Recent content by rnj

Several people are involved going back several months with several fixes already attempted. These aren't my computers, every computer in the entire organization has the same issue, from very high end on downwards.

The processes largely are easily deciphered by searching online. plus, the problem here is not so much the process count, which has stayed static before and after this problem, as mentioned previously. I'm not sure what other details youd need to know, or that I havent mentioned already. As...

the other computer ( averaging < 5 % ) is significantly weaker and older hardware-wise than the case snapshotted more recently. Also regarding this, it may seem like there is an assload of processes, but none of these are close-able. They are essentially 'background' processes, as excessive as...

The goal is to minimize the interference by adjusting some settings. I think we should definitely try to cut down 40-50% (this case) of cpu usage on nonrelevant apps. Essentially the same issue is on all workstations regardless of core count--I just have easy access to that one because it's...

matlab is running because a user was running a simulation on there the second time I snapshotted. however the whole point of this thread, in a small sense at least, is captured in that screenshot. Basically a large percentage of the CPU is spent 'working' on apps that should be idling...

what are you referring to? If the totals in the CPU column are added up, (excluding system idle process), they are dead-on matching the cpu utilization of 69.23%, which is what I thought you were looking for in your previous post, with 100-69.23 = system idle process usage

here is another snapshot, during which a user is running something in matlab (one logical core's worth). A bunch of other apps are using the CPU. Though it's not a concern, procexp is using a decent chunk of CPU. https://prnt.sc/ia7e5t

in the first post, the snapshot of the task manager obviously doesn't show everything but the cpu is close to 100% occupied. i barely got the screenshot off. in the second set of images, for which i said the problem is at a 'low level', the usage goes up and down , but yes averages ~40%, (yes...

this is on several laptops and desktops, same basic issue. Windows 7. Also, it started happening on all of them at roughly the same time. yes it could be a security software, we seek to find the correct settings which avoid this behavior. another shot of the task manager - cpu. The...

Hi all, My cpu usage has been high enough to significantly impact simulations and other work on the computer. This is on several computers in our organization, it could be due to a security software issue. Basically the cpu usage remains high as if programs are being intercepted or audited...

update- the entire laptop was replaced, no issue so far, but I'd like to run the temp tests again to see what kind of improvement I assume I have..

on-boot memtest doesn't reveal any problems, killed it after ~20 hours

I believe I ran a memory test once, I will try again. Also, what is 'cpu total' temp exactly? (This is the name of one of the temp readouts from open hardware monitor.)

computer was recently purchased, we looked at the vents everything looks fairly good. If 100C is the limit, that plot may be slightly misleading, the 'CPU Total' line aka the cpu0 temp exceeds 100C several times during the period of high load, (the chart is clipped at 100C.)

not sure if it's a heat issue because I only got a 'possible heat issue' message on one out of the many BSODS. This is a temp plot of a sample session, during which there was no crash, and during which there is one period of high load. Is the 'CPU Total' temperature, which is CPU Temp 0 in the...