Project: All Idle Processor Time Used by Project
ID: q124481
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Project under Windows NT, you may experience the
following problems:
- Screen savers in Windows NT do not work properly
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- Windows NT Performance Monitor shows that all processor time is being
consumed. The percentage processor time hovers at or near 100% all of
the time until you do something in Microsoft Project (at which time it
will decrease but then return to 100%).
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- Other applications run slower and don't seem as responsive.
WORKAROUNDWindows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51
Start Microsoft Project with its priority set to Idle. To do this, do the
following:
- Using notepad or similar text editor, create a batch file similar to the
following:
Start /Idle /Shared C:\Winproj\Winproj.exe
where c:\Winproj is the path to the Microsoft Project executable program
file.
- Save the file as Strtproj.bat or similar name.
- Click your Microsoft Project icon and click Properties from the Program
Manager File menu. Change the Command Line to include Strtproj.bat such
as c:\Winproj\Strtproj.bat.
- Click the Change Icon button and find Winproj.exe. Click OK. Click OK.
Setting Microsoft Project to use a lower priority thread will use less
processor time and allow other applications to run smoother.
Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 does not support the Idle command line switch. The only
workaround would be to upgrade to Microsoft Project version 4.1a.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
Additional query words:
memory processor
Keywords : projwin
Version : 4.00
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :
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