I am running a legacy program in XP Mode (Adobe Pagemaker 7.0). When I need to save a document, usually to a Windows 7 drive, it takes a very long time to do so - unless I move the mouse pointer within the window. I know this sounds strange but I've confirmed this behavior many times.
I'm guessing that moving the mouse generates an IRQ which temporarily gives the XP mode process higher priority. If it is a large file which takes longer to save, I can observe the save process speed way up when moving the mouse and slow way down when I stop.
Is there some setting somewhere to speed up the process without the mouse movement - my hand is getting tired.
I'm guessing that moving the mouse generates an IRQ which temporarily gives the XP mode process higher priority. If it is a large file which takes longer to save, I can observe the save process speed way up when moving the mouse and slow way down when I stop.
Is there some setting somewhere to speed up the process without the mouse movement - my hand is getting tired.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP Pavilion Elite 9280t
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional 64bit
- CPU
- Intel i7-920 Quad 2.66GHz
- Motherboard
- PEGATRON CORPORATION TRUCKEE 1.04E01 Bus Clock: 133 megahert
- Memory
- 12 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 2280WFP Digital
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital 640GB SATA
