Many applications in your computer tend to consume large amount of CPU resources making all other processes very slow and resulting in high CPU usage and this can be quite irritating. Sometimes, spyware and viruses slow down your processes by creating multiple processes which need the CPU’s resources.
The CPU’s resources can be viewed by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del simultaneously, which opens up the task manager. The task manager lets you know about the CPU usage and also gives a list that tells you about the CPU utilization of each program. Now, we have a free tool that alerts the user with a message about high CPU utilization. In case you’re working on a laptop, then CPU usage must be limited to save battery power. Normally CPU usage should range anywhere between 4-8%.
ResLoad Notifier, a free utility that alerts you with a message in case of high CPU usage. Neither installation nor registration is required. Simply download it and double click to use it. Set “Alert” when the overall CPU usage crosses a certain percentage and also set it to alert you when CPU usage is lower than a certain percentage. Download ResLoad Notifier
After configuring the options, don’t forget to click the “Set” button, so as to activate the utility. Also, you can select what will happen to the application once the warning has appeared: either bring it to front or close it. Thus can moderate the CPU usage.
