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Help with NTVDM.EXE

#1 CheeseKilla

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Posted 23 August 2001 - 07:38 AM

I just reinstalled Win2k today and so far (with many restarts) the file ntvdm.exe is constantly running (as shown on the processes menu in taskmanager) and is using 50% of my cpu's at all times. Does anyone know why the Virtual DOS Machine might be running at all times and how I might stop it? Thanks in advance.

#2 Nemesis

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Posted 23 August 2001 - 07:10 PM

CheeseKilla,

NTVDM is run when a 16-bit application is run and will hang around until you run another one, to stop it from "hanging" around, edit this registry setting:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW

Change the "DefaultSeparateVDM" to "yes" (without the quotes!)