Problem solved: Re: time.sleep(1) sometimes runs for 200 seconds under windows

[Paul Probert]

Thanks everyone for your help.
   It was the "Abouttime.exe" program, a time synch utility. To get the 
problem, you have to run it as a service, and possibly it has to have 
trouble connecting to its time servers. It would cause time.sleep(1) to 
sometimes block for 200 seconds. Not "about" 200 seconds but always 
within 199 to 202 seconds. Very strange, but it is good to have the 
problem gone.

Enjoy the weekend!

Paul Probert
University of Wisconsin