[Ham-Computers] RE: Windows task manager

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Wed Jul 23 22:18:12 EDT 2008


What is NTVDM.EXE?

In a message dated 7/23/2008 8:22:44 PM Central Daylight Time, 
aaron.hsu at nbcuni.com writes: 
> Now, click on the CPU column header to sort by CPU utilization.  Each click 
> changes the sort order ("high to low" vs "low to high").  The list will 
> change every second as apps use background CPU cycles.  But the one with the 
> highest utilization should stay pretty steady.  On a system running "idle", 
> "System Idle Process" should command >97%.  If you have an app actively processing 
> something, then that app should show up on top (or near the top).  Post any 
> app that's constantly using >10% CPU - that will help identify what's going 
> on.

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