Re: High CPU usage in Wordpad
- From: "t.cruise" <t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:35:05 -1000
Maybe corruption? I would delete wordpad.exe (usually found in the folder: C:\Program
Files\Windows NT\Accessories) then reboot, then go to the I386 folder, right click the
file: WordPad.ini and left click Install (make sure that the wordpad.ini and wordpad.ex_
files are in your I386 folder BEFORE deleting the existing wordpad.exe file). Personally,
I never use WordPad. If one has Word installed, why would one even bother with WordPad?
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"Bob Davis" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:toGse.50355$iU.6598@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> When Wordpad is run on this system I've noticed that CPU usage hits 47% and
> uses ~5.2m of memory even when idling and with no document loaded. OTOH, my
> notebook and several other computers show 0% and 4.7m under the same
> conditions. The notebook has similar specs, with a P4 630 (3.0 ghz) and 2gb
> RAM. The OS is XP SP2 with all updates. I do not get the same issues when
> Notepad or Word 9.0 are run. These run as expected, with no CPU usage when
> idling.
>
> Needless to say, something is awry here, although I have no such problems
> with any other app and the system is very stable. Having Wordpad running at
> any time heats the CPU up 15°C or more than normal and has other obvious
> side effects on performance. Any help with this bizarre quirk would be
> appreciated.
>
> System specs:
>
> Motherboard: Gigabyte 8KNXP v1 (non-Ultra), f13a bios
> CPU: 3.0C P4 Northwood (not OC'd, HT enabled) with Zalman CNPS7000-Cu HSF
> 2gb RAM (4 x 512mb Kingston DDR400 in dual-channel mode @ SPD, matched
> pairs)
> PSU: Antec 480w Truepower in Antec full-tower case
> Fans: 80mm x 5 (2 w/PSU, 2 on rear, 1 on HD housing)
> OS: WinXP Pro (SP2)
> Keyboard: Northgate 102 Ultra (via PS2 adapter)
> SATA0 & 1 (ICH5R) - WD360GD x 2 in RAID0 array [C: 72gb, boot drive]
> IDE1 - Master: Maxtor 6Y160P0 [D: 160gb]
> Slave: Mobil Rack rotates six drives for weekly cloning.
> IDE2 - Asus CRW-4824AH CD burner
> IDE3 - Disabled
> IDE4 - Disabled
> AGP - Matrox G450 DH at 4x
> Monitors:
> - Sony E540 (21") primary
> - Sony A240 (17") secondary
> NIC (on board) - Connected to Linksys 4-port router
> Networked computers: 3
> Sound (on board): Enabled
> Firewire (on board): Enabled (for extra ports)
> PCI1 - Empty
> PCI2 - StarTech firewire adapter
> - Lexar Compactflash reader/writer [F:]
> - WD1200BB 120gb on firewire adapter [J:] (Powered on when needed)
> - WD1000JB 100gb on firewire adapter [K:] (Powered on when needed)
> PCI2 - Empty
> PCI3 - Extra parallel adapter (LPT2)
> PCI5 - Empty
> LPT1 - Brother HL-645 laser printer
> LPT2 - Epson LQ-850 dot-matrix printer
> USB 2.0:
> - Canon LIDE80 scanner
> - Epson Photo Stylus 2200 ink-jet printer
> - Wacom pen tablet
> - Digital Wallet (usually not connected)
> - HP Pocket PC h2215 cradle
> COM1 - USR Courier V-Everything external modem (for fax)
> COM2 - Empty
>
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>
>
>
>
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