[Ham-Computers] DOS under WinXP and CPU usage?

[Philip]

Hi,

If I hear anything I'll let you know.
Phil

> Phil,
>
> I don't have an answer but if you get one that doesn't go to the list, I 
> am
> also interested.  I run a commercial grade accounting package (SBT) under 
> dBase
> 5.  And have a similar CPU (3.1 gHz Intel) running under W2K.  Currently,
> when I start the accounting package, CPU utilization goes to around 25%.
> However, over the past two or three years with progressively earlier 
> Microsoft
> stupid-fixes and Service Packs it has run as high as 70%.  And does not 
> seem to vary
> at any given OS update level with how many other applications I am 
> running,
> at least if they are basically idle.  At this moment I'm running SQL 
> Server,
> Norton IS 2005, Norton Ghost, EasyMedia 6.x, a Seiko lable printer, two
> instances of IE-6, Compuserve 7.x and a postage printing program.  And CPU 
> utilization
> hovers near zero unless I do something in one of them.  Until I start the
> accounting package in which case it zeroes out at 25%.  Which incidentally 
> is I
> think the lowest it has ever been.