Re: CPU Pegged at 100%

Sorry, it's actually 1.25 G. System came with 500M (250x2). I bought 1G and
replace 1 module.

In Task Manager, the total physical memory is : 1308656. Total available
hovers around: 583560, and system cache around: 654840.

Any idea if Windows Defender and McAfee clash at all to cause these kinds of
symptoms. It's still strange to me that the biggest hog I wind up seeing is
svchost.exe with 3 identical threads kernel32.dll!CreateThread+0x22.

While McAfee may be somewhat of a hog, it doesn't "appear" to be grabbing
too much of the CPU (except at certain times).

"Gerry" wrote:

In terms of system performance McAfee is a poor choice for a home
computer. Replacing it with freeware alternatives would result in a
significant improvement.

Are you sure you have 1.3 gb RAM? You have two slots. What size stick is
each?

Drivers:
http://snipurl.com/951ce [h10025_www1_hp_com]

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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mtvet wrote:
On SP3 now...got THAT issue resolved, but performance still the same,
LOUSY. Updated video driver, no effect. You mentioned the
motherboard chipset drivers and that they should be sure to be
updated. If I go into device manager, which devices do I select in
order to update those drivers appropriately? Is there a way to get
the system to do a global driver update of some type, rather than
having to do them piecemeal??

Thanks.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

mtvet wrote:
I've seen this issue a number of times, but no firm solution, and
have a few differences with the other presentations. Just want to
try to get at what's going on with this machine.

HP Pavilion 503n, XPSP2, Celeron 1.7GHz, 1.3 GB RAM

Running Process Explorer to try to figure out what's going on.

Launch an Office program - Jumps to 100% CPU, then drops down.
When I then try to open a file and navigate to My Computer, the
flashlight comes up, and it takes forever, with the usage up to
100%. The primary process in this case appears to be the Office
App (eg - WinWord). In other cases, seems like it's svchost that
has 3 threads of kernel32.dll!CreateThread+0x22.

These each consume 20+% of the CPU.

When we connect to the web using VZAccessMgr (verizon wireless
connection) the usage jumps from about 20% up to 80% and back
down. Just keeps cycling like that. The heavy users in this case
appear to be the CreateThread+0x22. Then when anything else runs on
top of that, we have absolutely no functionality at all.

Any help/suggestions appreciated!!!

I tend to see that alot on celeron processors. The lack of
sufficient cache on the processor *really* makes a noticable
difference.

- Are you running the latest VZAccessMgr?
- Latest hardware drivers (motherboard chipset in particular)?
- What AV software?
- Integrated or seperate video card (and is the latest driver for
that installed?)
- What is your virtual memory set at? (I suggest you let Windows
control it.)
- How much free disk space?
- Last time you ran a full CHKDSK?
- Followed by a full defragmentation?
- What version of Office?
- Why SP2 and not SP3 for Windows XP?
- Home Edition, Professional Edition, Media Center Edition or Tablet
PC Edition?
- If you run an application like "HeavyLoad" for a while - does it
crash your system? And how long does it take to completely peg your
processor and use all your memory?

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MS-MVP
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