PauseWhileRunning on Vista

James Heinrich · 2007-06-24, 03:00

I've run into a few annoyances under Vista (64-bit, UltimateRC1 and retail Home Premium) where other programs run a sub-task at priority 1 and it takes far longer than it should because Prime95 gets most of the idle cycles. Not Prime95's fault. However, in playing with such things I've noticed that PauseWhileRunning seems to have no effect (Prime95 x64 v24.14). I'm not sure if this is blamed on Prime64, Vista64, Vista, or me... is this a known issue?

PhilF · 2007-06-24, 08:39

I am also running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, and have noticed the same thing when it comes to Prime95 slowing down programs that it shouldn't. But, when I use the PauseWhileRunning option, it works as intended and the problems go away.

James Heinrich · 2007-06-24, 13:45

Which client version are you running (version number, and 32- or 64-bit)?

PhilF · 2007-06-25, 03:09

It 24.14, 32-bit.

James Heinrich · 2007-06-25, 10:50

Indeed. I fired up 24.14 32-bit and PauseWhileRunning works fine, so it's just the x64 version that doesn't work properly.

George! Bug report! :)

Cruelty · 2007-06-25, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Heinrich

George! Bug report! :)

It's not a bug... it's a feature

Xyzzy · 2007-06-25, 20:26

Quote:

It's not a bug... it's a feature

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jasong · 2007-06-25, 21:31

It wasn't until a split second that I got the bug/feature joke.

2007-06-24, 03:00	#1
James Heinrich "James Heinrich" May 2004 ex-Northern Ontario 23×149 Posts	PauseWhileRunning on Vista I've run into a few annoyances under Vista (64-bit, UltimateRC1 and retail Home Premium) where other programs run a sub-task at priority 1 and it takes far longer than it should because Prime95 gets most of the idle cycles. Not Prime95's fault. However, in playing with such things I've noticed that PauseWhileRunning seems to have no effect (Prime95 x64 v24.14). I'm not sure if this is blamed on Prime64, Vista64, Vista, or me... is this a known issue?

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2007-06-24, 08:39	#2
PhilF Feb 2005 Colorado 658₁₀ Posts	I am also running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, and have noticed the same thing when it comes to Prime95 slowing down programs that it shouldn't. But, when I use the PauseWhileRunning option, it works as intended and the problems go away.

2007-06-24, 13:45	#3
James Heinrich "James Heinrich" May 2004 ex-Northern Ontario 23×149 Posts	Which client version are you running (version number, and 32- or 64-bit)?

2007-06-25, 03:09	#4
PhilF Feb 2005 Colorado 2×7×47 Posts	It 24.14, 32-bit.

2007-06-25, 10:50	#5
James Heinrich "James Heinrich" May 2004 ex-Northern Ontario 23·149 Posts	Indeed. I fired up 24.14 32-bit and PauseWhileRunning works fine, so it's just the x64 version that doesn't work properly. George! Bug report! :)

2007-06-25, 21:31	#8
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3×7×167 Posts	It wasn't until a split second that I got the bug/feature joke.