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Community Newsletter: Q&A: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy?
- 2/28/08 2:46 PM
Wrong place
by DADSGETNDOWN - 2/23/08 1:20 AM In reply to: Avast Error message by theveneauAvast Error message
by theveneau - 2/23/08 1:01 AM
This should not be in this thread.
You should have posted a NEW thread.
With "Avast (which one?) Error message"
as the topic.
Probably in the "Software" forum under, "Spyware, Viruses, and Secuirty" Forum.
OR MAYBE the, PC Utilites.
But I would post it at the first one I mentioned.
If you go there and search you might even find something.
You do need a couple more details I would imagine though.
Easy fix
by santuccie - 2/23/08 1:30 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
- Download Process Lasso here: http://www.bitsum.com/prolasso.php
- Install
- Launch program
- Go to general settings under options, and set Process Lasso to autostart
- Go to out-of-control restraint settings under options, and check the checkbox that says, "Lower to idle priority instead of below normal."
Now, Process Lasso will automatically subdue those narcissistic processes that think, for whatever reason, that they need 100% of CPU cycles to themselves. Enjoy!
Easy Fix
by siclmn - 2/23/08 5:46 AM In reply to: Easy fix by santuccieNot a one of these answers would have fixed my problem. These people are saying fix one or two things and it will be better. I took the bull by the horns and went from a 30 gig hard rive to a 120 gig and bumped up the memory and haven't had any problems for two years now. I always have about 80 per cent free space now. I also use Windows one care and everything is automatic now. Before I did this I had a geek neighbor that was always cleaning up my computer to make more space and what a waste of time that was.
there are posts.
by DADSGETNDOWN - 2/23/08 6:06 PM In reply to: Easy Fix by siclmnThere are posts here that addressed and suggested exactly that.
if your hard drive was full, maybe your geeky neighbor was thinking you didn't have money to get a hard drive.
Sounds like your hard drive was full.
30 Gigs now a days is very very small. er uh smaller than small. 
No kidding!
by santuccie - 2/23/08 11:14 PM In reply to: there are posts. by DADSGETNDOWNJust last night, I did remote support for my choirmaster at church. Her machine has a 20 GB HDD, with about 6 gigs free. What was really interesting to me was that she had plenty of RAM (768), but such a tiny hard drive!
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by santuccie - 2/23/08 10:22 PM In reply to: Easy Fix by siclmnIt's all one answer, in steps. What I was explaining was how to obtain and install Process Lasso. This program automatically lowers the priority of any process that starts hogging up CPU cycles to itself. This way, other processes can barge right on in and take their share when they need to, not when this one process finally decides to let up.
There are lots of possible reasons why processes can make your system unresponsive, malware being one. But Process Lasso is the first fix, and will keep everything else in line and save you a whole lot of time while you work on further tuning your system. Salute!
similar problem
by chuck1jones - 2/23/08 1:45 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had this problem (kind of) except that i was making the cpu go to 100% (video conversion, etc) and it would freeze, it turned out i needed a new cpu fan, the older one just wasn't strong enough. There was also a bit too much heatsink of the cpu, although i don't know if that had anything to do with it
cpu hitting 100%
by colboy7007 - 2/23/08 2:20 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I find this happens everytime I start my computer or download a new program I combat it by running IOBIT defragger it doesnt take long to do is a freeware program and does the job for me.
Good luck
Problem might be WMP
by download_shark - 2/23/08 4:04 AM In reply to: cpu hitting 100% by colboy7007I found that high CPU usage can be caused by Windows Media Player when media sharing to an Xbox or other network player is enabled. switching this off (in WMP11 click the arrow under Library > media sharing. Uncheck the box if it is checked and see if that helps. My AMD 64x2 4200+ gets to 100% very quickly when media sharing is enabled, with wmpnetwk.exe (Network service) using a large percentage.
Hope this helps
Waytron ok, but...
by superman227 - 2/23/08 4:49 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've been dealing with pcs and their little intricacies since the late 90s. I've seen this problem on my own systems, as well as a clients. The most common cause over that period of time has been an old system with not too much memory or processor power. Anyone who runs a system from 2001 or prior will get 100% cpu usage almost all of the time. I've also seen it with usb devices. While unplugging devices safely, I've had it where the usage drops dramatically. Yes ctrl-alt-del reveals your cpu usage as others have stated. You already know this. It's one of the only ways to see your cpu consumption. I suggest testing your system at www.pcpitstop.com. I've been using it on my systems, my friends, as well as clients for nearly 10 years. It will give you every detail about your system. It will highlight which programs are optional, required, and possible spyware. The testing takes about 3-5 minutes. After the testing is done, you can go to the Windows section to see running programs. As stated by others, you can use this new found info from pcpitstop to eliminate these programs or services from starting up in MSConfig (start, run, msconfig, services or startup tab. Uncheck those found to be unneccessary. If spyware and/or viruses are found by pcpitstop, it'll let you know. Use your antispyware and antivirus programs to get rid of them. To eliminate double scanning when a prolific piece of spyware or virus exists, I run the program in safe mode without networking and without system restore. Many times I have scanned, a piece is found in the system restore files, so then I need to turn off system restore.
Good luck.
