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Processor Throttling In Windows XP

Posted by kdawson on from the why-are-they-doing-that dept.

TomSlick writes "Michael Chu, a former Intel employee, has written up a fairly interesting and readable summary of Windows XP power schemes as they relate to Intel processor throttling. An old topic, but one still relevant as many business notebooks still use XP."

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  1. Re:Doncha hate "Misread" headlines? by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Professor Throttling of any relation to General Failure or Colonel Panic?

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  2. XP vs. Vista by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    XP can throttle your CPU, but Vista downright chokes it.

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