When your CPU usage not 100% and still your Apache server has stopped working because of lots of processes. you can change config file for more CPU use.
Right click on Apache config->open httpd.conf, paste below code to end of the file
<IfModule mpm_winnt_module>
ThreadStackSize 8388608
</IfModule>
– restart Xampp Apache server.
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