Does dreamscene pause when a full screen game is started ?

[VistaGuy]

I have noticed that dreamscene uses a bit of CPU, does it get paused
automatically when a full screen application or game is run ?

Thanks

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Thats hard to tell, but I notice when I log out and log back in, it seems to
be paused then resumed. It Auto starts every time I log into Vista too.

 

[rtk]

If I remember correctly, the entire DWM is paused along with dreamscene when
running a full screen app.

 

[VistaGuy]

Well I think i just answered my own question, by making windows mail
fullscreen and observing the cpu usage it seems that it does get paused when
a window is made full screen, Im guessing therefore that a full screen game
would also pause it.
Thanks for the reply Andre

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Well, the CPU cycle seems to decrese, but its not entirely paused. DWM is
always running if AERO is running.

 

[Tie Various]

YES IT IS PAUSED!

its a shame that a vista exposer will know more about vista than vistaboys

 

[rtk]

I tested by running a video of timecode as dreamscene, that is definitely
paused during full screen games, but you're of course right that DWM is
still technically running.

Thanks for the clarification.