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System (ACPI.sys) is always using about 15-20% of my CPU

I have a 13" Sony Vaio laptop (model SVS13A1C5E) and I upgraded it to Windows 8 with a fresh install, after upgrading I installed Win8 drivers listed here. Now I have a problem with the CPU usage (it ...
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linux: per-process monitor, every 10 minutes, with history access

I really didn't know a better way to ask my question, hence you get a horribly named question. I will explain what i want to do, maybe that will help you help me. I would like to have my linux ...
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Is there a program that can pause another program?

Here is whats bothering me. For example, I play two games, Assassins Creed and MW3. When my friends call me to play MW3 I minimise Assassins Creed to go and play MW3. But Assassins Creed still ...
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What is a good way of detecting which process just ran an intense process?

I have a Windows XP machine that is used as a music player in the house. It is relatively old and has a single core. Periodically the music will stutter and reviewing the task manager shows a short ...
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Throttle CPU Usage consumed by Process

We run a game-server company where we basically have large amounts of customers sharing a single machine, and are just on their own instance of a Java Process (Minecraft) managed by our Web Control ...
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How can I be alerted when a process goes idle (that is, its CPU usage reaches zero for a sustained period on Windows 7?

How can I be alerted when a process goes idle (that is, its CPU usage reaches zero for a sustained period on Windows 7? Essentially, I have a long running batch process that is pegging one of the ...
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How can I ensure that exactly one process is running on a given processor/core?

I would like to do this so I can accurately speed test my processes, and just to be able to have the illusion of control. Maybe I want to reserve one processor for special programs. Maybe I want to ...
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opendirectoryd consumes 40% of CPU

I have a MacBook Pro with Lion 10.7.2, 2.26 GHz CPU and 2GB DDR3 RAM. If I call top -o cpu the /usr/libexec/opendirectoryd process consumes more than 40% of CPU. $ ps aux | grep opend ...
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Why does my System Process use 50% of CPU time?

The System process running on my Windows 7 installation uses almost 50% of CPU arbitrarily. I monitor the process with Process Explorer from Sysinternals. Click the images to enlarge them... ...
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OS X Lion: What is uninstalld?

Every now and then, since I installed Lion on my Mac, I have noticed that a process called uninstalld has been running and using a lot of CPU time. Does anyone know what it does? I haven't tried to ...
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Windows 7 CPU usage high for Explorer.exe and DWM.exe

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate. I get a problem with two processes: explorer.exe and sometimes dwm.exe. The two processes tend to have a CPU usage between 20-30%. It only occurs when I play games on my ...
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Program to monitor processes with high CPU usage and memory consumption in realtime [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Software to monitor a CPU usage and RAM usage of a process? I need a program that monitors the top five (or similar) processes according to CPU usage and memory ...
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System idle process

When the cpu isn't doing anything, it runs the idle process. I heard that this process looks for programs that are waiting in the queue so that the cpu can run them. Is that all it does? I am also ...
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Is it possible to sleep a process by force externally?

Say we have a game that runs 100% cpu time via its global loop. However, we need to 'sleep()' its main process externally so that it goes to lower cpu time. We do not have access to its source. Is ...
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Why is Kaspersky's CPU activity not shown in process list?

So, when Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 (11) starts doing a full scan, I can see my CPU activity going to 100%. However, the KIS process only takes 02% according to Task manager, how is this ...
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Linux: command to know the processor number in which a process is loaded?

Is there any command in linux to figure out , given a process, which processor the process is running? I am interested in figuring out the CPU busy and CPU idle time of that processor.
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DpHostW.`.exe` process doesn't respond and use 25% CPU?

Sometimes when my Dell Vostro 3300 have been in sleep mode and then wake up, the fingerprint reader doesn't work. I also notice the cooling fan runs high and the process "DpHostW.exe" that is used for ...
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Why is the CPU usage reported by top in Linux over 100%?

I've seen the CPU usage go over 100%. How is this possible? Is it because I have four CPU cores, so 100% isn't really the max? Also, when a program does this, what else can I do in top besides using ...
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Why is the 'System' process at 100%?

On Windows 7, the System process is taking up 100% CPU (well 50% on a dual-core) for a rather long time. Its CPU usage doesn’t seem to drop at all. How can I diagnose this problem? What could be the ...