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Community Newsletter: Q&A: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy?
- 2/28/08 2:46 PM
Either spyware or svchost.exe
by Joshua Kwoon - 2/16/08 6:45 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
One of the reasons of a major system slowdown is spyware, which leads to a system meltdown later. Try running a spyware scan. A CNET article I read said that a system process called svchost.exe, which many applications use, can eat up a lot of CPU. Open Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+delete), select the processes tab, click on show processes from all users and click on CPU. All the CPU hungry processes will show up either on the bottom or the top of the list. Click on mem usage to stop it from going up and down, CPU hungry processes usually eats up lots of memory too. Kill the process if your're sure it won't kill any apps your're using, or save any data and close all apps before you kill the process to be safe.
start with Windows Task Manager
by andy7720 - 2/16/08 6:49 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Press these 3 keys together - CTRL + ALT + DLT - only once - and the "windows task manager" will appear. Go to processes and you will be able to see the program(s) that are using the CPU.
Write down the exact name of the program that is the main user (maybe more than one) with its extension and do a search on "Google".You will find websites that are able to pinpoint the software that is using that file name. The results may vary as to who the offender is and you will have to make the appropriate decisions. It is usually one of the "security suites" that is endlessly scanning or maybe some other installed software that is caught in a "loop".
After you have found the offender the decisions are all yours, as to what actions to take and which software to run on your PC.
depend is it laptop or a pc?
by soccerzeus - 2/16/08 6:59 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
sorry about the title I DONT THINK YOU CAN ADD AN EXTRA HARDDRIVE TO LAPTOP BUT SEE THE BOX TO THE BACK OF YOUR PC...STARTS WITH "S"...SORRY FORGOT NAME I THINK ITS SVXM OR SOMETHING IT CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEM TO ME...BURNT UP YESTERDAY... FORGET THAT... THE PROBLEM I DONT "THINK" U KNOW, BUT PRO USES MORE RAM THAN HOME... GET UR SELF HOME... (MS IS GIVING IT FREE!) PULL UR ADDITIONAL HD OUT AND FORMATT...
P.S. IF THE INFO UP WASNT USEFUL... THEN I BET THIS WILL BE...
"WHATEVER U DO... DONT GO ON REBOOTING UR COMP CREATS A BAD SPOT IN UR BUS!!! ITL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE!!!"
sorry if m not TOO helpful ya see im 13...
baby,you sure tried hard!
by donald baxter - 2/16/08 7:19 AM In reply to: depend is it laptop or a pc? by soccerzeusbaby, i salute you...if u are really 13 YEARS and can come up with that jazzy answer.keep trying, you might be the next bill gates.i will sure pray for you.keep CAPS off when you type.some of these tips have helped me a lot and my similiar probems are history now.rebooting is never the solution.why not try all the free stuff cnet is doling out.keep in touch.you are a gem.db
Windows Defender - CPU Hog
by Chumly3D - 2/16/08 7:32 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had a HP Pavillion with XP Pro. When I updated the system to SP2 I too began to have the same problem. After tearing my hair out and raising my blood pressure a couple of points, I determined that the problem was Windows Defender. Although Microsoft says that Defender was designed to run only during idle CPU time, the reality was that Windows Defender would run whenever it wanted to. And, it seemed to want to run at the most inopportune times. After disabling Defender the problem was solved.
For security I had AVG Free anti-virus from Grisoft. Ad-Aware adware blocker from Lavasoft,and Spybot search and destroy from Safer Network LTD. All of these are free and available from Downloads.com.
Same with me.
by Ckemsley - 2/16/08 7:39 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I found that sp_rsser.exe which is a component of spyware terminator was stealing all my cpu. I finally got it all uninstalled and went to spybot till a new version comes out for spyware terminator. It was a chore to get it all uninstalled.
