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Typical example on how to fight the symptoms while not curing the root cause. But an elegant one 
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I'd be seriously REALLY interested if there is an explanation to that. I would even suffer to make a complete fool of myself if this belongs to the obvious-things-every-programmer-should-know and I, well, didn't know, but I'd be relieved to know the answer - provided there is only one.
Win8 comes with an enhanced Task manager, with the monitoring function (Remember the good ol' sysinternals?), and this helps a bit to nail it down to the browser, as you have pointed out. Other good candidates are the freaking 1Gb daily "Java" updates (OK, slightly exaggerated here, sometimes only 2Gb every other day).
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I wrote a program which watches the file events on the disk using filesystemwatcher. When it goes crazy I turn it on and most of what I see is the browser cache updating. Nothing that stands out.
I've also turned off all auto-downloading of any updates (java, windows, etc). I run all updates but I only allow it to tell me about them so I can run them on my schedule.
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I do not run into this problem.
It is MY computer and I use it MY way! I connect my modem and browse the interweb, then kill the browser and finally disconnect the modem. The computer is MINE again to do what I want which is program development, not inane chatter.
Dave
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Get new computer? 
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Slacker007 wrote: Get new computer?
There ought to be a government subsidy. A fast computer is my right!!!
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newton.saber wrote: A fast computer is my right!!!
As it should be. Fast computers for everyone!!!
Death and destruction to all slow, weak, and feeble computers, that stand in our way of greatness!!
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Surely this is a movement everyone can get behind.
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newton.saber wrote: There ought to be a government subsidy. A fast computer is my right!!!
I'm already rolling my eyes when I read about governments subsidizing the purchase of iPads in educational environments. Apple is already filthy rich, while schools are being provided with these toys they didn't ask for and are still left begging for money for things they really need.
You *really* want the government to subsidize the purchase of computers?
modified 9-Mar-15 15:36pm.
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Yeah! It's a healthcare issue: Everyone's sanity is at stake. Obamacare should bluddywell cover it!
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newton.saber wrote: There ought to be a government subsidy. A fast computer is my right!!!
You've just invented a fifth freedom - the freedom to compute!
The U.S. should start a new Foreign Aid program to provide supercomputers to every child (and adult...) in the world!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Excessive disk IO is a sign of imminent disk failure...
Better back up. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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What you don't seem to understand is that the browser is the most important thing on your computer -- far more important than even you and your family -- so it is only right that it claim thirty times more of your machine's resources than any well-written program should ever need.
Get your head straight.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So true. The Browser is the OS.
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Pfft! It's Far more important than the OS!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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newton.saber wrote: The Browser is the OS.
And Google is my master. All hail Lord Google! 
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Slacker007 wrote: And Google is my master. All hail Lord Google!
I hope you are not being sarcastic, because Lord Google despises sarcasm and version 2.5.1 of GoogleDungeon comes out next week and you will be the first Luser forced to try it out. 
I hear the stretching rack still has some bugs though, so hope for that.
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AIUI, this is a "perfect storm" of an interaction between Windows' write-back cache and most (all?) browsers' method of caching data.
The browser cache consists of many relatively small files, typically all written during the current session. Windows attempts to cache as much I/O as possible, but in the interests of data integrity - must flush all 'dirty' data to disk at regular intervals.
Creating a large number of small files takes a disproportionate amount of time compared to a sequential write of the same amount of data. It is this that presumably causes the "hiccups" that you observe.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Thanks. That sounds like the most reasonable answer I've ever heard and adds up with what I've seen with my disk I/O watcher. Great information. Upvote!!
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damn you CP I now cant get that tune out of my head
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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damn you Bergholt Stuttley Johnson I now cant get that tune out of my head. 
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Really like yesterdays
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Today's Apple media event is called "Spring Forward" and is rumored to be the official release of the Apple Watch. I've been accused of being an Apple fanboy by a few people here. It's not true but I thought I'd get out ahead of this one:
1. I don't intend to buy an Apple Watch.
2. I don't find the aesthetic design to be very pleasing.
3. Like the other current wearables available, I find the technology lacking.
4. If the rumored prices are right, the Apple Watch is too expensive for my tastes.
That being said I can't help but believe that the current crop of wearables (including Apple Watch) are like the very early PIMs and tablets. The basic concept is OK but the current technology can't make it perform at the level it requires to become mainstream.
I want a smart watch that replaces my smart phone with all the processing power, data storage, better battery life, equivalent display (hologram?), camera specs (not sure how to make a watch based camera easy to use), etc...
What say you?
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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