High background CPU usage [7.0.6]

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bumblebee
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High background CPU usage [7.0.6]

Post by bumblebee »

MyInfo 7 uses on average 5% of my CPU while minimized and idle!!?

I suppose it could be building search indices, but my notebook data has been relatively static for a long time. Perhaps it is the new design that constantly detects and save changes, but why is this necessary in a minimized window?

Some mechanism needs to be implemented that suspends whatever is burning CPU cycles for no purpose.

Thanks.
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Post by Petko »

MyInfo does very few things in the background, so this is strange. Did you experience this for the first time in 7.0.6?
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Post by Telesto »

CPU usage with MyInfo send to tray bar is fine (great even; 0,16% or something like that). It's 'a bit' CPU consuming minimized at task bar (3%) [7.0.6]. MyInfo 7.0.3 is slightly better (2%). However with a different database open; not sure if that makes the difference.
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Post by Telesto »

Minimizing MyInfo to the taskbar with the about Window open improves the situation (0,30%)
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Post by bumblebee »

My PC is older which would explain 5% vs. 3%.

I can confirm that opening "About" or "Options" windows drops CPU cycles. My guess is that some polling loop is running when the main window has focus or is minimized.
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Post by Petko »

Yes, there are some things that MyInfo does in the background. I will try to optimize them further, if possible.
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