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Solved All will be revealed! - Task Manager
Hi,
The Task Manager in Vista does not show all processes until you click on "Show processes from all users" at the bottom left of the screen.
I was trying to help a friend find out what was slowing her computer. The process list showed everything at 0% but the physical memory was 86% to 97%. Once revealed the culprit was her Western Digital drive that was using the inordinate amount of CPU.
This problem has been reported by others on the Western Digital forum:
WD Passport SmartWare Slows Computer to a Crawl - Western Digital Community
Frank C
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Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
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Windows 10 Pro
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HP Envy Y0F94AV
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i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
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Conexant ISST Audio
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Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
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8 gb
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ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
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Alienware 25 AW2521HF
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Thanks Brink.
That is a great suggestion!
You're welcome Frank. Glad we could help.
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
Graphics card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Internet Speed
1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro
Manufacturer/Model
HP Envy Y0F94AV
CPU
i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
Memory
16 GB DDR4-2133
Sound Card
Conexant ISST Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3" UHD IPS touch
Screen Resolution
3480 x 2160
Hard Drives
512 GB M.2 SSD