CPU Usage

[Brian McCloskey]

Can anyone tell me what it means when the CPU usage on
the task manager indicates usage that is RED. Normally
usage shows as GREEN. Lately RED as well as green has
been showing up even if only 20% usage is indicated. Any
Ideas? I'm guessing some of my memory is bad, but
Microsoft couldn't even tell me if this is so.

 

[David Qunt]

"Brian McCloskey" <[email protected]> squirted these wordjisms deep
inside the bumtube of the newstwat in [email protected]:

Can anyone tell me what it means when the CPU usage on
the task manager indicates usage that is RED. Normally
usage shows as GREEN. Lately RED as well as green has
been showing up even if only 20% usage is indicated. Any
Ideas? I'm guessing some of my memory is bad, but
Microsoft couldn't even tell me if this is so.

MIcrosoft are a software company. How would they know if your memory (ie
hardware) is bad?

If you're worried about your memory being bad, you should run a
diagnostic tool on it - tyou can get onen at http://www.memtest86.com/

Your task Manager is probably showing red because you have 'show kernel
timess ticked (on the 'view' menu. If so, untick that and it will only
show green - although why what colour it is bothers you is beyond me.

Do you actually have a specific problem with your machine that you need
help with?

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[Sandman]

Because he did not know if the color of the graph meant anything, it might
have.....

 

[Guest]

Dave,

Thanks for the help. Unlike you I am a novice at using
the computer. When I saw red I believed that it meant
something was wrong. Since I ran all the virus scanning
I could, ran spybot and basically cleaned up all of my
software, I did not suspect a software problem. I
thought, not being the genius you are, that the software
may be smart enough to recognize when memory is bad. I
simply asked what the red meant. Microsoft could not
tell me. Microsoft's online help did not help. I was
merely asking for some direction.

Again thanks for the help.

 

[David Qunt]

<[email protected]> squirted these wordjisms deep
inside the bumtube of the newstwat in [email protected]:

Dave,

Thanks for the help.

You're very welcome.

Unlike you I am a novice at using

the computer. When I saw red I believed that it meant
something was wrong. Since I ran all the virus scanning
I could, ran spybot and basically cleaned up all of my
software, I did not suspect a software problem. I
thought, not being the genius you are, that the software
may be smart enough to recognize when memory is bad. I
simply asked what the red meant. Microsoft could not
tell me. Microsoft's online help did not help. I was
merely asking for some direction.

Which I was happy to provide.

I couldn't help pointing out that Microsoft are not the ones who wrongly
linked a colour with a possible problem on your computer which didn't
exist, and then compunded that by suspecting that your hardware was
responsible.

That's probably why their help files do not specifically say "if you see
a red colour on your Task Manager's performance graph, it is not a
hardware problem, you just have chosen to show kernmel times. Changing
that will make it green, if that's what you prefer". You did all that
supposition, and sarcastically calling me a genius will not change that
or help you.

Incidentally, is there anything else you think Microsoft has omitted from
their help files justy to confound you? Perhaps they should have included
a warning that computer users should generally "be careful", or advise
you that "there's no point learning to swim, as you could be shot in the
head tomorrow". That's clarly nonsense, but about as relevant as a red
Graph in your task Manager to your memory's performance.

What will help you is investigating the options in the application
concerned (which is how I found the answer to your question), looking on
google, or else asking in here. I do things in that specific order, but
you opted to do the last one of thee first. I helped answer your question
and consequently, I fail to see why you think there were grounds for
sarcasm.

Again thanks for the help.

Again, you're very welcome.

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[Tom]

Dave, Your are clearly an arrogant @$$hole!!!!

Have a great day!!

Tom

 

[Brian]

Couldn't help being alittle sarcastic....you beat me up
pretty good with your initial response. When all of the
dust settled, you did answer my question, and that I
thank you for. I apologize if my sarcasm was misplaced.

I still do not understand why microsoft could not tell me
what the red stood for. Unfortunately I made some
assumptions that did not fit. I will reframe from doing
so in the future.

Thanks again.
Brian