Re: Setting max CPU usage for an application

Believe me, I now it's not desirable, but Flash seems to really ratchet up
the CPU requirements of web browsers. I would disable Flash, if it didn't
ruin my browsing experience!

I don't want to view a web site and while I trying to read it have the CPU
to need the cooling fan to turn on because the browser is running at a
ridicoulously high percentage of utilization because some stupid FLASH ad is
on the page...

I tend to use FireFox for my personal web browsing and Flash objects tend to
eat up the CPU. I use Internet Explorer for Application Development.

I guess I am becoming an "Old Grumpy B@st@rd" in that I'm tired of my system
resources being hijacked for things that SHOULDN'T NEED MY PRECIOUS SYSTEM
RESOURCES!!!!!!! (I also despise system tray "things"... it is not necessary
to load "your" application into my system tray!!!)

Sorry, I'm getting old and grumpy...

Chris


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OlYPmMTeFHA.220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You are saying that you want to "slow down" an application that is
> honestly calling for high CPU usage?
>
> Not a good idea in my mind. If an application can not get the resources it
> needs to run it may well crash.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes@[NO2SPAM]sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:%23wkkcFTeFHA.132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm not a network admin (I'm a [shudder] software developer) so I'm not
>> sure where to do what I want to do, or if it is even possible: I would
>> like to know if there is a way to set the maximum CPU usage of an
>> application (in a global sense, so that wouldn't have to worry about an
>> app running away with my CPU's capacity).
>>
>> I have obeserved that web browsers (Firefox, Netscape and Internet
>> Explorer) tend to eat up a lot of CPU utilization, 60%+ (and sometimes
>> more than 90%) when Flash is involved.
>>
>> I would like to cap how much of the CPU these web browsers can use. I'm
>> tired of the CPU cooling fan kicking on notebook when I am using a web
>> browser and viewing a website that uses Flash (or some other control).
>>
>> I am using Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and all the latest
>> patches.
>>
>> Thanks for any insight.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>
>


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