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how to log the performance of all processes in windows 7? [duplicate]
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What is the proper way of debugging a slow Windows installation?
how to log the performance of all processes in windows 7?
basically i want the information in task manager to ...
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What can I do to improve the performance of Windows? [duplicate]
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What is the proper way of debugging a slow Windows installation?
I recently feel my Windows machine slows down a lot.
Formatting is not an option as I cannot afford the time. ...
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Why are applications getting slow after some inactive time? [duplicate]
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Windows XP: Why the machine slow for a minute when I put my machine for some time?
This probably has something to do with Windows, so I find this the right place to ask. if it'...
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Major computer speed problems [duplicate]
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What is the proper way of debugging a slow Windows installation?
I've been running Windows 7 on my laptop for about a year now, and have had no issues regarding speed. About a ...
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What are the essential tools you always have handy when attempting to fix someone's PC?
Specifically, I'm interested in knowing what tools you keep loaded on your thumb drive when asked to deal with a family member or friend's personal computer issue? Off the top of my head, I can think ...
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How do I get to the root cause of high Deferred Procedure Calls?
I've got a Dual core processor, and one of the two is constantly at 100%. Looking in ProcessExplorer shows me that it's Deferred Procedure Calls. Reading around the net seems to give me tons of ...
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Why does Windows 7 use the page file when there's free physical RAM?
I am using Windows 7 64 bit with 8G ram. After some use, I feel Windows is getting sluggish. The drive is thrashing. When I look at the resource monitor and disk activity, I see a few instances of use ...
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How do I troubleshoot when I have no clue where to start?
I am looking for hints, tips and answers on how to get started on troubleshooting when:
The problem is intermittent
The problem could lie literally anywhere - operating system; free source software; ...
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Windows, why your 8 GB of RAM feel like a few MB?
I'm on Windows 7 x64 with 4-core Intel i7 and 8 GB of RAM, but lately it feels like my computer's "RAM" is located solely on the hard drive.
Here is what the task manager shows:
The total amount of ...
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Why does my CPU Usage reach 100% too often?
I'm using a dual-core processor and often see my CPU usage reaches 100%. I realize this may happen if I'm running too much applications, so when I know the computer starts to run slowly, I start to ...
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HP Probook 4530s great specs, but lagging. Hard Drive?
I have this laptop, which has a i3 processor, 4gb memory, 7200rpm hard drive. So there is nothing wrong with the specs.
Even when I have no applications open, simply closing and opening windows, lags....
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How do I troubleshoot a Windows 7 freeze or slowness? [duplicate]
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What are the first steps for diagnosing a slow machine?
I have a new pc with windows 7 which freezes randomly. I hit every single key on the keyboard and it works again. Is ...
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What is causing sudden freezing during running real-time program?
So I run a high intensive (CPU/GPU) real-time program. During normal execution suddenly everything freezes for 1-4 seconds. I opened "Process Explorer" in the background to help gain insight and maybe ...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Full Core CPU Utilization by system process [closed]
I have a Lenovo X220 laptop on which I've installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Sometimes though it'll get stuck using 100% of a CPU core though in the SYSTEM process, and there's nothing I can do to ...
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Various parts of Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2013 get "blocked" by possibly common cause
Everything started when I tried to open a project in Visual Studio 2013 and it freezed right after this was opened. Later, I found out that parts of Windows 8 aren't working either, like the firewall ...
