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    Windows 7 Worries about CPUs and Cooling Fans

    (Firstly, I am not 100% sure that this is the right place to ask this question, and if not, I apologise, but I do hope you will be able to direct me to the right kind of place.) My laptop is a bit over a year old, and in the last month or so the cooling fan has been turning itself on a LOT -...
    • LBlanca
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    • 32-bit os acer cooling fans core 2 duo cpus laptop ram task manager temperature monitoring usage spikes
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Processes

    On starting my computer this morning I have noticed the CPU cooling fans running a little harder than I'm used to hearing when just using Firefox. On looking at the task manager I have noticed that rather than sitting at the normal 0% CPU usage when idle a process labelled NTVDM.exe is...
    • magiccottage
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    • cooling fans cpu usage idle state ntvdm performance processes system resources task manager troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Win 7 shuts down

    Win 7 automatically shuts down on me after about 8 hours. No matter what I'm doing, it just powers down and I lose whatever was on the screen. I have a Dell laptop and use it on electricity only. It also sits on a unit with two cooling fans. Have never used it on battery. I checked my...
    • Phedra
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    • 32 bit cooling fans dell laptop operating system power issues power saving shutdown system stability user experience windows 7
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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