Re: CPU Pegged at 100%

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Sorry. The browser interface kept giving me error responses on my posts, so
I thought they weren't going through. I re-tried a few times, kept getting
the error message, and gave up, not realizing that those repeated attempts
all actually made it in despite the message saying they were not.

"Olórin" wrote:

Easy, tiger! Four posts in the space of one minute??

"mtvet" <mtvet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gerry-

Any response to my last post???

Mark

"Gerry" wrote:

mtvet

Try Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services. Right click on
Windows Image Acquisition and select Properties. Change the StartUp type
to Manual, click on Apply and OK. Exit and restart the computer. What
affect does this change have.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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mtvet wrote:
Gerry-

Just wanted to try to remind you about this thread. I'm trying
replying to an earlier post by you, thinking that maybe the thread
got nested too deep and that's why it's not getting noted outside of
the web browser reader.

Looking forward to your input.

Thanks.

Mark

"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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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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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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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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