Alessandro Scotti wrote:The engines are moving quickly and reaching low depths (maybe too low?) and this kind of error happens relatively often in these conditions.
If any of them was in time trouble it was Zappa. Zappa had 4 seconds and Rybka had 11 seconds, and they can count in the increment per move as well. I also noticed that both of the engines were only reaching depth 6-9.
Alessandro Scotti wrote:The engines are moving quickly and reaching low depths (maybe too low?) and this kind of error happens relatively often in these conditions.
If any of them was in time trouble it was Zappa. Zappa had 4 seconds and Rybka had 11 seconds, and they can count in the increment per move as well. I also noticed that both of the engines were only reaching depth 6-9.
You had either a hardware, a serious setup problem, or some other process
used a lot of cpu.
I guess Rybka would even on a PII 200 mhz reach depth 6 in full
3 seconds. 43.Ba1 {+3.88/6 3}
Alessandro Scotti wrote:The engines are moving quickly and reaching low depths (maybe too low?) and this kind of error happens relatively often in these conditions.
If any of them was in time trouble it was Zappa. Zappa had 4 seconds and Rybka had 11 seconds, and they can count in the increment per move as well. I also noticed that both of the engines were only reaching depth 6-9.
You had either a hardware, a serious setup problem, or some other process
used a lot of cpu.
I guess Rybka would even on a PII 200 mhz reach depth 6 in full
3 seconds. 43.Ba1 {+3.88/6 3}
Guenther
The only other programs that were running was Norton internet security, which I dont know how to turn off, and this random program that keeps coming back even if I turn it off named 'CTFMON'. It cannot be a setup problem, because the following game was played few minutes later.
The only other programs that were running was Norton internet security, which I dont know how to turn off, and this random program that keeps coming back even if I turn it off named 'CTFMON'.
I'm not an expert on the matter but I have tested engine position solving timings with N.I.S active and disabled and couldn't measure any difference. As far as I can fathom N.I.S remains dormant until an operating system event triggers it into life such as starting a new process or data transfer across the network system for example so I leave it enabled. If it was actually running an anti-virus scan that is a different matter and would be resource intensive.
It is possible to stop CTFMON from starting by removal from the system registry but unless you are confident about registry deletions it is best left alone.
AK
The only other programs that were running was Norton internet security, which I dont know how to turn off, and this random program that keeps coming back even if I turn it off named 'CTFMON'.
I'm not an expert on the matter but I have tested engine position solving timings with N.I.S active and disabled and couldn't measure any difference. As far as I can fathom N.I.S remains dormant until an operating system event triggers it into life such as starting a new process or data transfer across the network system for example so I leave it enabled. If it was actually running an anti-virus scan that is a different matter and would be resource intensive.
It is possible to stop CTFMON from starting by removal from the system registry but unless you are confident about registry deletions it is best left alone.
AK
I did read that about Ctfmon using internet search. Usually once you turn off a program it remains off until you restart the computer, or does something else with the computer. It didnt start showing up in taskmanager until recently, I have scanned its folder many times, didnt find any viruses.
It didnt start showing up in taskmanager until recently
I have no MS office products on this PC and hence no CTFMON.exe running although the process exists in the WIndows\ system folder. It has the latest XP updates.
You must either have or had an MS office product on your PC at some time. There have been suggestions it is linked in with MS validation checks.
I haven't installed any of the Microsoft .Net Framework downloads either so it couldbe associated with these if you have them installed but no Office software.
Like msmsgs.exe it will keep coming back even if the process tree is closed. msmsgs.exe is also used by Norton as well as some of the O/S processes. Generally it seems to just sit in the background so don't worry about it too much unless Task Manager shows it is actually using CPU resource.
AK
A good idea is to go to Start then run ... then type "msconfig". You will get a System Configuration Utility. What you want is to go to Services and Startup and uncheck anything you think is not necessary. Usually I keep everything from Microsoft but heavily edit stuff that I can start by running the program later. If you are not sure about an executable or a process ... just google it and you can quickly figure out if it is necessary or not.
