Unless I am playing games from XP or older my GPU runs at 80-99% usage. When I am on my desktop the GPU idles at 0% and depending on which Graphics card I have in either 30-35 degrees Celsius or 40-50 degrees Celsius. When I am in-game though on any game but the old XP ones no matter which...
I'm having random CPU spikes that I notice because the fans of my laptop start up.
This has happened while browing the web, chatting through skype, using photoshop and sometimes while idling even.
This laptop is new (a month and a half old), 8GB RAM, drivers up to date. Those programs should...
Microsoft wants everyone to move over to skype as Messenger is being put out to pasture..
If you want to keep using Messenger however there is now a way! Messenger Reviver 2 is an app created that will allow you to continue to use Messenger. The Skype forum is running a quick guide and 'How to'...
So, I am I having a serious issue with my computer. This issue is random CPU spikes, I have an AMD 8150 with 16 GBs of DDR3 RAM and a fresh Windows 7 install. So my issue, I while using my computer I will get random CPU spikes that cause the PC to come to a halt My cpu usage will go from 10% to...
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My desktop computers USB keep failing. By this I mean all USB devices plugged in stop working simultaneously (all except the keyboard). This happens 2 - 3 times a day. The Computer is about a year old now. It has only started doing this the last few weeks.
Most of the time it...
I know most of you guys say:"Its normal, its normal. BUT, my ram useage has gone lately 800mb higher than normal. Usually i had 2400-2700 mb free, sometimes even 3000. But now most i can get free is 2100. I tried computer factory reset and everything but nothing. I havent installed some extra...
FYI:
To put Hotmail acc'ts in Outlook 2013 Microsoft Exchange is used.
To put Hotmail acc'ts in Outlook 2010 Outlook Connector is used.
Cheers,
Drew
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I purchased my computer , (Toshiba Satellite L505 64 bit system ) two years ago , and I have been told they are good for approximately 50,000 hours before trouble may start .
First is there any truth to this ?
Secondly , is there a way I can check the number of hours on my computer .?
I...
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Here is a link with a lot of info about how to use Windows 8.
Lots of stuff that I didn't know...
The Best Articles for Using and Customizing Windows 8 - How-To Geek
Mike
Win 7 64gb SSD with 54.72 Primary Partition and 4.9 Recovery Partition.
28gb used. 26gb free.
In order to take advantage of Garbage Collection and Trim do I need to create a separate partition for Garbage Collection or will the 26gb free space be used for trim and garbage...
Hi there! I am new to this forum and I apologise in advance if this is a question covered a zillion times already! Am having problems finding previous posts (probably as I am not familiar with correct terminology).
However, we are on a network here and several of our older PCs are experiencing...
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We've talked about the faster boot speed and lower memory usage some already. Something else I noticed is memory usage stays lower over time. In Windows 7 as you opened and closed browsers and other things memory usage kept creeping up even when idle. Windows 8 seems to be keeping it cleared out...
Hi there! I know it's kinda random to ask this question. Is anybody know what does it mean custom locale here? Control panel > Region and Language. And what is the usage? Thanks for your thought. :) Link Removed
my system has 8GB of DDR2 800MHz RAM. I *thought* half of it had gone bad because speccy and task manager were telling me only 4GB were available. Cautiously, I left speccy open to monitor RMA usage while i play a RAM-whore of a game (minecraft). My RAM had gone down to 1MB and I thought...
Performance Monitor and Task Manager may record CPU usage that is inconsistent with the computer activities during the sampling period on some single or multiprocessor computers. It may also report high and low CPU usage cycles when there is consistent...
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