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bimbim | 19:15 Fri 13th Oct 2006 | Technology
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Is there a safe cpu usage limit? i've downloaded a yahoo widget which is regularly hitting 100%
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It's not necessarily unsafe, but it will slow everything down.

Get rid of it.
19:17 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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the widget you mean? i was worried about the cpu numbers
19:19 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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Anything that runs the cpu at 100% is using up far too much of the resources and will slow your pc down.


My pc runs at 2 - 3%, with the odd short peak whilst loading something.

Nothing should be using 100%.
20:11 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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well it's certainly slow today , where can i find my cpu usage without using the widget. I have win xp?
20:15 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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Take off the widget, and see what your CPU numbers are. 100% regular is stupid.
20:56 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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i have taken it off but where do i see cpu usage?
20:58 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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Bring up Windows Task Manager and select the Performance tab.
23:06 Fri 13th Oct 2006
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got it . ok , with itunes,firefox,msn messenger & limewire running it's running mainly from 8-20% with jumps every few minutes to 30-40% but seems to be pretty random. You'll all hve to excuse my ignorance on the technical side of things .Computer seems to be running ok this morning though
09:37 Sat 14th Oct 2006

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