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CPU usage indicate how much of a workload is being handled by the CPU.

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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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TrustedInstaller.exe is eating all CPU; 100%

I have bought an ASUS ux50v for my wife (so pleeeeeaaaase help!), it has a single core cpu and Windows 7 Home Premium installed. I have updated it's os (made a mistake?) and now this TrustedInstaller....
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System process consuming CPU in Vista; mostly in ntkrnlpa:KiDispatchInterrupt

I've been having some trouble with high CPU usage from my system process intermittently for quite a while (months). More recently, it is present all the time that Windows is running. Running with ...
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Using Server CPU for Desktop Applications

Though it's a n00bish question I haven't found any clear answer anywhere even after long days of googling. Recently I am planning to use an AMD Opteron Quad Core 2350 for my home lab. I'll not run it ...
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Top is showing % CPU > 100?

top is showing several processes with CPU % greater than 100%. What does this indicate?
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Log CPU usage to file for specific process over time

I am looking to log CPU usage to a file over time on an RHEL system, and have seen this, but it doesn't seem to produce the right results - it seems like an anomaly between how ps and top calculate ...
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wmpnetwork.exe service clogs CPU usage

We have remote locations each with 2 ASUS media extenders that stream from a computer with a shared Media Player library. Lately, several of these locations experience the "wmpnetwork.exe" service ...
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disparity between `top`'s given CPU % and process CPU usage total

I've noticed that there are sometimes (large) differences between the reported total CPU usage and a summation of the per-process CPU utilization given by apps like top and wmtop. As an example: I ...
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Laptop suddenly lags making computer unusable

Yesterday, after playing Team Fortress 2 for around 20 minutes, my computer (an HP Compaq 8510p laptop) started lagging so bad I couldn't even shut down the game, I couldn't move the cursor nor could ...
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Is there a command in Linux 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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How much history does CPU Usage History in XP's task manager show?

Could anyone tell me how much history, in time (e.g. seconds or minutes), the CPU Usage History panel in the Task Manager show (see the image below)? I'm particularly interested on the XP, but also ...
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CPU usage at 100% for several hours

If I use a processor at 100% constantly for several hours, can that damage the machine?
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What is cisvc.exe and why is it consuming so much CPU time?

I see that cisvc.exe is taking up about 50% of my CPU time. It has consumed 14 hours of CPU time out of 30 since the last restart. What is this process? How can I see why it is consuming so much CPU ...
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High CPU usage on Snow Leopard

I'm having high CPU usage by a process called "DataDetectorsAgent" Which seems to start randomly even when I close it using Activity monitor. my questions are: What does this process do? how can I ...
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How to reduce the Skype video settings to work with an older computer

When making a Skype video call with a Logitech C600 webcam the video received on the other end often freezes. The local computer is has a single core AMD processor. The video being received from the ...
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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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Resources of minimized programs in Linux

When a program is minimized to the taskbar in Linux does it use less resources?
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netbeans: takes 100% cpu when working with a big java project

Is there a way to debug what exactly causes netbeans to be so slow and to take so much resources? When I try to use code completion it takes around 20 to 30 seconds for the code completion to appear. ...
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Multicore CPU energy requirement and load balancing

I am interested in load balancing for multicore CPU systems. If you use 1 CPU with multiple cores, is it more energy efficient to balance the load on several cores, or try to fill up single cores and ...
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What does it really mean when CPU usage is 0% in the Windows Task Manager?

I don't know if there's any instruction that could make the CPU idle. And I also notice that there's a System Idle Process that use 99% of the CPU when the CPU usage is shown to be 0%. What is this ...
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Linux program to artificially create CPU usage

Since I own one of those Centrino based Core 2 notebooks that create annoying buzzing noises when idle (= entering C3 or C4 power saving states), I'm looking for a program that creates artificial CPU ...
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svchost.exe taking 25% cpu

For some time now I have been noticing that one of my svchost.exe was constantly taking 25% cpu time on my 4 core, Win7 Ultimate PC. This particular service host is hosting: Cryptographic Services (...
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Why does youtube.com use 100% CPU?

I am running Firefox 3.6.6 on Windows XP SP2 on a Dual Core. Why does my CPU usage increase up to 100% for one core when I watch movies on youtube.com?
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100% CPU Runaway Processes (NCurses?)

This is a problem I've had for years, but just haven't posted anywhere about it until now. I'm running GRML, a Debian squeeze based Linux distro, and occasionally certain processes will runaway and ...
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Assigning CPU cores to virtual machines

VMPlayer lets you select how many CPU cores to assign to the virtual machine. I changed it from one to two. Does that mean that those two cores will be used exclusively by the VM?
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Writing a CPU/RAM usage log over a period of time to file on CentOS

I'm looking for an application or line of code that would let me observe a process, save the info in a number of variables, then put the gathered info on a file. I've been trying with variations of ...
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Where is my CPU usage going?

My Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid virtual machine is saying it's at 100% CPU usage... but all I'm running is Thunderbird. According to top, CPU usage should be ~25.9%... How do I interpret this conflicting output ...
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Alternative to Rhythmbox that's light on CPU

I'm running Ubuntu Lucid on my netbook, and I like listening to music while doing other stuff. Problem is: Rhythmbox is constantly consuming 7-9% of my CPU while it's playing. Now, 9% might not seem ...
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How much processing power is required while downloading data from a high speed internet connection (say 3 Mbps)?

I was just wondering about the CPU usage while downloading data (say, for example, a movie) from the internet. Can anyone tell me, how much is a processor really in use while downloading and, in the ...
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Reason behind system power usage?

when the number of applications running in a pc increases, the power consumed by the PC is also increasing. Is this correct? I think the reason behind this is CPU. Please let me know what role the ...
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ngen.exe is constantly using CPU

I recently installed Windows 7. This was a clean install (i.e. not an upgrade from another version of Windows), but I did install a bunch of other programs. All mainstream applications - nothing wacky....
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How can I monitor the CPU usage of one process over a period of time?

I want to know what the average CPU usage is of a particular executable on my PC over a day. I could write a C# app to do this, but I figured this is exactly the sort of app Superuser would know ...
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IP Helper service uses 50-60% CPU every 1 minute for 3-4 seconds on Windows 7

I have checked everything - all the processes in the process explorer. IP Helper service is causing CPU usage of over 50 % every 1 minute for 3-4 seconds then comes back to normal. In the task manager,...
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why does Virtualbox use 15-20% CPU when VM is paused?

I run VirtualBox 3.1 on Ubuntu with a Win XP guest. I have noticed to my surprise that when I pause the VM (its screen grays out) VirtualBox continues using 15-20% of the host's CPU. Is this normal ...
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cpu usage nearly 100 constantly windows xp sp3

When running some heavy applications like games or virtual box for some time.. the cpu usage is normal for some 15 mins and then suddently cpu usage increases. even after i quit the heavy apps and ...
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Understanding top output in Linux

I'm trying to determine the CPU usage of a program by looking at the output from Top in Linux. I understand that %us means userspace and %sy means system/kernel etc. But say I see 100%us. Does this ...
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How can a single threaded application like Excel 2003 take more than 50% of a hyper-threaded or dual-core CPU in task manager?

I'm waiting for Excel to finish a recalculation and I notice that the CPU usage as reported by Task Manager occasionally spikes to 51% or 52% on a Pentium 4 with hyper-threading. How is a single-...
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CPU fan making noise

CPU fan is making noise. I figured out some reasons: Cable coming out of fan is vibrating. And maybe also CPU fan is loose causing vibration. Suggest options. I cleaned the fan. But found that ...
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Do cpuidle governors and cpufreq governors work in mutual exclusion?

My understanding is that when a CPU is in the C0 state, the cpufreq governor decides what P-state the CPU should reside in. When a CPU goes idle, it falls from the C0 state to a deeper C-state. The ...
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How to cope with runaway Flash plugin in Google Chrome browser?

I'm using Google Chrome for Linux, version 5.0.307.11 (Official Build 39572) beta with the Linux Flash plugin version 10.0 r32. Quite often, the Flash plugin goes wild and pegs the CPU with about 95%...
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CPU on ubuntu goes crazy

I am running ubuntu 9.10. At the sudden the CPU goes crazy and when I do top, it is used by a command called 'dd' and it is run by USER 'root'. It keeps going to for > 15 minutes. Can you please ...
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XP 100% CPU on Login, by random processes [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: XP 100% CPU on Login, by random processes I have a serious issue on my Windexs XP machine. When I start it up it takes ages to login, then when I bring up task manager I find ...
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XP 100% CPU on Login, by random processes

I have a serious issue on my Windexs XP machine. When I start it up it takes ages to login, then when I bring up task manager I find that its running at 100% CPU However, the process taking the CU ...
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SvcHost is taking 100% of CPU. It appears to be either DcomLaunch or TermService - virus?

So my SvcHost is all of a sudden taking 100% of my CPU, and I'd like to figure out which service is responsible for this. Is there any way to differentiate the load being generated by the multiple ...
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How to set alert when cpu usage reaches 100% Windows XP [closed]

Is there a way to set an alert, email or sms, when a certain windows xp machine's cpu reaches 100%?
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What is a CPU tick?

Question: How is a CPU tick calculated and what does it represent? Does a single tick equate to 10 miliseconds thus if some thread reported not called for (5 * 10 ticks = 500 ticks) does this mean ...
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spoolsv.exe consumes all CPU and RAM resources

Consider a Windows 7 x64 installation with 2 printers installed. The system has 8GB installed RAM. One printer is a Brother laser MFC-8220 Printer via TCP/IP, and the other is a CutePDF printer. ...
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CPU makes an electric leak like sound

For a while my computer have been making a electric leak like sound whenever the CPU usage gets high. However, lately it started to make it more often. For example with anti-virus searches and malware ...
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Excel performance improvement

I have an 8 CPU 3GHz Windows machine that is estimated to finish a calculation using Excel in 16 days based on a sample data test. This performance is not acceptable(!). The calculation does not use ...
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