Reported CPU Speed Depends on Login Account That I Use

[Bob Huntley]

I'm confused - just bought a new PC based on AMD 64X2 4400+. Its mounted in
a MSI K8N Neo motherboard, with a Gig of RAM.

If I log in with the first user account I created in Windows XP the CPU
speed is correctly reported (by "My Computer"/Properties. MSI's Core
application and CPU-Z as 2200 MHz). However, if I login as the second user
account they all report that the speed is halved - by reporting a multiplier
of 5.0 instead of 11.0. Both accounts have full administrator rights at
present - the second account has been run as a limited user for a few
sessions, but has been switched back to administrator mode at present.

Sisoft Sandra reports the correct speed, and Benchmarks are identical so I
know that processor isn't really slowed down, but wonder if this is a
symptom of something more seriously wrong in my Windows installation.

Has anyone ever come across this before, and if so what can I do about it?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Bob

 

[Quaoar]

I'm confused - just bought a new PC based on AMD 64X2 4400+. Its
mounted in a MSI K8N Neo motherboard, with a Gig of RAM.

If I log in with the first user account I created in Windows XP the
CPU speed is correctly reported (by "My Computer"/Properties. MSI's
Core application and CPU-Z as 2200 MHz). However, if I login as the
second user account they all report that the speed is halved - by
reporting a multiplier of 5.0 instead of 11.0. Both accounts have
full administrator rights at present - the second account has been
run as a limited user for a few sessions, but has been switched back
to administrator mode at present.
Sisoft Sandra reports the correct speed, and Benchmarks are identical
so I know that processor isn't really slowed down, but wonder if this
is a symptom of something more seriously wrong in my Windows
installation.
Has anyone ever come across this before, and if so what can I do
about it?
Thanks in advance for any replies.

Bob

Is there a power management applet in the taskbar that is running as a
local service with a different scheme?

Q

 

[WebWalker]

If everything running fine as per CPU speed, I wouldn't worry.

 

[Bob Huntley]

Thanks for the reply.

No, nothing in the Task Bar - I also pulled up Task Manager, I've got 37
processes running as I type but none look to have any connection with power
management.

Bob,