How can I be sure that a process does not go to sleep?

Hi all,
I am running a small computational program (written by me) in a command prompt window in Windows 10 Home. No input, just some numbers written in a file and screen once in a while. The computation can be very long, I do not know when the numbers could be output. So sometimes I have the suspect that when the computer screen goes off or after some more time also the program freezes. I have put on the foreground the performance meter with the CPU and upon resume I see that the line is always at 34% (by the way is there any way to give to this process 100% ?), but I am not sure this is enough since the meter axis could be frozen itself and there is no time mark.
I appreciate any suggestion or explanation on this issue, thanks

Try3 said:

Go to Power options and set the computer to Never go to Sleep or Hibernate.

Denis

Thanks Denis, I thought there was a possibility to wakelock the process, but this should be ok anyway.

Do you know how to increase che CPU percentage to the process? In professional it is possible but in home I did not find the way to do it

Ghot said:

In Task Manager, choose the "Details" tab.
Find the process in question, right click it and choose: Set Priority > Realtime

Thanks again,

done but does not change anything, I had already put very high and was around 34%, like now

Try3 said:

I agree with Ghot.

I think the 34% you are seeing means that Windows can cope with everything the program asks of it with ease. In other words, it only asks for things that amount to 34%.

Just to check a potential complication, run

Code:

PowerCfg -a

to check that you do not have S0 Modern standby (aka S0 Low Power Idle).

Denis

The output is that in the system S0 is available while S1/2/3 are not available

Try3 said:

Oh.

S0 starts to try to reduce loading as soon as the display is turned off.
- I can bore you with dozens of links to S0 definitions if you have nothing better to do with your life.

Alternatively, just deliberately keep the display on [in power options] to compare the performance so you can decide about a course of action.
- If your program starts before S0 kicks in then S0 should allow it to continue working normally but might not [I was not sure when I last read the definition].
- In my S0 computer, I have display off set to Never but I also have a blank screensaver set to come on after 1 minute. It's a sort of compromise.

Denis

I keep posting incomplete versions of posts because I have a keyboard problem and I keep messing up my workaround.

Thanks a lot for your reply, also to Ghot. I think that now S0 is not stopping it, both from the little change in the numbers and the little warmth in the fan which before was cold. The next night will be a good indication, otherwise I have to find a blackpicture and set it as a screensaver, this program will run for many weeks overall.