Registry problems can be serious.
by zeroras - 2/23/08 4:51 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hello.
I don't really know if somebody has already mentioned it, but I have some experience with that.
Sometimes, really bad crashes on Windows are caused by something that seems too simple to be truth: Registry conflicts.
The registry, as I could understand, is the guidebook to Windows functionality.
And exactly in the matter it should work for the best (automation), this is where you find the most common sources of trouble, really bad ones.
Who never got that warning window telling you to save your work, with a countdown for 1 minute before de system goes off and restarts itself to preserve integrity.
Well, almost every forum on Internet has discussions about it and not in all of them the suggestion is registry repair.
It's very common to find indications on how to disable the functionality of reboot over crashes, or simply reinstalling all the OS.
That's not really a solution, is it?
The registry keep telling Windows which program has priority over other, what are the files association, which standards should be followed on conflicts and so for.
The fact is that when a new program is installed, new information are added to the registry, same when old programs are removed.
This new information is very unlikely to be put against the entire registry tree, so conflicts and errors keep accumulating over and over, no matter what.
Here is where the automation of Windows and most software running over it become the key to the matter.
A new program can tell to Windows which permissions and associations it needs, but never tell exactly how to put it on the OS tree of priorities.
This is up to the system, so Windows keeps checking and rechecking every time a program initiate, and during start up, which should be the correct hierarchy, among a bunch of other matters.
This means processor usage.
This means even need of more memory resources.
To avoid it, just clean your registry and check for conflicts periodically.
I suggest you do a registry defrag too, as often as possible.
A clean, defragged and free of conflicts registry means optimized OS.
Believe it or not, I've already solved very ugly problems just simply cleaning (or boosting) the registry.
But do that manually is an insane process.
You should use registry cleaner software.
But be aware that even the good guy can become bad if you don't keep an eye on it.
Don't let your registry cleaner software take all the automation it has.
Be patient and read the explanation for all process you're doing, from the installation to usage.
It's valid for anything you put to run over any OS.
The more you spend time setting up the software, from install process to configuration options, more boosted will be your whole system.
Even so, using a registry scanner/cleaner on a Weekly basis and after installing or removing any program is a really easy and convenient way to keep your computer running smoothly.
Even blue screens can go away with that tool.
I'm using it over a year now and solved 98% of crashes on mine and other people computers.
I hope it could be a solution.
Same problem got solved on my PC with the tool.
I'm using "Uniblue Registry Booster 2".
It's not free, but worth the price...
Good luck!
RE: CPU hitting 100% frequently
by litespeed14 - 2/23/08 5:05 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Im a PC certified troubleshooter (MCSA). Of course, that doesnt mean I know anymore than someone who is not. My point is that there is research, practical and experience behind this comment.
1. WinXP as most of us know is a resource hog. It's best run with 1 gig of Ram at more than 133mhz. If not, either way you need to make sure that you are not using on board video as soon as you can by installing a video card. Changing this to a PCI/AGP/PCIe video card will drastically improve your performance (more so if your just running 512mb of RAM and 12-32mb of on board video ram).
Upgrading your current RAM is always a performance enhancer.
2. I would uninstall Norton or Mcafee antivirus and use a an open source thats free of charge, such as Clam Wind, AVG, Avast, Avira and so on. Do your research. Now for those who do not know why I say this. It's because both anti-virus software programs (Norton and McAfee) are resource hogs and couse hangups and are prone to cause instability in your system. This is the elimination process.
3. Install a good Malware Scanner. You can find these products at CNET/Download.com/Adware2007/SuperAntispyware/Spybot search 1.5/Hijack This/Spyware Term2..etc
4. Also the final point I would make is to Defrag your HDD (hard disk drive) as often as you can until you get all the RED out and the WHITE areas out of the BLUE. This will compact your files keeping them all in one area together, making it easier for RAM to exec code for the CPU to go after.
5. To some up: You need good System RAM, good Video RAM, AntiVirus that doesnt use large amount of resources, Keep your system Defraged, Keep your system free of Malware..These are some of the first and easiest things you can do to start with that will yield performance enhancements up to 35-45% easily.
4.
Cpu 100%
by teacee90 - 2/23/08 5:14 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
GET AN INTEL VERSION MAC RUN WINDOWS AND APPLE OS ON SAME SYSTEM. THE BEST CHOICE YOU WILL EVER MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO A COMPUTER.
100% CPU usage
by rublejim2 - 2/23/08 5:42 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had the same problem for quite awhile and since reinstalling XP Pro again it hasn't been a problem. I am now using Process Explorer from Systeminternals ( http://www.sysinternals.com ) It can be minimized to the taskbar and constantly shows the CPU usage along with information. If I notice the CPU usage increasing I open it and "kill" any process(s) that I am not using.
CPU Goes to 100%-My Experience
by telephonics - 2/23/08 6:09 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When I boot up in the morning my PC works fine but as the day progressess it runs slower and slower till in virtually ceases to respond. By opening the task master and clicking on processes when the PC was running very slow I found that my anti-spam program-"IHateSpam" was causing the problem. This program stores all 'friends' and 'enemies' and if those files contain too many addresses it takes this program a long time to determine to accept an incoming e-mail or to reject it as spam. I uninstalled the program and now I'm fine.
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