Re: Running SLOW

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Doug

You disappoint me. There are a number of reports in Google referring to
ntdll.dll!allocateheap+0x18c with no solutions. I thought Laptops might
be a common factor.

Is it just opening the MyPictures folder or are you opening a picture
as well? Are you using the left or right mouse button? Graphics files
can be some size so there might be some CPU activity before they open.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Doug wrote:
I have a desktop and is not wireless. Also I notice that when I open a
folder like MyPictures it will spike and then stay at 100% for a
while.
Doug

I don't know.

Is your computer a desktop or a laptop?

Are you using a Wireless Network?


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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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Doug wrote:
Did that and nothing below explorer.exe. is running. What happens if
I run debug?

Doug

Instead of looking in Task Mamager try Process Explorer. CPU usage
relating explorer.exe in Task Manager may relate to a subsidiary
process where explorer.exe is acting as the parent. Thus in Process
Explorer you will see, explorer.exe acts as parent for any number
of processes and you may need to dig deeper to find the cause of
the CPU usage. Locate explorer.exe in Process Explorer and click
on the plus sign to expand your selection.

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

A new addition to Process Explorer is that you can now right click
on a process and search Online for relevant information.

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

What Microsoft Office products are you using? Do you use Firefox?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Doug wrote:
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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