windows xp guest shows 100% cpu in task manager

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tuokor
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Joined: 25. Mar 2008, 09:37

windows xp guest shows 100% cpu in task manager

Post by tuokor »

When I start virtualbox and start the windows xp guest os the windows is very slow and shows constantly 100% cpu. When I shutdown the guest os and restart it everything works fine. The host os ubuntu 7.10 and it doesn't slow down much when guest os is running. Any ideas?
hstenzel
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Joined: 30. Mar 2008, 02:24

XP guest uses 100% of 1 cpu; win2k is well behaved

Post by hstenzel »

Greetings--

I think I'm seeing something similar. Of the two virtualbox windows images I have, the win2k is well behaved and does not consume excessive cpu; the XP image on the other hand always consumes all of on of my cores.

I have not noticed problems with Linux guests.

Host is Ubuntu 7.10

Any ideas?
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