Re: Performance problem with Windows XP can't figure it out.

What is the image name of the process producing high CPU usage? If it is
one of the svchost entries you should use Process Explorer to identify
which.

Download Process Explorer.
For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost
process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place
cursor on Process and select Properties, Image.

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What is your
firewall?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Toy Yoda wrote:
Hello.

My dell laptop running Windows XP SP 3. Appears starting an app,
closing an app. Even right clicking to display a drop down menu can
take time. Drilling down the start menu's sub menu's (example
Clicking start > settings > control panel ) can take time to draw
each
menu. It's almost as if the computer is caching. Music stutters on
itunes.


Laptop has wireless connection but is also docked with an ethernet
cable attached.


I just can't figure out what is causing all the cpu usage, when a
clear majority of them are at 0 cpu and the ones that have usage
don't
appear to be using too much resources.


any suggestions are welcome


thanks.


System properties:


Genuine Intel(R) CPU
T2600 @ 2.16GHz
994MHz, 2.00 GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension


If I look at the Windows Task Manager:


The performance tab:


CPU Usage: Fluctuates alot even with little to know user activity.
It
fluctuates beteen 40% to 100%, It looks like a seismograph.


PF Usage: 406MB.
Hangles: 12380
Threads: 534
Processes: 59


Physical Memory
Total: 2095216
Available: 1479264
System Cache 763076


Commit Charge
Total: 416536
Limit: 5081060
Peak: 703012


Kernel Memory
Total 129624
Paged: 111104
Nonpaged: 18576


On the networking tab: Utilization almost always zero. Network
Connect Adapter is in a non-operational state.
All other items appear okay.


Under processes tab:


System Idle Process is usually around 50-60%.
Mem usage for any process does not appear that high.


Applications tab:


Two applications running.


.

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