Re: CPU usage in Windows task Manager program

From: Rodney Kelp (Rodneykelp605_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:03:54 -0500

If you have a program that is always using 92 to 98 % of your processor all
the time, that is your problem. Kill it.

"The Old Timer" <notathome@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:u8P0yhg9EHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I am continually getting my PC to freeze sometime just for a second
>sometimes for as long as 6 or 7 seconds. This occurs when almost nothing
>appears to be running. I have had a full system scan for viruses & spyware
>& nothing to report.
>
> I decided to see if any particular process was trying to run that I was
> unaware of I opened windows task managed then clicked processes then %
> usage so that the most CPU usage was at the top of list, My main program
> which was running in the background went from about 92 to 98 percent. The
> only other figures that appeared there were taskmgr.exe & system idle.
> When the mouse froze again I looked at the list of processes expecting to
> see some unexpected process jumped to the top of list but nothing had
> changed yet my mouse still would not move for another several seconds.
> Any ideas as to what the problem might be & where should I look next?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance
>

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