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Subject: Re: Question about XP Machine (OT)

Author: Jeff Lischer

Date: 05:58:16 08/14/04

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On August 14, 2004 at 00:53:30, Sean Empey wrote:

>On August 13, 2004 at 22:42:16, Jeff Lischer wrote:
>
>>While analyzing a position with engines in Arena, I checked the Task Manager to
>>see CPU usage. Much to my surprise, I discovered that no application gets more
>>than 50% of the CPU time. 'System Idle Process' is listed as about 50% also.
>>
>>Is there some priority setting in XP to prevent programs from hogging too much
>>CPU time? Or could I have something running in the background (like a virus
>>scanner), that's taking up resources?
>>
>>Thanks for any ideas!
>
>Do you have an Intel HT processor?

Yes it is an HT processor. How does that affect the CPU usage, or how it is
displayed in the Task Manager?



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