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Intel® vPro™ technology
Virtual machine(VM) performance - Vista*-based system w/Intel® vPro™ Technology

Issue: It has been observed that two virtual machine (VM) sessions running simultaneously on a system that contains an Intel® Core™2 Processor with vPro™ Technology can cause a system to experience performance issues. The reason behind the issue is lack of system memory. For example, a system running virtual machine sessions with 1GB of RAM is not enough memory to be used with Windows Vista*, causing it to swap RAM to disk excessively and degrade the overall performance of the operating systems.

Resolution: The main cause of this issue is the lack of system memory or RAM (Random Access Memory). The recommendation is to upgrade your system memory to at least 2GB and/or depending on your software vendor of the VM, you may be able to reallocate the VM RAM to 768MB, which should resolve the RAM swapping issues and should maintain optimal performance for the virtual machine sessions

Operating System:
Windows Vista(Beta 1)*, Windows Vista 64*, Windows Vista Starter, 32-bit version*, Windows Vista Home Basic, 32-bit version*, Windows Vista Home Premium, 32-bit version*, Windows Vista Business, 32-bit version*, Windows Vista Enterprise, 32-bit version*, Windows Vista Ultimate, 32-bit version*, Windows Vista(RC2)*, Windows Vista Home Basic, 64-bit version*, Windows Vista Home Premium, 64-bit version*, Windows Vista Business, 64-bit version*, Windows Vista Enterprise, 64-bit version*, Windows Vista Ultimate, 64-bit version*, Windows Vista *, Windows Vista 32*

This applies to:
Intel® vPro™ technology

Solution ID: CS-028691
Date Created: 01-Jan-2008
Last Modified: 05-Feb-2010
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