Need to track 99% resource usage by cracked prog... ring 0

[zambuka42]

I thought i'd start a new thread for this... i posted earlier about the same program, but this is a new problem. Hope I'm not being to needy :) -b

I've recently cracked a program. Everything works exactly as I needed except for the fact that the program is now taking up 90-99% cpu power as reported by the task manager. I've only been able to use softice to debug this program and thus far have not been able to find a way to figure out WHY this is happening. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :) -b

[AndreaGeddon]

is the application using multiple threads? Does it use long instructions cycles? The processor usage is not 100% reliable, do you see that effectively the system slows down? The process usage was less before you cracked it?
Bye!
AndreaGeddon

[zambuka42]

is the application using multiple threads? Does it use long instructions cycles? ... do you see that effectively the system slows down? The process usage was less before you cracked it?


Hey, thanks for the reply.

1) I'm afraid i'm not sure how you mean "multiple threads"... It is an NT/2k service that runs constantly and is constantly doing things... it is a service which manages many components of a large software suite.

2) I'm afraid i also don't know aht you mean by "long instruction cycles" (probably just a terminology gap between us)

3) Yes, the system is very bogged down

4) No, before the crack, it used only 20%

Thanks again :)