In NT6 (Vista), a major kernel and subsystems redesign occurred. The refactored subsystems are still used in Windows 10 for desktop applications, thus are still important, especially after the arguable ‘failure’ of Windows 8 Store Apps. The subsystem in question here is the Task Scheduler. In Windows XP and before, when an application wanted to start itself at […]
Read more
For a long time now, Bitsum has been telling users that, even in the default Windows High Performance power plan, core parking and CPU frequency scaling causes performance problems during bursting CPU loads, which are the most common type. Now, we get to say: We Told You So! That’s right, Intel’s new Speed Shift technology has […]
Read more
The Windows Registry is meant to serve as a shared storage location for system and application settings. It is essentially a database, has per-user hives, multiple data types, and is generally well-suited for it’s purpose. Lookups (retrieval) of registry values are extremely rapid since the keys are traversed using an optimal data tree (an algorithm […]
Read more
Today I wanted to quickly write about the new Windows 10 build that has just been released to the public (July 31 2015), and how our newest version of Process Lasso can really benefit you, more than ever… Since Windows 10 release, many people are finding themselves once again excited about the PC’s future. Windows 8 […]
Read more
When CPU affinity matters Case 1: Limit a Process’s CPU Consumption One common case where CPU affinity matters is one of CPU resource allocation. Specifically, keeping a process limited to using a certain amount of CPU time or percent of the total available. By limiting a process to specific cores, you have the ability to […]
Read more