My computer Windows XP Home SP2 computer for 5 years
by kwpt - 2/16/08 7:50 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
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With Windows it could be any one of hundreds of problems
by The Masked Villain - 2/16/08 10:21 AM In reply to: My computer Windows XP Home SP2 computer for 5 years by kwptYes, I agree that if we all owned Mac's life would work simpler. However, as I have always said, you don't buy a computer for it's hardware, but what software you are going to be running on it. At this point, Windows has that edge sewed up. We shall see next year, when Vista becomes the dominate Windows package.
So, for the time being, preforming a re-format, and a re-install, will bring your tired old beast back to that flame spewing speed daemon it once was, in the least amount of time. Best of all, you loose none of your programs, or data.
Good luck to you all, and may the force be with you.
Regards,
TMV
SVCHOST.EXE
by jnyhan - 2/16/08 8:10 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Before you do anything else,Go to task manager & stop svchost.exe.
There is a problem with this process
first we have to find the problem before we can help
by justchuck69 - 2/16/08 8:32 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
we need to know what process is using all the resources
so the next time this happens to you please try and open the task manager and see which processes are using all the resources
with out further details any answers will be vauge and may not address the real issue
svhost is a valid windows service
by justchuck69 - 2/16/08 8:35 AM In reply to: first we have to find the problem before we can help by justchuck69svhost is a windows system service so i would not recommend turning this off but there is a windows update that may fix svhost from using 100% of system resources
Same problem with the same XP Pro SP2. This helped me.
by anthony.schrouf - 2/16/08 8:34 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I did the usual start up today by running the SpeedUpMyPC3 and when I looked at the area listed "spoolsv.exe" it was using 50%+ up to 98%. I did an open folder and found what an IT friend of mine called the "PRINTER" folder. He said,'delete this and it will improve the cpu speed. I am running a Pentium 4 3.0, and it did the trick. I went from a constant SLOOOOOW to a much improved and faster response from the cpu. Check to see if you have a stored/paused/caught-in-print document that is still trying to print even though you might have not wanted it to.
I don't know if this will completely fix the problem you have, but it might help.
Another suggestion is to 'defrag' you pc. You can either do a normal defrag or you could run a "CIPHER" and clean a lot of the unused trash/rubbish up and then defrag.
The cipher is easy to do. All you need to do is: 1)Go to Start, 2) Select Run, 3)Type cipher/ w: c:\ encrypte'd in the 'Run' bar and select OK.
I hope this is of some help. Best of luck.
(NT) Reload your printer driver
by Dango517 - 2/16/08 1:15 PM In reply to: Same problem with the same XP Pro SP2. This helped me. by anthony.schroufPC slowing
by Chargers144 - 2/16/08 8:40 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
First, I would do a defrag and ask the system to check for errors (check both boxes "automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors."). It will complete the check up once you've rebooted. Before you reboot, update your virus and malware programs, then turn off the System Restore. Boot up in safe mode, and run your virus and malware programs. If it is still sluggish, use this site "pc pitstop" to analyze your system. This is an outstanding program for keeping the PC running smoothly. If you need to add more memory, this will suggest it.
A number of things may cause the problem
by weraiseroof - 2/16/08 9:01 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
You havent given us a lot of info to work with but if you bought a computer made by aqualified manufacturer, hardware is probably not the problem.
The problem may be caused by fragmentation, try defraging.
The problem may be caused by registry and other errors...run a utility program to correct these errors Nortons utilities and system mechanic do a good job of all of the above.
But I suspect that you don't have enough memory for what you are doing, this includes physical memory and virtual memory. I suggest 1 gig of physical memory as minimal for xp pro and if you can afford it 2 gigs. You also must have enoug space on your hard drive for virtual memory, ie if your hard drive is near capacity this could also cause problems.
Ie, the way your CPU is constantly running it sound like it is constantly transfering data to some sort of memory,ie overworking the CPU
Also, I believe there is a 4 or so gig limit on the total memory XP can handle, but I don't think this is the case.
It would help to know more about your computers hardware and software etc
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