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I have am Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 1.73GHz, but lately it's been running at 798MHz or less. Is there any way I can get it back to 1.73Ghz? I've been struggling with this for awhile but haven't been able to find a solution. Any ideas?

Edit- I know that the processor slows down to minimize energy use, however I'm not terribly concerned about that. When I run CPU intensive programs it remains at 798MHz instead of increasing the processing power as needed.
 
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Modern CPUs are designed to throttle down frequency when not needed to minimize power consumption.

 
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How would I go about doing this? I'm using Windows XP if that helps at all.
 
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-xp/help/setup/configure-power-management

Steps 1 through 5.

High Performance should be one of the default selections, you can also make a custom scheme if you want.
 
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you hope you are not on a laptop, because turning the power mode to high performance can shorten your battery life. also i really think it is not worth turning to high performance even if you are on a desktop, i doubt it will increase your PC speed by noticeable margin. Of course, the choice is yours.
you should be able to find power settings in the control panel.
 
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I looked in the control panel for a "Performance and Maintenance" icon, but there was none. There was the Power Options icon, but scheme options for that include Max Battery, Presentation, Home/Office Desk, Portable/Laptop, etc. Nothing really mentioned performance. I understand setting it to max performance would increase the heat of my cpu, but I'm just trying to get a make this work for me until I'm done building my new rig. I've tried using a program that would max throttle my cpu, called SpeedSwitch Xp, but it hasn't actually increased the frequency to 1.73GHz. I appreciate the help so far, but I'm still lost.
 
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