Re: Running SLOW

I download the program and checked the spike on the graph and everything
points to explorer.exe. All processes under explorer.exe are running real
low or not at all.

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"JS" <@> wrote in message news:uiIEy0V0IHA.3756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Explorer.exe has a number of other processes associated with it.
It's most likely a sub-process or application that's running in the
background and taking all
the CPU resources, which could be the cause of your PC running slow.

To find and display what could be the problem try Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
Then expand the process named 'Explorer.exe' (click on the + sign)
In the column on the left named 'CPU', look for any high CPU usage.
Next click on the CPU column to sort the processes by %CPU usage (Highest
to Lowest).
Move the mouse cursor over any process, you should see a popup with some
detailed info.
Then mouse over the process that's using most or all the CPU %.
Then click on that process to highlight it,
Now that it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed
select: Search Online
This should display what out there on the web about that process.
You can also double click on any process to open up a more detailed
'Properties' window.
Note: some entries like Explorer, System/Services, and
Svchost entries may need to be expanded to show the detail (sub
processes),
in this case click on the + located to the left of the entry.

An alternate method using Process Explorer is to double click on the Graph
just below the Menu bar.
This will open the 'System Information' window, which has a larger display
of all three graphs.
Move your mouse over any spike in the CPU Usage graph to see what
process/application or service was the cause of the spike.

JS

"Doug" <doug57@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This might not be the place to ask. My computer started running real
slow. When I open the task manager the CPU is running 100% all the time.
When I look at the processes it shows explorer.exe running about 98% and
nothing else is running over 3%. What could be causing the CPU to run so
high? I have restarted the computer and the same thing happens. I have
not add any hardware or software.

Thanks

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