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What happens when a computer runs out of RAM?
A little ago, out of curiosity, I wrote a Java program that takes up a lot of memory very fast. (It adds BufferedImages to an arraylist in a loop.)
I kept the Windows System Monitor open to observe ...
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How to find the process(es) which are hogging the machine
Scenario: All of a sudden, my computer feels sluggish. Mouse moves but windows take ages to open, etc. uptime says the load is 7.69 and raising.
What is the fastest way to find out which process(es) ...
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Low FPS in some games, but hardware not fully used
I just did a little funny experiment in the game/sim "Train Simulator 2013". I normally have good FPS in it (around 30) at full settings.
What I did was make a really, really long train so that the ...
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How to automatically end the process when Windows 8 Modern UI apps are closed?
When Metro/Modern UI applications are closed, they are not actually removed from memory; they are still running in a 'Suspended' state. This clutters up the Task Manager considerably, and is very ...
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Find out what driver is causing resource usage
I have a problem with one of the device drivers - it constantly uses resources in a very strange way - one second nothing, the other one full 100%. It creates a saw-tooth pattern in the resource ...
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Hard disk 'whistles' with high access when nothing is running?
This just started today: after my WinVista computer has been idle for a few hours (with nothing running) the disk usage light goes on and the HD starts to 'whistle'. While this is going on the ...
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Looking for a net/bandwidth meter
I have been using NetMeter 1.1.3 for a few years now and it's good. But it's missing something that I need, a way to filter the packets. I've been using PS3 Media Server to stream media from my PC ...
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Apache threads being kept around after browsing on a local development machine
So I have apache running on my local computer. When I open up local development sites in tabs in my browser, apache threads are started. That's as it should be. However, when I close the tabs, ...
