Re: CPU Usage

From: David Qunt (davidqunt_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:57:31 -0700

"Brian McCloskey" <Bmccloskey@yahoo.com> squirted these wordjisms deep
inside the bumtube of the newstwat in news:48ff01c49085$aa2bbde0
$a301280a@phx.gbl:

> Can anyone tell me what it means when the CPU usage on
> the task manager indicates usage that is RED. Normally
> usage shows as GREEN. Lately RED as well as green has
> been showing up even if only 20% usage is indicated. Any
> Ideas? I'm guessing some of my memory is bad, but
> Microsoft couldn't even tell me if this is so.

MIcrosoft are a software company. How would they know if your memory (ie
hardware) is bad?

If you're worried about your memory being bad, you should run a
diagnostic tool on it - tyou can get onen at http://www.memtest86.com/

Your task Manager is probably showing red because you have 'show kernel
timess ticked (on the 'view' menu. If so, untick that and it will only
show green - although why what colour it is bothers you is beyond me.

Do you actually have a specific problem with your machine that you need
help with? 

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