Re: 100 percent CPU Usage... Finals week... HELP!

Hi,

Download and run Process Explorer. Look for the process that's taking
up all the CPU recourses. This will help narrow the search.
Sysinternals Freeware - Process Explorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/


cRy-Guy wrote:
> This is turning into a regular occurance and it's driving
> me nuts. Everytime finals roll around the computer
> breaks.
>
> This is the second time I've had this issue. I have a
> Compaq Presario 2700US laptop running Windows XP SP1.
> What is happening is that the System process is running
> 95-100% CPU usage. System Idle process remains 0%
> throughout. After anywhere from 1 minute to 5 minutes at
> this consumption level the computer will click and turn
> off. The problem happens most often with the laptop
> plugged in. It will happen on just battery power, as
> well, but it will usually behave for 20-30 minutes before
> losing it.
>
> This KB article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328915#kb1
> describes my problem quite well. In fact, 1 year ago,
> right before finals week, I used this fix to repair the
> exact problem I am having again with the same computer.
> I have reinstalled this fix to no avail. It is no longer
> working. I don't know what's up. I have scanned for
> viruses and spywhere, etc, but have found nothing. I ran
> system restore but it failed. I just did it again and as
> it was restarting the computer shut down as described
> above. I doubt it worked though. I am nervous to do
> major work to the thing because it could shut down at any
> moment. I don't want to be in the middle of something
> serious, like an upgrade to SP2. I swear, if you can
> point me in the right direction I'll give you a cookie!
> (disclaimer- If you are outside or inside Colorado you
> may not actually recieve a cookie, but I'll see what I
> can do.)


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