High CPU usage

[ZacB]

I am running Parallels Desktop v4 under Snow Leopard and running Windows XP. The application is using 20% of my CPU when idle and upwards of 50% when I run a single application (Website Watcher)

I don't have iTunes installed under Windows and the Monitor under Windows is not showing any excessive CPU usage under Windows.

Does anyone have any idea what is causing this issue? The app makes my Mac unusable when it is running and when I use any application in Parallels I may as well not bother trying to use any other apps on my Mac.

I'd like to be able to find a solution for this. Is it just related to v4? I don't recall having these issues under v3. Is it possible to downgrade? I actually only use Parallels for a single Windows app.

 

[shanjoyb]

You can use cpu-limit from inside CpuLimiter.app->Contents->MacOS
usage is:
cpu-limit percentage(without %) process_pid
for example
cpu-limit 30 3455 (where 30 is percentage, 3455 is pid for Virtual Box VM)
Please note, I didn't test it personally, but I am working in this direction

To stop limiting
kill -s SIGTERM pid (for now pid is cpu-limit process pid)

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Shanjoyb