system resources

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    Windows Vista Hard Disk ALWAYS running

    Hello, My little hard drive is always cranking away, and often gets up to 55 degrees celsius (which is at the top end of the Hard Drive Manufacturer's allowable operating temperature). So when I go into the Resource Monitor for Vista, it shows the Disk as running at 90%+ Highest Active time a...
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    Windows 7 Vista Virtualization - Limited to certain resources?

    I have read article after article and have been unable to answer this question: Does vista virtualize only certain resources? For instance, is virtualization limited only to Program Files, Users, and Windows folders and HKLM\Software in the registry? Can I create a limited access folder on...
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    Windows Vista Explorer.exe using excessive resources?

    Vista RC1 5600 P4 2.8C (@3.43GHz) 1GB DDR memory First of all, I know Vista doesnt take lightly on the amount of resource usage, but the way explorer.exe uses resources has shown up oddly, and I was wondering if anyone has pin-pointed it to a certain task or service yet that could be...