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Yeah, my Kerios firewall kept popping up asking me to Permit google something to go somewhere off my computer. Even when Chrome wasn't running. I sure like the skinnyness and the last visited webpage. What can you tell a 500 pound gorilla? probably nothing.
>>> "Boyd, Todd M." <tmboyd1@xxxxxxxx> 9/4/2008 1:26:16 PM >>> > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolf [mailto:lonewolf@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:34 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [PHP] Google Chrome > > <!-- SNIP --> > > You can at least track memory + cpu usage through the Task Manager > > (Ctrl-Alt-Del + T on most distros). In the Task Manager, I also > noticed > > that GoogleUpdate.exe is running even when Chrome.exe is not. This > made > > me a bit curious, so I went into msconfig (the Microsoft GUI utility > for > > modifying startup programs, services, and system INI files) and saw > that > > GoogleUpdate.exe had been added to the list of programs to run on > > Windows startup. > > > > I hate, hate, HATE it when programs install resident agents that eat > my > > memory and perform background network activity. Rrgh! Points taken > away > > from Google for this app's EULA and its methods. Slick otherwise, > though > > (aside from the lack of XMLDOM instantiation support for > _javascript_)... > > startup monitor -> sure it runs at startup, but that little bugger > keeps an eye on my startup and asks me if I want to allow my startup to > be modified. Yeah, I used to use a program that had similar functionality. Haven't really bothered putting much of my "familiar" software on my work PC, but maybe I should after this... it has been bogging down a bit lately, after all. Todd Boyd Web Programmer |
