At 05:57 PM 7/8/00 -0400, Bruce A Metcalf wrote:
> ............ , or should I assume that some application of mine is
>gobbling CPU cycles at a much higher rate than before?
Bruce
>From a practical point of view I suggest you download and install the free
Microsoft Windows Process Watcher called WinTop from their site. This WinTop
utility displays a window showing all Processes running in your machine giving
their Identity, %CPU, Accumulated CPU, # Threads, Type and Path.
It can be downloaded as part of the "Windows 95 Kernel Toys Set" from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95kerneltoy/
Downloade the self-unzipping file "W95KRNLTOYS.EXE" into some Temp directory.
Double-click to unzip the contents. Instructions are in wintop.txt - viz:
Right-click the "wintop.inf" file and select "Install". I keep my short cut
under Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools.
I find it quite invaluable in investigating these type of situations. You can
fire it up in a few second to investigate some anomalous behaviour or leave it
running in the background continuously where it consumes about 0.5% CPU time.
Regards
Alan Powell
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