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Old 04-13-2011, 02:30 PM   #151
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I had a laptop that was running really hot and fans at full blast. I installed process explorer on it to view my cpu usage and found my lexmark printer software was using 50% of my cpu when doing nothing. I assumed that that program had a memory leak and needed dumping. After the uninstall it now runs cool and quiet. I still blow the air through the exhaust port on my cpu occasionally too with the compressor. Alot of dust can collect on the cooling fan in laptops too.
cool; I'm running an HP wireless printer that never gets used.

if one were to turn off a printer from a process standpoint, would they be able to print if need be? so like, turn it off since 99% of time we never use it, but if we did need to - still be able to print?
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