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05-29-2008
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| | VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I have this virtual machine to install betas etc. However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this on an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave |
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05-29-2008
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| | Re: VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? The fact that it only utilizes one processor does not mean it monopolizes that processor. In any case the T60 is dual core and you should not be seeing more than 50% utilization due to the guest (100% of one core is 50% of the cpu). There are a couple of settings you can change under the Virtual PC options (File menu/Options/Performance on the Virtual PC console). If the VPC console is minimized, right click on the icon in the notification area and select Show VPC Console then select the File Menu. "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9ECF9FED-0B9F-4230-BEAD-C106E5057BEA@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I have > this virtual machine to install betas etc. > > However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this > on > an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. > > I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or > hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? Thanks, but none of those options seem to apply to my issue. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: Quote: > The fact that it only utilizes one processor does not mean it monopolizes > that processor. In any case the T60 is dual core and you should not be > seeing more than 50% utilization due to the guest (100% of one core is 50% > of the cpu). There are a couple of settings you can change under the > Virtual PC options (File menu/Options/Performance on the Virtual PC > console). If the VPC console is minimized, right click on the icon in the > notification area and select Show VPC Console then select the File Menu. > > "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:9ECF9FED-0B9F-4230-BEAD-C106E5057BEA@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I have > > this virtual machine to install betas etc. > > > > However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this > > on > > an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. > > > > I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or > > hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A4CD4D7A-B1D7-46CF-A7F6-127C80C5D2A7@xxxxxx Quote: > The fact that it only utilizes one processor does not mean it monopolizes > that processor. In any case the T60 is dual core and you should not be > seeing more than 50% utilization due to the guest (100% of one core is 50% > of the cpu). There are a couple of settings you can change under the > Virtual PC options (File menu/Options/Performance on the Virtual PC > console). If the VPC console is minimized, right click on the icon in the > notification area and select Show VPC Console then select the File Menu. and I'm not sure why because the Dell XPS 410 has it and I have XPS 600 which doesn't. I'm very envious of anyone with hardware virtualization and can't wait for Dell to start selling machines with Hypervisor. I have a Pentium 4 at 3.8GhZ with hyperthreading and I don't see any undue utilization of just one cpu. I never have with VMWare Workstation 5.5 machines either. Quote: > > "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:9ECF9FED-0B9F-4230-BEAD-C106E5057BEA@xxxxxx Quote: >> Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I have >> this virtual machine to install betas etc. >> >> However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this >> on >> an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. >> >> I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or >> hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? Hardware support does greatly speed up installations but once the vmadds are installed I shouldn't think performance would differ much with or without hardware assistance. "Melelina" <melelina@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ujJZ$2lwIHA.6096@xxxxxx Quote: > > "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:A4CD4D7A-B1D7-46CF-A7F6-127C80C5D2A7@xxxxxx Quote: >> The fact that it only utilizes one processor does not mean it monopolizes >> that processor. In any case the T60 is dual core and you should not be >> seeing more than 50% utilization due to the guest (100% of one core is >> 50% of the cpu). There are a couple of settings you can change under the >> Virtual PC options (File menu/Options/Performance on the Virtual PC >> console). If the VPC console is minimized, right click on the icon in >> the notification area and select Show VPC Console then select the File >> Menu. > It should also help if you enable hardware virtualization. I don't have it > and I'm not sure why because the Dell XPS 410 has it and I have XPS 600 > which doesn't. I'm very envious of anyone with hardware virtualization > and can't wait for Dell to start selling machines with Hypervisor. > > I have a Pentium 4 at 3.8GhZ with hyperthreading and I don't see any undue > utilization of just one cpu. I never have with VMWare Workstation 5.5 > machines either. Quote: >> >> "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:9ECF9FED-0B9F-4230-BEAD-C106E5057BEA@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I >>> have >>> this virtual machine to install betas etc. >>> >>> However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this >>> on >>> an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. >>> >>> I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or >>> hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave > |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? Dave wrote: Quote: > Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I have > this virtual machine to install betas etc. > > However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this on > an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. > > I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or > hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave and reinstalled VPC2007 and the problem went away. -- David Stardate 8410.7 |
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06-01-2008
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| | Re: VPC 2007 has 100% utilization? On 5ÔÂ30ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç11ʱ06·Ö, Dave <D...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Hi, I have a Vista host running a Vista guest in my VPC 2007 SP1. I have > this virtual machine to install betas etc. > > However, I get 100% utilization and hangs my guest OS. I'm running this on > an IBM T60 laptop with a Centrino Duo. > > I've read this is because VPC only runs on one processor. Any ideas or > hotfixes available? Thanks, Dave host.Thou this is not a VirtualPC's option |
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