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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. |
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"Brian McCloskey" squirted these wordjisms deep
inside the bumtube of the news**** in news:48ff01c49085$aa2bbde0 : Can anyone tell me what it means when the CPU usage on the task manager indicates usage that is RED. Normally usage shows as GREEN. Lately RED as well as green has been showing up even if only 20% usage is indicated. Any Ideas? I'm guessing some of my memory is bad, but Microsoft couldn't even tell me if this is so. MIcrosoft are a software company. How would they know if your memory (ie hardware) is bad? If you're worried about your memory being bad, you should run a diagnostic tool on it - tyou can get onen at http://www.memtest86.com/ Your task Manager is probably showing red because you have 'show kernel timess ticked (on the 'view' menu. If so, untick that and it will only show green - although why what colour it is bothers you is beyond me. Do you actually have a specific problem with your machine that you need help with? -- ********************************* David Qunt ************************************************** ** |
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Because he did not know if the color of the graph meant anything, it might
have..... "David Qunt" wrote in message 6... "Brian McCloskey" squirted these wordjisms deep inside the bumtube of the news**** in news:48ff01c49085$aa2bbde0 : 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? -- ********************************* David Qunt ************************************************** ** |
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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. -----Original Message----- "Brian McCloskey" squirted these wordjisms deep inside the bumtube of the news**** in news:48ff01c49085 $aa2bbde0 : 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? -- ********************************* David Qunt ************************************************* *** . |
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squirted these wordjisms deep
inside the bumtube of the news**** in news:050401c4908d$162309c0 : 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. -- ********************************* David Qunt ************************************************** ** |
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Dave, Your are clearly an arrogant @$$hole!!!!
Have a great day!! Tom -----Original Message----- squirted these wordjisms deep inside the bumtube of the news**** in news:050401c4908d$162309c0 : 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. -- ********************************* David Qunt ************************************************* *** . |
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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 -----Original Message----- squirted these wordjisms deep inside the bumtube of the news**** in news:050401c4908d$162309c0 : 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. -- ********************************* David Qunt ************************************************* *** . |
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