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OSX: is there a way to disable the windows throttle on desktop change?

When I switch from virtual desktop A to virtual desktop B, my windows in A get throttled. Is there a power saving feature to disable that throttling? For example in chrome(ium), ...
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Video Card Issue?

I have a laptop with Windows 10 Pro, Core i3-3217U, Intel HD4000 iGPU and 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM. Whenever I play any game using it's built-in display (1366x768 display), My laptop gets throttled in ...
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Windows 10 throttles Bash network ops when not focused

I'm trying to rsync a large (90GB) file to my desktop. I'm using Bash on Ubuntu on Windows to do that, since it's WAY more performant than cygwin-virtualized rsync or similar The problem I'm running ...
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Is the Windows Update responsible for CPU throttling?

Windows 10 forced me into an update on Thursday evening and everything seemed to go off without a hitch. Or so I thought. I did notice at the time that for some peculiar reason Intel HD Graphics ...
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Why my CPU is running hot and throttling?

Anytime I try to play games my CPU is getting too hot. I used CoreTemp and HWiNFO64 to measure the temp of the CPU and GPUs and they showed CPU's temperature going to 95+ ºC. My system specs are: ...
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It is possible a software(such as Chrome, games, etc) use multiple internet connection(like IDM does)?

My ISP throttling single connection just use 15 kB/s. So if i play online game(such as Dota 2), streaming youtube, or other thing which use only single connection, it is throttled. Fortunately ...
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How to modify the CPU throttle temperature?

I have a Xeon E5430 in a socket 775 board. Most of the apps are getting the CPU temperature wrong. Only aida64 is okay, the others think the CPU temperature is about 20°C higher than the reality. I ...
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CPU utilization won't go above 30%

I have an HP Pavillion 14 laptop. Intel Celeron 1.6GHz 2 core. 2Gb RAM. Windows 10. It's running really slowly. So slow that its unusable right from the very start. I check the resource monitor and ...
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Browsing speed is fast, but download speed is 0

I'm currently using Windows 10 and netcomm nb604n router. Problem: Web browsing on chrome/edge/firefox works fast, but my download speed from majority of websites start around 10kb/s and eventually (...
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Stop Dell from throttling CPU with power adapter

My Dell laptop is experiencing the old problem of the power adapter failing to be recognized by the computer. I know for a fact it is just a break in the data cable in the line, because if I position ...
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How can I throttle incoming packets for a specific program in Windows 10?

I want to throttle incoming connections for GTAV.exe. My router doesn't support QoS so I'm looking for a way to limit the incoming packets through software. I have tried creating a QoS policy through ...
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How to get statistics of CPU throttling?

My dmesg output says that the CPUs are throttled, because of the temperature. [ 1283.260276] CPU3: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1) [ 1283.260277] CPU2: Core ...
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Ethernet throttling itself? Wireless is fine. Video of issue included

https://youtu.be/baV-P00i7CY I just got internet installed today at my new apartment. I'm connecting using my desktop. When I'm connected directly to the modem I get exactly 14.31 mbps every time. ...
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Dynamically Limit Download/Upload Speeds of a Application based on Schedule?

I've tried a number of solutions like NetLimiter and/or NetBalancer for this, however I've not yet found a complete solution after a few days of Googling. Does anybody know of a way to achieve ...
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Does the CPU or motherboard throttle?

Can a CPU throttle itself, or is it the motherboard that does it? By throttle, I mean when the CPU underclocks and undervolts itself due to high temperatures.
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Throttle network bandwidth per application in Mac OS X - 2016 version [duplicate]

I would like to ask this question again since it's passed a long time since the original post and many things have changed since then. Throttle network bandwidth per application in Mac OS X In my ...
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Lowering the thermal throttling point on an Intel CPU

I have a laptop with the Intel i7 4700MQ processor, which I sometimes use for BOINC computing. However, in Intel XTU, I've noticed temperatures of over 80 °C for sustained periods. This temperature is ...
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In Prime95, why do small FFTs generate the most heat, despite CPU at 100% for all options?

