> I am using the code from this MSDN article
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bz33kx67.aspx
>
> Everything worked great on my single core CPU laptop. I then tried to
> run the .exe on my Dual core Pentium-D at work. The UI becomes
> unresponsive while the background thread is running. When I go into
> task manager and change the CPU affinity from 0,1 to just 0, the UI
> becomes responsive again. Please keep in mind that made the loop longer
> so that I have time to observe the blocking. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> CZ

> What does the memory consumption look like on the dual core box. You
> said you made the loop longer to observe the blocking. Perhaps it's
> working so quickly that it chews all your memory up?
>
> Just throwing ideas out there.
>
> I made a multi-threading async app on a dual core box with no problems.
> The child threads would update a listbox with updates as they complete
> certain tasks in text files. worked like a charm. thats why this is
> kind of weird.
>
> cost***@gmail.com wrote:
> > I am using the code from this MSDN article
> >
> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bz33kx67.aspx
> >
> > Everything worked great on my single core CPU laptop. I then tried to
> > run the .exe on my Dual core Pentium-D at work. The UI becomes
> > unresponsive while the background thread is running. When I go into
> > task manager and change the CPU affinity from 0,1 to just 0, the UI
> > becomes responsive again. Please keep in mind that made the loop longer
> > so that I have time to observe the blocking. Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > CZ

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|I had to put a Thread.Sleep(1) inside the Background Thread's loop.
| Everything worked then.
|
| Thanks
|
|
| Sean Chambers wrote:
| > What does the memory consumption look like on the dual core box. You
| > said you made the loop longer to observe the blocking. Perhaps it's
| > working so quickly that it chews all your memory up?
| >
| > Just throwing ideas out there.
| >
| > I made a multi-threading async app on a dual core box with no problems.
| > The child threads would update a listbox with updates as they complete
| > certain tasks in text files. worked like a charm. thats why this is
| > kind of weird.
| >
| > cost***@gmail.com wrote:
| > > I am using the code from this MSDN article
| > >
| > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bz33kx67.aspx
| > >
| > > Everything worked great on my single core CPU laptop. I then tried to
| > > run the .exe on my Dual core Pentium-D at work. The UI becomes
| > > unresponsive while the background thread is running. When I go into
| > > task manager and change the CPU affinity from 0,1 to just 0, the UI
| > > becomes responsive again. Please keep in mind that made the loop
longer
| > > so that I have time to observe the blocking. Anyone have any ideas?
| > >
| > > Thanks
| > >
| > > CZ
|