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How to stress the Windows XP kernel?
We have intermittant problems with writing DVDs where the writing process fails. We suspect that the problem is happening when the DVD driver switches from DMA mode to PIO mode and then in this mode ...
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Hard drive dying? One CPU core runs at 50% but System Idle Process at 99%
I think I have a hard drive or video card dying in my HTPC. It's a dual core CPU and one processor is almost always at 100% usage, but processes are all nil, System Idle Process is at 99%
It's a ...
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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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What might cause a severe slowdown on a PC without showing high CPU usage?
A friend's Windows XP laptop has become extremely unresponsive over the last few days, taking over 30 seconds to open My Computer for example and a over a minute to open a locally stored Word document....
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