I've just built a new Skylake PC, and I'm going to see about a bit of overclocking with Prime95 as a stress tester. It works fine in normal use, but with Prime95 I'm noticing a bit of CPU throttling ...
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Redhat disable CPU throttling

How can I disable CPU throttling? I need this done in order to properly install atlas. I have checked alot of similar questions on google as well as here on superuser and didn't find a solution. ...
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Ubuntu Trickle Will Not Open Chrome

I'm trying to open Chrome with trickle to throttle the upload speed so I can test a sites image uploading progress display, but the build in dev tools for chrome only allow throttling for downloads. ...
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Am I being throttled by my ISP? [closed]

Everything is slow, it seems that a have a limit for each host where I connect. For example when I use BitTorrent, each peer is limited to no exceed 30 kB/s. So if I'm connected to 10 peers I get ...
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In short, I can't seem to download or install most things on my Win7 Lappy from Chrome...as well as the whole system just being slow

I have a Toshiba Satellite with Win7. At first I started noticing videos playing slower. At my boyfriends place it was less noticeable since the internet speed was cranked up pretty high and we lived ...
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Add virtual network interface to limit internet traffic?

The setup is as follows: I have a server with one network card in my LAN network. Now I want to limit the upload / download speed from / to the server but not the speed within the local network. ...
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High latency in network access on mobile broadband

First post. I have been using a mobile broadband (HSDPA) connection for the past 2 years. Recently, the ISP started throttling speeds, but the issue was fixed after sometime. However, now the ...
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Is packet loss in traceroute a sign of speed throttling?

This connection has severe connectivity issues like webpage timeouts and slow transfer speeds. Its a wireless HSDPA conection which I am accessing using a USB Modem (Huawei E303c). Executing mtr ...
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How can I determine if my Intel CPU does throttle?

I have a Dell M6600 Laptop with an Intel Core-i7 CPU, and it is becoming pretty loud and hot recently, and slows down. I suspect that the CPU gets very hot, and would like to see if the thermal ...
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How to check whether my ISP is throttling my torrent/streaming speed? [duplicate]

I have exactly the same problem as this one, but unfortunately no helpful answer was provided, and the OP accepted a non-answer! So I guess I should ask again, here. Recently I am having streaming ...
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How can I log bandwidth used and throttle speeds on Windows home network?

I am researching a mobile satellite internet solution (I know it's terrible, I have my reasons). The plans are slow and they have harsh bandwidth limits. I'm a single user that is spoiled by home and ...
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Location Based Bandwidth Throttling In Live Update?

In Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.4 (RU4), we've been having an issue with Live Update smashing the links to our smaller sites. I've done a bit of digging around Symantec's site, but can't figure ...
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Why is DNS the first thing to go when my connection is busy?

It seems like whenever I have reached the apparent limits of my download/upload rate (or just been throttled), the first thing that will start to slow or timeout completely is DNS lookups. Normally I ...
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How can I detect if an online backup service is doing IP-based throttling?

I live on a campus in the US and I am trying to understand why my upload speed to the online backup service Backblaze on area Y of the campus is 10 times slower than on area X of the campus (20000 vs ...
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Low CPU performance with low usage and clock - Windows 8.1

I recently deleted everything from my PC and reinstalled Windows 8.1 from scratch. When I first booted into Windows everything was extremely slow though the CPU usage was very low (about 1%). After ...
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How can I run the Trickle bandwidth throttler as daemon (trickled) on start-up?

I want to run the bandwidth throttler trickled automatically on boot up. (Raspbian OS on the Raspberry Pi). What methods are there, and which one(s) are standard practice? The options I've found are ...
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trickle: throttle all programs: works for statically linked executables?

