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    Vista CPU Usage...

    I'm not sure if this has already been covered, but check this screenshot:



    This is 'idling' on the desktop with minimal programs running... yet 33% CPU usage? what is running!!!

    I cant wait to get my harddrive back from RMA so i can go back to XP again!


    [e!] just spotted the 'show processes from other users', but there is nothing majorly going on, yet vista is today idling between 3% and 22%... ridiculous.
    Last edited by streetster; 13-07-2007 at 08:53 AM.

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    Cant beat a bit of Vista...

    Mind you I've just got another 2gb of ram and a Raptor so I might be Vista by the weekend

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    Media Player?

    Mine idles on 5 > 8% per core.
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    Mine (work) is 4-5% (Ultimate) so something is up. Check for any too-busy services or is the indexing running etc? Increase the refresh rate of task manager (View->Update Speed->High) and see what bubbles up.
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    There was a windows update for windows mail that crippled outlook and winmail and also gave high cpu usage, it might be worth having a go at uninstalling some of the updates to see if that is what's causing your problem.
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    What I did find was that when I took of, well turned right back all the visual treatments that Vista puts on things did feel a bit smoother. I still thinkt hat Vista has a heck of a long way to come yet before people switch over to it full time.

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    Whats wrong with a bit of CPU usage?

    Your not using the cycles to do anything else, so Vista (quite rightly) decides to do something useful with them, as otherwise its a total waste.

    Some will be taken to run the DWM/aero interface, a large percentage will probably be the background indexer; you have norton I see so I bet that is stealing some (and probably not telling your or windows) , and svchost is probably taking up the rest.

    Theres nothing wrong..why switch back to XP? Its slower, fugly in comparison, a lot less secure..

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    33% is quite high though. I get about 4% when idle desktop running msn xfire and Avast! among all the other things

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    I run Vista Ultimate 64 bit between 3-8%
    This is more a set up issue i think.



    Seems to me this is more of a rig set up from your side rather than Vista
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    I've been having a few issues with certain programs and drivers causing higher CPU usage, but overall, its ok now.

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    Some people love it, some hate it but I have the sidebar on in Vista and use a Top Process (http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDeta...bff32517a&bt=1) gadget to monitor what's going on. At any given time I can at least see what's chewing up cycles.

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    I have seen rogue system drivers cause the above before. There is a tool on sysinternals that lets you view CPU usage to the point of DLL library level , check it out if you think you have something running wild in the background.

    Great for tracking problems when you dont have a debugger attached, too!

    I personally ditched Vista when I was finding everything I was doing consumed more memory, slower, with no real benefits at the moment from the OS itself.

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