Low CPU Usage

[kirret]

Hi.

Really strange thing. My laptops CPU usage is about 10-15% on average. Even when I start a new program, it barely goes over 50%, but laptop itself is a slow as my Windows Mobile phone. It is Celeron 1.3GHz with 256MB RAM (I increased page file, but no effect at all). CPU Temperature is OK also, around 50 degrees. I know, it is not the fastest laptop in the world, but it shouldn't be that slow. I've scanned for spyware, nothing at all.

Any help, please let me know.

 

[The_Other_One]

You can't compare a laptop and a Windows Mobile device because they use totally different hardware and software.

Increasing the paging files wouldn't do much more than slow it down seeing as it's using more of the hard drive. Adding more RAM should help a good bit, and using LESS of a paging file would too. The less programs you have running in the background, the better as well.

And is that 50*C or 50*F?

 

[kirret]

I just compared the laptop with my windows mobile device that they are both so slow It is 50*C. But it is not normal that when you open a program, the CPU usage is not jumping up, but stays still below 20% most of the time and it take ages to open the program.