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AlanTW Silver Member Nikonian since 27th May 2002Tue 24-Apr-12 05:49 PM
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"A cautionary tale"
Tue 24-Apr-12 07:08 PM by AlanTW

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I've just upgraded my rather elderly Dell 9200 (Dual core 2.4GHz 4Gb RAM)to Windows 7 64 bit from XP. I installed Capture NX2 (64 bit) and it ran considerably faster than under XP, happy bunny time

I didn't use CNX2 for a week but when I tried it locked the PC up requiring a restart and occasionally bring up a BSD.

I finally discovered after re-installs etc etc that the problem was due to the Windows 7 CPU gadget. I had enabled it to monitor another problem that I was having, with it removed all was well again

I hope this saves somebody the agro I've just been through!

Alan

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robsb Platinum Member Nikonian since 23rd Aug 2006Wed 25-Apr-12 12:24 AM
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San Jose, US
          

How did you determine this? I run the CPU gadget on my Win 7 64 bit system and CNX2 64 bit and have not seen any problems.

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AlanTW Silver Member Nikonian since 27th May 2002Wed 25-Apr-12 09:28 AM
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Stanbury, GB
          

A process of elimination, disabling running programs in sequence, as soon as the CPU gadget was removed CNX2 ran. I suspect that it may have to do with the GPU

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kennoll Gold Member Nikonian since 07th Feb 2011Wed 25-Apr-12 05:20 PM
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Seattle, US
          

OK, I'll bite. "CPU gadget"?

Ken
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gkaiseril Gold Member Nikonian since 28th Oct 2005Wed 25-Apr-12 06:19 PM
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Chicago, US
          

A meter to display CPU Usage and RAM usage. Much like task manager but it shows on your desktop or optionally always on top.



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kennoll Gold Member Nikonian since 07th Feb 2011Wed 25-Apr-12 08:41 PM
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OK, thanks. I've used that but didn't recall the name of it.

Ken
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