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    WinSAT just started itself and made my graphics wig out - what the hell?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nemt, Sep 12, 2010.

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    I was browsing a message board and chatting on IRC when my taskbar turned white and my system started seeming very taxed, I jumped to task manager and saw WinSAT.exe was using 50% (and the start button was still visible on the ctrl+alt+del screen). I rebooted and everything's back to normal.

    What the hell just happened?

    This is in Win 7 x64, on the 1810T described in my sig.
     
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    ok I feel stupid now
     
    nemt, Sep 12, 2010
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