AppHostSvc                                  
inetinfo.exe                  1460 IISADMIN                                    
mqsvc.exe                     1516 MSMQ                                        
sqlservr.exe                  1620 MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS                            
omtsreco.exe                  1720 OracleMTSRecoveryService                    
oracle.exe                    1940 OracleServiceXE                            
TNSLSNR.EXE                   2012 OracleXETNSListener                        
pg_ctl.exe                    1140 postgresql-x64-9.1                          
postgres.exe                  1188 N/A                                        
conhost.exe                   1772 N/A                                        
sqlwriter.exe                 1732 SQLWriter                                  
svchost.exe                   1776 W3SVC, WAS                                  
postgres.exe                  2220 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  2292 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  2304 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  2312 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  2320 N/A                                        
svchost.exe                   2672 PolicyAgent                                
sppsvc.exe                    2876 sppsvc                                      
svchost.exe                   2824 WinDefend                                  
SearchIndexer.exe              156 WSearch                                    
taskhost.exe                  2740 N/A                                        
dwm.exe                       2600 N/A                                        
explorer.exe                  2812 N/A                                        
emedtray.exe                  2896 N/A                                        
VBoxTray.exe                   992 N/A                                        
TSVNCache.exe                  932 N/A                                        
firefox.exe                   2000 N/A                                        
explorer.exe                  3164 N/A                                        
svchost.exe                   3184 FontCache, SSDPSRV, wcncsvc                
TortoiseProc.exe              4048 N/A                                        
plugin-container.exe          2616 N/A                                        
devenv.exe                    1912 N/A                                        
msvsmon.exe                   3248 N/A                                        
WinMergeU.exe                 3260 N/A                                        
pgAdmin3.exe                  3888 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  2068 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  2816 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                  1044 N/A                                        
WinMergeU.exe                 2244 N/A                                        
WinMergeU.exe                 1984 N/A                                        
TortoiseProc.exe              2624 N/A                                        
sqlservr.exe                  1280 N/A                                        
conhost.exe                   1352 N/A                                        
WinRAR.exe                    3668 N/A                                        
postgres.exe                   924 N/A                                        
EmEditor.exe                  2808 N/A                                        
audiodg.exe                    356 N/A                                        
Test.vshost.exe               2264 N/A                                        
IntelliTrace.exe               556 N/A                                        
conhost.exe                   3528 N/A                                        
cmd.exe                        788 N/A                                        
conhost.exe                   3728 N/A                                        
tasklist.exe                   496 N/A                                        
WmiPrvSE.exe                  2540 N/A
 
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Vasiliy Ivachev
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Posted: 02/07/2012 00:49:02
 
 
Could you also do the following:

1. Run Actual Window Manager

2. Open the Command Prompt window (Start -> Run..., then type cmd and click OK)

3. Copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt window:

tasklist /fi "CPUTIME gt 00:00:10" /fi "STATUS eq running" >tasklist_cpu.txt

tasklist /fi "CPUTIME gt 00:00:10" /fi "STATUS eq running" /m aim* >tasklist_aim.txt

4. Find tasklist_cpu.txt and tasklist_aim.txt text documents on your Desktop and send it back to me (support@actualtools.com)

Best regards.
 
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Sean Hanna
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Posted: 02/07/2012 20:24:08
 
 
While running these commands, i also got to watch all 49 buttons on calc.exe redraw 1 by 1. I still haven't had time to uninstall tortoise svn / ultramon nor disable anything in the configuration manager. This is still a vanilla installation of AWM.

tasklist /fi "CPUTIME gt 00:00:10" /fi "STATUS eq running"
Code
Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
System Idle Process              0 Services                   0         24 K
System                           4 Services                   0        304 K
csrss.exe                      348 Services                   0      3,548 K
csrss.exe                      416 Console                    1      4,688 K
services.exe                   468 Services                   0      6,612 K
lsass.exe                      500 Services                   0      8,252 K
lsm.exe                        508 Services                   0      3,392 K
svchost.exe                    668 Services                   0      6,448 K
VBoxService.exe                736 Services                   0      4,172 K
svchost.exe                    804 Services                   0      6,852 K
svchost.exe                    876 Services                   0     12,220 K
svchost.exe                    944 Services                   0     75,064 K
svchost.exe                    980 Services                   0     19,460 K
svchost.exe                    404 Services                   0     13,476 K
svchost.exe                   1092 Services                   0     11,068 K
svchost.exe                   1340 Services                   0      8,288 K
svchost.exe                   1432 Services                   0      4,668 K
sqlservr.exe                  1620 Services                   0     11,336 K
oracle.exe                    1940 Services                   0    179,476 K
TNSLSNR.EXE                   2012 Services                   0      5,420 K
postgres.exe                  1188 Services                   0     12,168 K
conhost.exe                   1772 Services                   0      2,360 K
svchost.exe                   1776 Services                   0      4,572 K
postgres.exe                  2220 Services                   0      4,076 K
postgres.exe                  2292 Services                   0      7,312 K
postgres.exe                  2304 Services                   0      4,936 K
postgres.exe                  2312 Services                   0      5,720 K
postgres.exe                  2320 Services                   0      4,372 K
sppsvc.exe                    2876 Services                   0      6,376 K
SearchIndexer.exe              156 Services                   0     13,388 K
taskhost.exe                  2740 Console                    1      9,588 K
dwm.exe                       2600 Console                    1      9,204 K
explorer.exe                  2812 Console                    1     37,344 K
VBoxTray.exe                   992 Console                    1      7,724 K
TSVNCache.exe                  932 Console                    1      9,736 K
firefox.exe                   2000 Console                    1    122,940 K
explorer.exe                  3164 Console                    1     43,100 K
svchost.exe                   3184 Services                   0      8,508 K
devenv.exe                    1912 Console                    1    168,276 K
msvsmon.exe                   3248 Console                    1     10,292 K
pgAdmin3.exe                  3888 Console                    1     26,572 K
sqlservr.exe                  1280 Console                    1     16,544 K
devenv.exe                    4396 Console                    1    140,500 K
calc.exe                      3384 Console                    1     11,132 K
Test.vshost.exe               4208 Console                    1     11,820 K
IntelliTrace.exe              3096 Console                    1     12,848 K
IntelliTrace.exe              4564 Console                    1     14,376 K
conhost.exe                   3396 Console                    1     10,116 K
ActualWindowManagerCenter     3908 Console                    1      3,924 K
ActualWindowManagerConfig     2996 Console                    1     21,668 K


tasklist /fi "CPUTIME gt 00:00:10" /fi "STATUS eq running" /m aim*
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Image Name                     PID Modules                                     
========================= ======== ============================================
taskhost.exe                  2740 aimemb64.dll                                
dwm.exe                       2600 aimemb64.dll                                
explorer.exe                  2812 aimemb64.dll                                
VBoxTray.exe                   992 aimemb64.dll                                
TSVNCache.exe                  932 aimemb64.dll                                
explorer.exe                  3164 aimemb64.dll                                
pgAdmin3.exe                  3888 aimemb64.dll                                
calc.exe                      3384 aimemb64.dll                                
conhost.exe                   3396 aimemb64.dll
 
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Sean Hanna
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Posted: 02/08/2012 02:19:48
 
 
It seems that disabling the 'command prompt windows' feature has fixed the majority of my performance problem.
 
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Vasiliy Ivachev
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Posted: 02/09/2012 04:31:43
 
 
Thanks for the information.

Please write in this thread if the problem will appear again.

Best regards.
 
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