nipalsm.exe using up 50% of CPU time

[Mark_McKenna]

Hello Everyone:

I'm having a problem using labview 8.6 on a Dell Dual core E6500 labtop.  The computer started acting very sluggish and I've noticed that even when labview is not running, the Nipalsm.exe is using up 50% of the CPU time.  I've tried reinstalling labview but it hasn't work.  I went back and checked an older computer running labview 7.1 and on that computer  nipalsm.exe is using at most 1%. 

Best Regards,
Mark

[F._Schubert]

This isn't LV related, but some driver stuff (DAQ, DAQmx, DMM, ....). So try reinstalling those. Maybe you could also get a diffrent version (older ones by supplied CDs, newer ones by download from NI).

If you have any support contract (and that should be if you recently bought that hardware), phone your NI rep, as it might be beyond the scope of the community to solve these issues.

Felix