Re: CPU Problems slowing computer down.


"Ben" <Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It's sometimes left on overnight, but not usually. It will usually boot up
fine although I have noticed it being slightly slower since all of this
has
happened. I've got McAfee Suite which has an anti-virus/spyware and
firewall
in it. I usually find it really slowing down when I go to play a game or
watch some sort of video. Even loading pictures on the internet slows it
down
a bit. I'm going to give the HD tune a go and I'll post what it's like
after.

Thanks,
Ben

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

The figures look OK. Is the computer left on 24/7?

Is rthere a pattern as to when the computer is slow i.e, on booting or
later?

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy
to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Also do a full surface
scan with HD Tune.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Ben wrote:
Ok

the commit charge numbers are:

Total 261144
Limit 1276224
Peak 424208

My hard disk is 144GB with 36.9GB free

My processor is a P4 2.9ghz

And my ram is 512mb

The thing is that none of this was a problem up until one day when the
computer just started going extremely slow.

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

At StartUp, later or all the time

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this
information.

How much RAM memory?

What is your processor speed?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Ben wrote:
Hi,

About a week and a half ago my computer started having problems. It
seems as though there's something wrong with the process "System"
when I go into the task manager. It will use up about 50% of my cpu
when I try to do certain things. I have the problem with it being
slow mostly when I watch movies or play games. I'm assuming it means
that I've got a graphics problem. I have the latest driver for my
graphics card so it shouldn't be causing me any problems there. I
can't seem to find anything when I've searched here so I'm hoping
that someone can come and save me from this problem as I don't
really have the money for a new computer at the moment.



Another place to look is the speed of your internet connection. It seems to
me
that slowing down while playing games or slowing down while downloading
pictues
from the internet point to some kind of network problem..

Jim


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