I think it's entirely possible, if the virus-checker and Windows updates are being installed, that they're just taking more and more of the system's resources. I had an older computer at my previous job, and over the four or five years I was there, it became less and less functional.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
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Dana - Oct 25, 2007 7:50:16 am PDT #3189 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Typo Boy - Oct 25, 2007 7:50:38 am PDT #3190 of 25497
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm pretty sure the idle process actually does do stuff. It tracks how much of the CPU process is being utilized and tracks power usage. It is set to zero priority though, so that everything else prempts it.
Vonnie K - Oct 25, 2007 7:51:26 am PDT #3191 of 25497
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Do you have Word set as your email editor in Outlook?
Yeap. Oh, that's probably why WORD shows up in the CPU/memory tab even though it's not in the process list.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2007 7:53:18 am PDT #3192 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, from that Wikipedia entry it sounds like "tracks power usage" includes powering down the CPU briefly (or reducing clock speed) in order to reduce power consumption when maximum CPU speed is not needed. (A CPU feature that started out in laptops but I think most all CPUs do that now.)
Java cat - Oct 25, 2007 10:08:12 am PDT #3193 of 25497
Not javachik
two printing options from gmail:
Thanks, le nubian.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:27:00 pm PDT #3194 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I've almost chosen a TV. But it doesn't have DVI input. It has instead 2 component, 2 s-video, 2 composite, 1 RF and 2 HDMI.
Once done I intend to feed it from a DVD player, an HD TiVo, and a Mac Mini. What's the best matchup of source to connection? Will I miss DVI?
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 3:28:05 pm PDT #3195 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
You can buy DVI <--> HDMI cables. The signals sent over the wire are the same.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:30:38 pm PDT #3196 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So which device shouldn't I put on HDMI? And what's the next best connection to use?
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 3:33:22 pm PDT #3197 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Mac Mini DVI <-------> TV HDMI
TiVo HDMI <---------> TV HDMI (component will work OK too)
DVD Player ---------> Trash, and watch DVDs from your Mac.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:34:32 pm PDT #3198 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DVD Player ---------> Trash, and watch DVDs from your Mac.
Behave!
Unless of course it is multi-region.