Hi -
I've noticed that GE is causing my PC to use much more CPU time than normal - as soon as GE starts, the CPU usage jumps from its normal level of say 2% or 3% up to around 25%, and it stays there until I restart the system. I've seen on this forum and others that GE has a reputation as a resource hog and of coming into conflict with other programs such as anti-virus packages, but I haven't read anything about it failing to close properly.
If I look at the lists of applications and processes in Task Manager while GE is running, the entry for GE itself shows that it's using less than 1% of CPU time, and there's nothing else to indicate what might be causing the high readings, but the CPU usage stays stubbornly high - typically, two of the four cores run at 50%, sometimes swapping between cores, but overall never dropping below an average of around 25%. If I close GE, it appears to remove itself from the list of active applications, but the CPU usage stays at 25%. I'm satisfied that this isn't some kind of false reading on the part of Task Manager, because I can feel the processor getting hot and I can hear the fan running harder. I've removed any non-essential programs from the startup list.
Any ideas? The workaround is obviously not to use GE unnecessarily and to restart the PC immediately each time, but it's a shame not to be able to use GE to its full potential, as otherwise the current version seems to be pretty reliable.
Thanks -
