How can I see the CPU usage of my computer ?
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Double left click the "frame" around the task mangerers box. This will bring performance tab back.
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You don't need to test your computer to find out its speed. Every time you boot the computer, you can watch the initial screens that come up before Windows boots to see what your processor speed is. If the issue is that your computer is running slower than you expect, then you should see how many programs/processes are running at any one time. If you're using Windows XP then press ctrl + alt + del to bring up the Windows task manager. Click the "performance" tab to see how much of your processor's capability is being used. Click the "processes" tab and then sort by "cpu" to see what's using up all your resources.
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The CPU, or Central Processing Unit, is the heart of a computer.  It's what does the work in adding two numbers together or moving a string of text from one location to another.  CPU usage indicate how much of a workload is being handled by the CPU.  A load of 100% means that processor is fully utilized, whereas a load of 50% means that it's sitting idle half the time.
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Your "system idle process" should normally be very high when not much else is happening - it's Windows' way of saying "this is the unused CPU capacity". As far as the light always being on, it may be a software issue. When in doubt, take the machine to a PC shop or trusted friend whose day job is computer repair, and ask them to check for unwanted programs.
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When you look at task manager is there a particular process that is using a high percentage ?? Also try msconfig and disable all start up items and see if you still have the high usage, if not then one by one turn them back on to see what makes an affect
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Well, there are different types of memory on your computer, and if you wanted to check your RAM, then yes, go to My Computer -> Properties. There it will tell you how much RAM you have.\n\nOn the other hand though, I think you are talking about total HDD (Hard Disk Drive) space. To check that, double-click on My Computer, and then right click on your hard drive - usually "C:" drive - and click on Properties. That will tell you total amount, how much you have left, and how much you've used.
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It depends on your operating system, and what version. In Windows 2000 or XP...\n\n1) Right-click on the clock in the system tray.\n\n2) Select "Task Manager" from the pop-up menu.\n\n3) Click the "Performance" tab and you'll see a bar graph labelled "MEM Usage"\n\nYou can also click the "Processes" tab, to see what software is using the memory. There is a column labeled "Mem Usage" and you can click on that to sort programs by memory used.
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The Task Manager (arrived at by pressing CTRL, SHIFT, and ESC simultaneously) will give a fine overview of CPU and Memory utilization.  \n\nFor a more complete view of resources including threads, GDI Objects, windows and handles you might check out a program called TaskInfo at http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html\n\nI can't endorse the previous answer of simply ending every process you don't recognize.  Even as an advanced user there are likely to be a great many tasks there that are unrecognizable without help.  It is often helpful to search for the process name (or "Image Name" as it's called in the Task Manager under the processed tab) to find more about each process in question.  \n\nYou might also find more about the task(s) in question here:  http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
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thats in your system information.... my computer... contral panel...performance.... then look at your system details...
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there's a little program called cpuid that tells you this and more but you could look in your bios too
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Hold down the Windows key (the one with the windows flag icon on it) and the "break" key simultaneously. An information window will pop up which will have the amount of RAM listed, along with a bunch of other info.
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Go to task panel by pressing Clrl-Alt-Delete or Ctrl-Alt-Esc.\nClick on processes sub-menu. Sort the things by memory or CPU. Check those process that uses alot of memory or CPu and see if you need them. If you don't need, uninstall them.\n\nYou can search process names using Yahoo! of Google.
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click on start>>my computer icon, and it will show you whatcha got!!! look under devices!!
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Open the Windows Task Manager (press Ctrl-Alt-Del on the keyboard), go to the Processes tab and see which process is hogging the CPU.  Then post here again...
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look at the process list in task manager. Sort the list by CPU usage. Find out which program is taking up CPU time. Go to google and search the name of the program to see what it belongs to. It may be spyware left on your computer that cannot be cleaned with spybot or adaware.
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start>control panel>system>in the end of the window you can see the ram speed
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hold down Ctrl+Alt+Delete and bring up the Task Manager. Click the Processes tab and a list of running programs is displayed. Click CPU to sort them by the amount of CPU time each process is taking. \n    On top should be System Idle Process at about 95% or more.\nIf any other is taking more than the System Idle Process you probably have a virus. Try Trend Micro's "Housecall" to check and clear viruses. You will also want to find and remove Malware. Spybot Search and Destroy is free and fairly good. look around for others.\n   Follow this link for a broadband speed test:-\nhttp://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp\n\nGood Luck