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3721	2000-01-06 00:58:00	To Anybody, Mike Pemberton Anywhere. 52 Waihopai Street Invercargill. C/- lynwalker@clear.net.nz Desideratum: What I think I need is something that does the same job as the System Monitor, but actually lists in detail what it is watching. The Reason Why: When my laptop is performing a lengthy task, moving the mouse can shorten the run time. Observations and Operating Conditions:  The hard drive is freshly formatted.  Windows 98 update installed.  The System Monitor started.  The graph now shows plots around the 5% level.  Move the mouse, the graph returns to zero, and then it plateaus at about 10%.  Further mouse movements result in an initial return to zero then to an increasingly higher plateau. The maximum plateau varies between 30 and 40%. Proof of Problem: If Excel is then loaded, which in itself produces no ill effect, and a large program run, mouse movement will reduce the run time.  Execution time with no mouse movement is 20 seconds.  With mouse movement the run time is only 10 seconds. Avenues Investigated: I have tried an excellent program Win Top kernel toys mentioned in the November 99 issue of PC World. When both Win Top and the System Monitor are running, the graph again rises as above but all appears normal on the Win Top screen read outs. Nothing increases in value and the kernel is shown as 98% idle all the time. Conclusions:  The System Monitor is ok as it indicates an anomaly that is proven by the ability to shorten the run time.  Unfortunately Win Top does not tell me what is at fault. The Machine:  A new laptop from R.G.T. Electronics, Manurewa. It is a rebadged Mitac, model 5033.  AMD-K6 processor.  64 ram  SystemSoft Bios for Intel 430TX version 1.01 (2482-00) 1983-96. System Bios R1.20. Miscellaneous:  At times when booting it thinks it has a 350 CPU, but most of the time comes up as 366.  The bios has both an internal and an external cache. When the internal cache is disabled, the performance on the System Monitor improves to about 15%.  I do not have the same problem on my desktop computer that is using the same Windows 98 (update version 2).	Guest (0)
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