Re: 100% cpu usage
From: Rob (Rob_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/23/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:15:01 -0800
"Rick Merrill" wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem, but I don't think it is just too much crap on the
> > hard drive. I think that it is a specific combination of programs that cause
> > it. I am still working on this and haven't figured it out yet. I do know
> > that all of a sudden it just happened, which leads me to believe that it is a
> > spyware thing. I have used Norton, McAfee and Spysweeper to find out what
> > started it, but nothing was found. I didn't even install SP2!
> >
> > "neil" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>i have same problem, have done spyware scans with spybot & adaware, and ran
> >>my norton antivirus and a panda online scan, all showed clear. spoke to tech
> >>help for my pc and have been advised pc is working ok but is cluttered with
> >>files and to correct need to clear, reformat hard drive and reinstall
> >>everything from scratch, i dont want to do this and will await further
> >>advice, does anyone know if this is common for our symptoms. ps(i might try
> >>somthing like winshampoo 1st to see if that sorts it.
> >>
> >>regards neil.
> >>
> >>"slsd" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm running win xp pro + sp2. The process sys.exe (from user) starts with
> >>>windows
> >>>with 15M of memory use and ~ 99 % of cpu, making the machine P4-2.4Ghz 512M,
> >>>slow for certain functions. Don't know what to do.
> >>>Thanks
>
> Did you check for messenger or file indexing in progress? Both are
> normal XP functions.
>
Can you be more specific? I don't use the messenger, and I am not familiar
with being able to "see", let alone adjust file indexing. Also, I have 2
computers, basically the same, and only one has this problem.
When I go to task manager the heavy memory usage seems to be "explorer.exe".
What's up with that?
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