Obviously maybe you don't have E, just A - so you're running threadmaster because E's features aren't available. Citrix's solution treats all users as equal - maybe sometimes, some users or some applications are more equal than others ;) Maybe you want to tell the user, or report on the fact, that their app is being throttled rather than just doing it and then fielding the helpdesk call asking when the report/spreadsheet is taking longer to load than it used to? _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: 27 February 2006 16:50 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: About to test out Threadmaster on our new app that hogs the CPU in our test lab first So give up a solid, industry leading work load manager for something that does just thread reprioritization? Why? Joe On 2/27/06, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Just don't enable the CPU optimization in Citrix. _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:15 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: About to test out Threadmaster on our new app that hogs the CPU in our test lab first Wouldn't using Threadmaster on PS4 Enterprise be like trying to run McAfee and Symantec AV on the same box? Joe On 2/27/06, Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com <http://thinhelp.com/> < jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: And if you are running CPS 4 would you not want to add the Citrix print spooler service? CpSvc.exe and the myriad of added CPU utililization if you are using it, ones like ctxcpubal.exe ctxcpusched.exe ctxcpuusync.exe Jim Kenzig <mailto:web@xxxxxxxxxx> CEO The Kenzig Group http://www.kenzig.com <http://www.kenzig.com/> Sponsorships <http://www.kenzig.com/217/227/index.html> Available! Blog: http://www.techblink.com <http://www.techblink.com/> Terminal Services Downloads: http://www.thinhelp.com <http://www.thinhelp.com/> Windows Vista: http://www.VistaPop.com <http://www.vistapop.com/> Virtualization: http://www.virtualize-it.com <http://www.virtualize-it.com/> Games: http://www.stressedpuppy.com <http://www.stressedpuppy.com/> ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrew Wood <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 9:54:45 AM Subject: [THIN] Re: About to test out Threadmaster on our new app that hogs the CPU in our test lab first imasrv, srvcntrol, SmaService.exe, xte, ctxxmlss ? _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Parr Sent: 27 February 2006 14:53 To: ' <mailto:thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] About to test out Threadmaster on our new app that hogs the CPU in our test lab first The entries below are included as exceptions to the CPU throttling so that the system can run unencumbered and you are more or less zeroing in on the offending app - on a Win2k box would you include any other processes as exceptions? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ ThreadMaster\ Parameters\ Exceptions] "winlogon.exe"="" "services.exe"="" "SPOOLSV.EXE"="" "termsrv.exe"="" "svchost.exe"="" "csrss.exe"="" "cdmsvc.exe"="" "dfssvc.exe"="" "llssrv.exe"="" "lsass.exe"="" "msdtc.exe"="" "mstask.exe"="" "pnsvc.exe"="" "smss.exe"="" "sysdown.exe"="" "System"="" "SystemProcess"="" "winmgmt.exe"="" "agentsvr.exe"="" Steve Parr Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Ltd.