I keep getting processing too high to run Boinc

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David Teer Send message Joined: 24 Jul 00 Posts: 11 Credit: 174,024 RAC: 3	Message 2011631 - Posted: 11 Sep 2019, 21:02:05 UTC I keep getting the message when screen saver comes on to scan. It says processor too high! I have turned off so many things in background and task manager made more room on hard drive. Got lots of room and memory and still same message, Can someone give suggestions to this problem? Thanks David May as well face it...your addicted! ID: 2011631 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13876 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 2011704 - Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 9:10:08 UTC - in response to Message 2011631. Last modified: 12 Sep 2019, 9:10:19 UTC I keep getting the message when screen saver comes on to scan. It says processor too high! What says processor too high? When Seti starts processing work, the CPU usage will go from next to nothing to as much as 100%. That's normal. Do you have some sort of system monitoring software with an alarm for high CPU usage? Grant Darwin NT ID: 2011704 ·

David Teer Send message Joined: 24 Jul 00 Posts: 11 Credit: 174,024 RAC: 3	Message 2011747 - Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 16:56:24 UTC - in response to Message 2011704. Thanks for replying! The message is a Boinc on screen when screen saver comes on. It says that the CPU usage is too high to start scanning on this computer. I never had this happen except when i had a lot of windows open. I closed them and it worked fine over the years. I have no idea. I wanted to ask for suggestions. What I should check. As I have checked all that i know of. Thanks for your help! May as well face it...your addicted! ID: 2011747 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13876 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 2011816 - Posted: 13 Sep 2019, 6:53:23 UTC - in response to Message 2011747. What I should check. As I have checked all that i know of. You need to figure out what it is that is producing the message- double clicking on it should (hopefully) give you an idea of what programme is complaining about the CPU usage. Seti is very good at sharing system resources- it actually runs at the lowest priority level, so when other programmes need to do things, Seti releases the CPU for them to use. If it's an Antivirus programme that is complaining, i'd look for a setting in it that allows you to turn off the message & lets it just get on with scanning- otherwise i'd suggest a better AV programme would be the way to go. Grant Darwin NT ID: 2011816 ·

David Teer Send message Joined: 24 Jul 00 Posts: 11 Credit: 174,024 RAC: 3	Message 2012126 - Posted: 15 Sep 2019, 23:28:11 UTC - in response to Message 2011816. I got it finally got it going! too much in background even hidden going on. Yes it was a Friends used computer so had to reprogram it for sure! All set thanks everyone! Happy scanning! BTW check out my YT ch. youtube.com/flyingklown The Backyard Ufologist Thanks May as well face it...your addicted! ID: 2012126 ·

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