Re: System using 99% CPU
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:25:32 +0100
jonesygirl
Is there a McAfee System works program?
McAfee offer various security packages but "System Works" is normally
associated with Norton i.e. Norton System Works.
I was not aware that McAfee or Norton provided products that "cleaned
the registry" but I guess someone more familiar with their products will
point out one does.
McAfee products can make heavy demands on the system CPU and memory. You
might check to see whether you are using Site Advisor from McAfee and
whether this is the cause of your problem. There was I think a McAfee
update last year to fix a memory leak for those using Site Advisor. You
might also check to see whether you have all freely available McAfee
updates.
Process Explorer will be able to pinpoint whether it is a McAfee product
that is causing your unexpected CPU usage.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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jonesygirl wrote:
hmmm, well it's part of the McAffee System works program, if that
sounds any better lol.. it goes through and cleans up the cache and
temp internet folders, registry and such.. for the spyware i used
adaware, after taking close to 4 hours for a full scan, it didn't
find anything. someone also recommended trying windows defender??
thank you for the link.. i will look into that!
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:54:05 -0700, jonesygirl
<jonesygirl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I could use some help. When I look at the processes under the task
manager, the system is using 99% of the cpu. The system idle
process as 0% free Now I don't have anything applications running.
I have checked to see if there are any spyware or viruses, and
everything is fine..
Exactly how did you check for spyware and viruses? What software did
you use? Even though you've said you've checked, spyware would be my
first guess.
did the defrag and
cleaned the registry,
Ugh! Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.
The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner
erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any
potential benefit it may have.
Whether your using a registry cleaner has caused your slowdown I
can't be sure, but it's at least possible.
and so I am not sure what the problem is. I can also
say that the 2 usb ports on the front and the 3 on the back don't
work, i am not sure if this is related??
It's highly unlikely that that's related.
Download and run the free Process Explorer at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx
or http://tinyurl.com/ys2zq2
That should tell what is using the CPU.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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