Efficiency Tip #76 – CPU Affinity

Here is something you can use to isolate processes that consume a lot of your computer’s processor power.  If you have a computer with more than one CPU, you can benefit from this tip.

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If you have a program that bogs your computer down, you can force the program to only use one of the processors on your computer.  Go into the Task Manager (Shift-Ctrl-Esc) and click the Processes tab.  You will get a list of each program running on your computer.  In the CPU column will be a number between 0 and 100.  The higher that number, the more of your computer’s processing is being consumed by that process.  Select the process with the highest number and right-click it.  From the list select Set Affinity.  This will pop up the window shown above.  Uncheck one of the CPUs and click OK.  This will force the power-hungry program to use only one processor and give you the power you need to do other things.

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