Merge - Laptop Computers With POWER.EXE Slow

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:29:43 PM

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Problem

Symptoms: Merging on a laptop computer was very slow. Solutions: The customer worked around the problem by disabling the battery saving devices. Many laptop computers have battery saving device drivers (such as POWER.EXE) which slow down a merge (and perhaps many other functions) dramatically. Another workaround is to use the /NP startup option. This will help increase the speed. How/Why: POWER.EXE was constantly polling the system to see if it was in use. So the CPU was constantly taken away from the merge to process the interrupt that POWER.EXE was generating.

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