Suddenly I'm getting 50-60... sometimes 80-90 percent CPU usage
when GoogleEarthk, FireFox, Chrome, or IE7 are active.

For instance, the link I'm trying right now is
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/home_improvement

And I'm getting 50-70% CPU usage with the screen just sitting
there under FireFox. That page has a video embedded in it,
but I've clicked the "Pause" button.


I guess this doesn't address GoogleEarth.... but that app also
has begun bringing my P4/Windows XP system to it's knees.


Can anybody suggest an explanation?
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"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:

>Suddenly I'm getting 50-60... sometimes 80-90 percent CPU usage
>when GoogleEarthk, FireFox, Chrome, or IE7 are active.
>
>For instance, the link I'm trying right now is
>http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/home_improvement
>
>And I'm getting 50-70% CPU usage with the screen just sitting
>there under FireFox. That page has a video embedded in it,
>but I've clicked the "Pause" button.
>
>
>I guess this doesn't address GoogleEarth.... but that app also
>has begun bringing my P4/Windows XP system to it's knees.
>
>
>Can anybody suggest an explanation?

Try reviewing the task manager to see which applications/services are
using all the CPU load.

Matt


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On Sep 28, 9:23-pm, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Suddenly I'm getting 50-60... sometimes 80-90 percent CPU usage
> when GoogleEarthk, FireFox, Chrome, or IE7 are active.
>
> For instance, the link I'm trying right now ishttp://www.diynetwork.com/diy/home_improvement
>
> And I'm getting 50-70% CPU usage with the screen just sitting
> there under FireFox. - That page has a video embedded in it,
> but I've clicked the "Pause" button.
>
> I guess this doesn't address GoogleEarth.... but that app also
> has begun bringing my P4/Windows XP system to it's knees.
>
> Can anybody suggest an explanation?
> --
> PeteCresswell

Low spec computer and a high-spec flash movie... P4 machines are very,
very out of date. Flash is a multimedia authoring tool that requires a
fairly modern computer (especially Flash 9). GoogleEarth (the newer
versions) also use very large textures, so if you have an old video
card and slow CPU it'll be very slow.

SpaceGirl wrote:
> On Sep 28, 9:23 pm, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
>> Suddenly I'm getting 50-60... sometimes 80-90 percent CPU usage
>> when GoogleEarthk, FireFox, Chrome, or IE7 are active.
>>
>> For instance, the link I'm trying right now ishttp://www.diynetwork.com/diy/home_improvement
>>
>> And I'm getting 50-70% CPU usage with the screen just sitting
>> there under FireFox. That page has a video embedded in it,
>> but I've clicked the "Pause" button.
>>
>> I guess this doesn't address GoogleEarth.... but that app also
>> has begun bringing my P4/Windows XP system to it's knees.
>>
>> Can anybody suggest an explanation?
>> --
>> PeteCresswell
>
> Low spec computer and a high-spec flash movie... P4 machines are very,
> very out of date. Flash is a multimedia authoring tool that requires a
> fairly modern computer (especially Flash 9). GoogleEarth (the newer
> versions) also use very large textures, so if you have an old video
> card and slow CPU it'll be very slow.
>

Another reason not to use flash for everything.

Flash is good when you *need* it. But I see it used way too much.

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Per SpaceGirl:
>GoogleEarth (the newer
>versions) also use very large textures, so if you have an old video
>card and slow CPU it'll be very slow.

Bingo on both.

Thanks.
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PeteCresswell