When, and only when, I run 'Free Download Manager' when Boinc is running (regardless of status, suspended, active etc...), my system grinds to a halt periodically every minute or so for about thirty seconds.
I have no idea why this is, and if someone can suggest a testing methodology for me I'll gladly spend a bit of time seeing where the problem may lie.

Regards

-Rohan

I must ask... which free download manager? There seem to be quite a few out there with that name, some disputing that the others aren't to be trusted. So, uh...

If it's the torrent like one, your slowdown may be happening because it downloads whatever you download from various sources, thereby easily maxing out your bandwidth. Now, I don't know what your internet speed is (upload and download, in kilobits or megabits), but I do know that when your network is maxing out, your CPU load is also quite heavy. Especially on integrated network cards.

So you go and check in Windows Task Manager what is maxing out the CPU (cores) when you download and BOINC is on.

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