I want to use trickle on Raspbian. It seems it can be used when running an executable as follows: trickle -u {up} -d {down} {program} And it can also be used for all applications. e.g.: trickled -...
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Window Server 2012 throttling incoming IPv6 network file sharing operations

Short version IPv4 download from server: fast IPv4 upload to server: fast IPv6 download from server: fast IPv6 upload to server: slow Full version I am copying files from a GBe desktop to a GBe ...
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How to choose an upper CPU temperature limit?

I just wrote a script to throttle a heavy number-crunching program, to prevent the CPU from overheating. I can set any upper temperature limit, and successfully keep the CPU always below that limit. (...
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Overheat VAIO VGN-AW31ZJ; 100°C everywhere [closed]

Lately my laptop is always overheated and, to avoid shouting downs, it's always throttling. Any hint about how i can solve this issue? It's out of warranty so i prefer to do it on my own at first.
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test isp for bandwidth throttling

As of late youtube has been slow to load like 30-45 seconds in it will pause and buffer for 2-3 min. this happens on my wifes mac , my desktop and my work laptop so im pretty sure its not a hardware ...
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How to set thermal throttling lowest CPU clock on Linux?

I am having huge problems with thermal throttling on my Thinkpad T420 with Core i7 and Nvidia Quadro. When the throttling starts I get the kernel message: [42544.677294] [Hardware Error]: Machine ...
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How to read and save BIOS from GeForce GT630M to change throttle temperature in Acer V3

ORIGINAL POST Please skip to EDIT Hello I am using the Acer V3-571G which has set GPU throttling temperature to really low value(lower than other manufacturers) it makes GPU useless it throttles ...
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Stop GPU core throttling in Acer V3-571G which makes graphics card useless

I have bought Acer V3-571G it has GeForce GT630.Games are running superb... but just for a 2-3 minutes until this card warms up. I have updated BIOS from 1.08 to 1.13 and the memory stopped throttling ...
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What capabilities to look for a wifi router to avoid clogging?

I am looking for a new wireless router that should automatically distribute available bandwidth to all users connected (up to 10 via wifi), particularly avoiding situations where some (one) user sucks ...
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How to control bandwidth in Firefox?

I share my internet connection, which is very slow, with two friends. When one of us tries to watch a video or download something, he usually "eats up" all the bandwidth. All of us use Firefox and ...
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How to effectively diagnose ISP throttling (or other ISP related issues) and what to do about it?

My question is a bit general but I assume there has to be a good, specific answer to my problem. I, like many, am beginning to wonder if my ISP is throttling my home internet connection. I'm not so ...
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How can I "throttle" an application so that it doesn't use 100% CPU?

I use Arch Linux. I run the closed-source application Spotify. Recently, it's been displaying a very nasty bug though where it will use 100% of my CPU. My computer has been having some cooling ...
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Can I throttle downloads in Firefox 12?

How can I throttle my downloads in Firefox 12? Like a global setting, "Maximum download speed: 20kbps". And thereby every download would share that maximum download pool of 20kbps.
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Why is Windows 7 throttling my laptop CPU?

I have been dealing with this problem for months. The Computer Model: Dell XPS M1330 (specs found here; I have the full 4GB of RAM) Age: 3+ years OS: Windows 7 Professional x64 Problem ...
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Is Windows 7 throttling my CPU?

I am hoping someone with more experience in Windows 7 can help me out. I have written a php script that utilizes curl_multi to do some spidering. This script runs on an install of WAMP. I originally ...
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Rate limiting uTorrent and Vuze on local network

I'm doing some research about these two clients and for that I need to have a small swarm (40+ clients) that acts just like a normal swarm. I managed to get some virtual machines up and running but ...
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How to throttle HTTP requests in Firefox?

When using the Web, I occasionally stumble on various (rather reasonable) DoS protection features used by the server administrators. Most commonly this happens when using Zotero which tends to ...
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