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Bruce87

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Original poster
Hey everyone. Finally got windows to run ok...now a new problem. Somtimes it seems as if windows gets this little memory usage spikes...where lets say, if i am moving the mouse across the screen, it looks like is skips...it happens when i play games also. my friend is also using a macbook pro, mine is slightly better than his yet his game runs amazingly...same setting and all...anyone know?
 
Ok...maybe it doesnt make sense. I am getting CPU usage spikes for some reason. This really messes up alot of programs for me with constant skipping every 2 seconds.
 
CPU Usage spikes makes a little more sense, or at least when considering the problem your having.

I would run Activitiy Monitor (found in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder) and look for a running process that is causing the spike.

Before quitting this process, let us know what its name is.
 
Activity Monitor is in OSX.

But doesn't Task Manager do pretty much the same thing? Just use it...
 
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