Re: Help with Windows XP in qemu-system-i386

[Programmingkid]

> On Feb 5, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 03:25:00PM -0500, Programmingkid wrote:
>> Hi, I'm noticing that my Windows XP Service Pack 3 VM is causing 
>> qemu-system-i386 to experience 100% host cpu usage even when the guest is at 
>> idle. I was wondering if you are seeing this issue as well on any version of 
>> Windows guest? Windows 2000 doesn't seem to have this problem so I'm 
>> wondering if this is a bug with QEMU or a problem with my VM. Any help would 
>> be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thank you.
> 
> Just tried an xp guest, stays below 10% for me. Suggest discussing this
> on the mailing list.

Thank you for the reply. Which service pack is your Windows XP VM using?