Computer question...

Thursday, March 9, 2006 by broadway_dude | Discussion: Internet

Hello,
I have a question... you know how there are widget that tells your computer information and you know how there is a part that says CPU and then a percentage. Mine is always 100% but I noticed that others are not. How do I make my percentage lower?

Thank you!!
14 Reply 6 Referrals
MikeB314
Reply #1 Thursday, March 9, 2006 9:40 AM
Are you running any distributed computing software that uses free CPU cycles, such as SETI @ Home or Folding @ Home, etc.? There's nothing wrong with using them, but they will cause your CPU to always be at 100%.

broadway_dude
Reply #2 Friday, March 10, 2006 3:28 AM
Um... I'm not sure.... How do you know that you're running it? In other words, how do you check it?

thomassen
Reply #3 Friday, March 10, 2006 3:54 AM
To find out what consumes your CPU cycles, hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the Task Manager, then go to the Processes tab. From there you shoulb be able to see how much of the CPU each program running on your computer uses.

broadway_dude
Reply #4 Saturday, March 11, 2006 3:11 AM
Thank you! but I don't WHAT to delete. Of course there are things that you don't wanna close right?

thomassen
Reply #5 Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:14 AM
Yes, some things aren't supposed to be shut down.

What processes does your Task Manager say uses the most CPY cycles?

broadway_dude
Reply #6 Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:52 PM
Um.... firefox, and msn. Wait... I'm NOT allowed to shut down things that says system or network service or local service right?

broadway_dude
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 14, 2006 2:54 AM
Thank you very much! That helped me!
I have a question though. If you delete/kill the program, then would be able to start it up again?
For example I deleted Itunes from the list and when I try to open it up, would it work?

Bichur
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:11 AM
should.

I have stuff blocked from autostart with another program and they run when clicked. It just keeps them from doing so on their own.

broadway_dude
Reply #10 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:24 AM
ah ok thank you very much everyone!!
Could you tell me the program?

Kevin_C
Reply #11 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:25 AM
This little utility from sysinternals will let you pick and choose what should and should not be allowed to run at start-up and more. A word of warning, before disabling things make sure you know what you are doing because you can really mess your computer up with these tools. You've been warned!!

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

greg2
Reply #12 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 AM
spybot search and destroy will also give you a choice to keep things from loading on start up[located in tools] but like KEVIN said be carefull good luck

broadway_dude
Reply #13 Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:39 AM
Thank you VERY much!!!

scorpio-logic
Reply #14 Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:11 PM
I love that SysInternals site.

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