Re: CPU at 100%, explorer.exe hogging CPU usage, SLOW notebook!!

Justin,

I can tell you right now, 35-45 processes is an awful lot for an Intel
Celeron M processor. Try looking over the programs that are in use and
eliminate them from loading up in "msconfig." I would bring the amount of
processes that are running to about 20-25. Your CPU is being overworked and
a big part is your processes.

"justin" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Using an Inspiron 2200. I have a 1.4GHz processor (Intel Celeron M). I use
> WinXP Home. 20GB hard drive (I know it's small but I have 300+ GB worth of
> externals, but that's besides the point, or is it?). 1.24GB of RAM. I have
> every spyware and adware program on earth (the legit ones like Ad-aware
> and
> Spyware Sweeper) and I run them regularly. I have a paid subscription to
> Norton Internet Security, and I use it. I defrag and empty my temp files
> regularly. I usually have Adobe Photoshop CS2 (and work with very large
> graphics), Microsoft Outlook, AIM and a web browser or two open regularly
> with my high speed internet connected. Task Manager tells me on average I
> have 35-45 processes running at any given time.
>
> My CPU usage is usually at 100%, which is NOT right. In task manager the
> process that is hogging anywhere from 95-100% of my CPU is explorer.exe
>
> EVERYTHING I do lately takes forever to load, and sometimes just locks up.
> Especially when using Outlook, and when loading large files into Adobe.
> It's
> getting really bad and I don't know what to do to speed things up. Buy and
> install a better processor? Is it a virus? My drivers? Should my on-board
> hard drive be larger? Memory optimizer programs don't really do the trick,
> but something tells me that my memory isn't a problem and that it is my
> CPU
> and explorer.exe
>
> PLEASE HELP!


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