Q29:
Why does Celestia always use 100% of the CPU?
How can I make it use less?
A helpful tip to add might be to point out that when you go to Bookmarks and then to Organize Bookmarks, the program goes into freeze mode. Otherwise it continues to use the CPU heavily even though it is minimized and your using other programs. (My task manager system icon continues to read 100% CPU use and things run slow.)
At least thats the only way I found to stop it from running full tilt.
It would be great if Celestia 1.5 didn't call on the CPU so much when it wasn't the active program.
Below is my system info in case the problem is just me.
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name LOIS-LAPTOP
System Manufacturer TOSHIBA
System Model Satellite M40X
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1496 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA V1.60, 09/06/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.34
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2562 (xpsp.040919-1030)"
User Name LOIS-LAPTOP\Lois
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 45.88 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.39 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Thanks for your time
David