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Question

I have an HP Pavilion laptop,When in use the processor speed varies depending on the applications I am using. The problem is when I try to use other applications there is a lag time in their response because the processor is not at full speed. How do I make the processor run at 100% all the time? I have set the power options to always on, but this hasn't helped.

Answer 1

Well first of all I think you mean you want to realize 100% availability/capability of your processor and not 100% usage all the time.

This sounds quite simple to me. I believe you simply have too much running at any given time. Usually, after you've owned a PC/Laptop for a while and have installed other software besides the OS, you'll have quite a few ".exe" files running in the background. Usually these are not gobbling up CPU resources but are gobbling up your RAM.

If your CPU is being used at nearly 100% then you might have a "run-away" process. Check to see if this is happening.
Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Click on the Processes tab at the top of the window. Now review the CPU and Mem Usage columns to see what programs are using your resources.

At the bottom of the window in the Image Name column you'll see a process called System Idle Process.
This will normally reflect a 70 - 95% usage when you are not actually doing anything on the PC. If any of the other ".exe" files are showing heavy CPU usage you either have it running because you launched it, or it could be a runaway process. If you want to stop a particular ".exe" file from running, simply click on it once to hilite it and then click on End Process button at the bottom of the window. Then confirm that you want to stop it when asked.

Here are some tips to improve and/or monitor a PC's performance.

A major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.
You need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.
You can run the Microsoft defrag utility by clicking on Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Defrag
This will take a few hours to run and the time it takes is dependent upon the size of your hard drive.

A great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper 10. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to http://www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.

Also, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another great program, and it's free. Go to http://www.sysinternals.com and download the program named "autoruns". This utility will tell you exactly what is running on your PC and provides a nice and easy way to shut down the ones you don't want to boot at start up. Once you have it installed use the tabs at the top of the window to access the various categories. If you use the "everything" tab it will overwhelm you because the list is massive. All you have to do is uncheck the box next to the program name and the program will not start at your next boot up.
Hurry as this site has been bought up by Microsoft and these free programs may not be around much longer.

Another good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from http://www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time. Once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.

Hope these suggestions help.

Answer 2

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