Re: XP Peformance

Have you checked for viruses? This can be caused by certain malware namely
Backdoor types.
here is a tip I gleaned from the internet, whther or not it'll help I don't
know:
spoolsv.exe hogging 99% of cpu - the fix
I came into lab to find the printer printing strange ASCII characters, one
line per page, and a basically inoperably slow PC. Checking Task Manager, I
found the culprit - one spoolsv.exe at 99% cpu which I killed. About 30
seconds later, the cpu was once again clogged by a revived app. Here's the
fix. First, get some breathing room - go to Control Panel, Administrative
Tools, Services and stop the Print Spooler. Turn off the printer. Now go to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS and delete the files there. I found
'00020.SHD' and '00020.SPL'. Now turn your printer back on and restart the
service. Check task manager, spoolsv.exe should be at 00%


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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Home SP2
P4 dual HT @ 3ghz, 360gb HD, 1gb DDR.
"Art" <Art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0EB82CBC-D8DA-47F9-B703-617E7FB84D6A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The Task Manager shows the print spooler misbehaving..... using 48% to
> 51%
> of system resources. This is re-occurring ..... but cannot find cause
> of
> print spooler miscue. I have deleted and re-installed local and netorked
> printers. Anyother suggestions are welcomed.
> --
> -Art
>
>
> "deebs" wrote:
>
>> May be something is hanging?
>>
>> I have a program that send CPU to 100% occasionally at start OR in the
>> middle of a process within the program OR after closing the program.
>>
>> The only way I ID'd the exe was as the application disappeared from
>> Application window in WTM its associated .exe was still present under
>> Processes listing
>>
>> A smart prod on closing the process helped
>>
>> "Art" wrote:
>>
>> > Task mgr is reporting 50% CPU utilization while computer is idle!! .
>> > Is this
>> > normal? Never looked until lately. My computer is a P4 3.2 mhz with
>> > 2 gig
>> > ram and two 10,000 rpm SATA hard drives. Opening up any file wil take
>> > CPU
>> > utilization easily up to 80 to 100%. Computer is noticebly slower...
>> > not
>> > sure if from BIOS upgrade (ASUS) or me messing with Performance
>> > settings.
>> > Right now, I have everything set to Windows optimize my memory.
>> >
>> > Your input on what to check is appreciated
>> > -Art


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