I found a way to reduce Vista CPU usage
02-14-2007, 12:51 PM
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feuerri
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I found a way to reduce Vista CPU usage
I just discovered that by changing the Start -> Control Panel -> Power Options in Vista Enterprise (running under build 3150), I was able to reduce the CPU consumption from 37-40% to about 17-20%.
By default, the Power Options setting was Balanced, but I changed it to Power Saver, and CPU usage went down quite a bit. You might also reduce it further by changing the search indexer behavior under the Advanced Settings when you Edit Plan Settings.
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02-14-2007, 03:05 PM
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constant
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Can you please post this in the howto forum.
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02-14-2007, 03:23 PM
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neosublime
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Can anyone else verify this?
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02-14-2007, 04:55 PM
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feuerri
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Originally Posted by constant
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Can you please post this in the howto forum.
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It probably should be there once it is confirmed to work for more than just me.
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02-15-2007, 10:14 AM
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doggkruse
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Originally Posted by neosublime
Can anyone else verify this?
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I can confirm that setting the energy settings to Powersaver and disabling any unneeded services brought my parallels cpu from 120% to around 15% :D:D
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02-15-2007, 10:48 AM
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rmeyer52
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Originally Posted by doggkruse
I can confirm that setting the energy settings to Powersaver and disabling any unneeded services brought my parallels cpu from 120% to around 15% :D:D
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What services did you disable can you please post?
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02-15-2007, 11:06 AM
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sawmac
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Yes, I can confirm that this works well. My control panel is set up slightly differently so to get to the option described by feuerri I had to go Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Power Options.
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