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Multithreading on Windows involves running multiple threads concurrently to improve performance in tasks like file transfers, image processing, and debugging. Discussions cover using Robocopy's multi-threaded copying for faster file migrations, optimizing image conversion tools like XL Converter with parallel processing, and debugging multi-threaded applications in Visual Studio where breakpoints can be hit by different threads. Users also explore CPU core utilization, such as when FFmpeg uses only one core for audio extraction, and compare OS performance on multi-threaded workloads with AMD Ryzen processors. Topics include thread identification, stepping through threads, and managing modeless dialog boxes in multi-threaded loops.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    XL Converter: Free Open-Source Image Optimizer for AVIF, JPEG XL, and JPEG Workflows

    XL Converter arrives as a quietly powerful, free and open-source image utility that brings modern compression formats and advanced JPEG tech to Windows and Linux users—making it a smart tool for anyone who needs to shrink, transcode, or batch-process large photo libraries without sacrificing...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Robocopy in Windows 11: Reliable, fast, automated file transfers

    Robocopy is the built‑in "power tool" Windows 11 users should reach for when copying large folders, migrating drives, or building resilient backups — it resumes interrupted transfers, supports multi‑threaded copying, logs everything, and can be automated into scheduled tasks for repeatable...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 11 vs Ubuntu Linux on AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390: Which Offers Better Performance?

    The AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390 "Strix Halo" represents a significant advancement in AMD's processor lineup, integrating cutting-edge AI capabilities with robust performance metrics. As users consider this processor for their computing needs, a critical question arises: which operating...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    AMD Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs and Driver Updates Boost Gaming and Performance on Windows

    AMD’s latest announcement around its Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs has stirred considerable interest across the PC hardware enthusiast community. With the launch wave for these innovative processors expanding, including new technical details for the 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X3D and performance...
  5. Alex Sokolek

    Multi-Threading, Visual Studio, and Breakpoints.

    This is a repost, now that ChatGPT is working again... Hi. I need some clarification and/or help with a multi-threaded application being debugged with Visual Studio. I notice that when I hit a breakpoint in a thread, it stops, and I can examine the status and values, but when I step to the...
  6. Alex Sokolek

    Multi-threading, Visual Studio, and Breakpoints

    Hi. I need some clarification and/or help with a multi-threaded application being debugged with Visual Studio. I notice that when I hit a breakpoint in a thread, it stops, and I can examine the status and values, but when I step to the next instruction, the debugger goes back to the original...
  7. Alex Sokolek

    A strange problem with modeless dialog boxes - V2

    I have solved the problem! See the original post, "A strange problem with modeless dialog boxes", for details. This is a repost, incorporating the latest simplifications of the problem statement, and a minimal reproducible example of the code... I'm having a problem with modeless dialog boxes...
  8. A

    using FFmpeg to extract p3 audio

    Hi, I was using ffmpeg to strip the audio from a video file and it took like 20 minutes and I was not remotely impressed, the audiophile was like 6 hours, I would have thought taking the mp3 from a webm file would be pretty fast, however upon examination of the resources of the cpu it seems it...
  9. kemical

    VIDEO New DX12 Benchtest coming to 3DMark

    A new benchmark will soon be coming to 3DMark as reported in their blog ''Time Spy is a new DirectX 12 benchmark test, coming soon to all Windows editions of 3DMark. With its pure DirectX 12 engine, built from the ground up to support new features like asynchronous compute, explicit...
  10. Sony George

    Windows 7 How to place an action button in windows task bar for a minimized running application

    Windows is an unknown platform for me. I need to place an action button in windows task bar, after minimizing the running application. I don't know what to search for my need. Detail : I have an application that will just connect to an another machine in a local network. This is done by python...
  11. kemical

    Windows 8.1 DX12 is coming.....

    It won't be with us just yet but an MSDN blog explains what the new API will mean for the future of gaming: Read the full blog here: Link Removed
  12. C

    Windows 7 Can Pinnacle Studio 15 be made to use more threads

    Does anyone know if there is a way for the user to tweak something in Win 7 Ulimate 64 it so that Pinnacle Studio 15 will use all 12 threads? Or is this restriction something imposed by the code in Studio. I was expecting a a 25% rendering speed improvement by moving from a 4 core intel to a 6...
  13. Eve

    Windows XP Core2Quad and AudioComparer

    My boss does a lot of DJ work so he has a lot of music. He uses AudioComparer to find duplicates of his music and deletes them. He upgraded his HP Compaq DC7800p running XP Pro 32bit from a Core 2 Duo E8600 to a Core 2 Quad Q6600. He ran the AudioComparer program and it only uses one of the...
  14. A

    Windows 7 get red alert 2 to work on multithreaded pcs

    hello everybody I have a laptop with a processor i7-740qm (4 cores- 8 threads) it is rated 1.73ghz, and I am trying to play red alert 2 on my windows 7. as I have noticed that the game runs very slowly, so the question is how can I run these old games like red alert to work on a multi threaded...
  15. Z

    Windows 7 Do you know making windows sidebar?

    Excuseme, I want to develop Windows Sidebar like a Google Desktop. I saw a web-page how to make windows sidebar and gadget using HTML and script. but i wnat to know to make Windows Sidebar using Program Language like C, MFC, C#... etc. becauese I have to make a Program using MultiThread...
  16. cybercore

    Windows 7 Catalyst Mods and Tweaks

    1. -----> Link Removed Removing Narrow and Wide-tent filters and replacing them with the drop-down options as in 6000 series, Standard and Edge-detect: Link Removed due to 404 Error Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...
  17. H

    Windows 7 Does This Mean...?

    I was comparing the two following processors: PassMark CPU Lookup PassMark CPU Lookup Now it looks like the Atom D525 at 1.80GHz is better than the Intel Pentium 4 at 3.00GHz...but does this mean the first one is better overall, or is it possible the second one outperforms it in some way? For...
  18. S

    Windows 7 WIn 7 only using 1 core in i7 cpu's - a fix for those with this problem

    For the longest time i have been battling a horrible slownes in my win 7 64 bit system. Asus p6t MB i7 -930 2.81 gig overclocked to 3.85 gigs 6 gigs ddr Pny Nvidia gtx 470 over clocked as well. All my games played horribly.. low frame rates etc etc. well when over clocking my grafics...
  19. kemical

    Windows 7 Nvidia purposefully hobbles PhysX on the CPU

    Charlie is at it again: NVIDIA JUST HAD one of their most sleazy marketing tactics exposed, that PhysX is faster on a GPU than a CPU. As David Kanter at Real World Tech proves, the only reason that PhysX is faster on a GPU is because Nvidia purposely hobbles it on the CPU. If they didn't, PhysX...
  20. cybercore

    Windows 7 OpenGL 3 & DirectX 11: The War Is Over

    OpenGL 3 & DirectX 11: The War Is Over Introduction 3DLabs And The Evolution Of OpenGL A Need For Change The Revelation Direct3D 11 Multi-Threaded Rendering Tessellation Compute Shader And Texture Compression Shader Model 5 Conclusion