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- 2/28/08 2:46 PM
CPU Going at 100%
by kbrown23716 - 2/23/08 2:53 PM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hello, I had this problem and agree with others that it's a drastic measure to do a complete format for what is normally an incompatibility between two or more programs.
It does help to see what processes are hogging the spotlight but this can also steer you in the WRONG direction. In my case when I killed the offending process the problem would jump to another process like Firefox and others which I knew wasn't causing the problem.
The offenders kept coming up as, in this order:
PC-cillin (didn't want to cancel that process for obvious reasons)
A network driver for the HP 1012 Laser printer I have installed.
Multiple instances of aolsoftware.exe (I had AIM installed and AOL 9)
Whenever I killed those processes the problem would jump to Firefox and freeze it.
I was running Trend Micro's PC-cillin 2007 and Spybot Search & Destroy. Two programs that always worked well for me but when Trend Micro updated their scan engine things started to go awry. They are aware of the problem and their suggested fixes didn't work for some reason. So with regret I un-installed Spybot S&D. It was probably overkill to have both but I found in the past they were very effective together.
End of story? No! After careful observation I found now that whenever I printed something soon after the CPU would go to 100% utilization.
I updated the driver from HP's site.. Same problem. So I un-installed the complete HP printer driver/manager program and let windows find a simple driver for it. No more problems from the printer driver. CPU use down to below 12% with lots of stuff running.
I then found a program by Mike Lin called Startup Control Panel 2.8 and used it to block AOL processes as well as others that don't need to be running from loading at boot-up.
This worked for me. I had suffered with this problem for a year before I realized what was going on. It was getting so bad I didn't want to use the PC from the whine of all of the fans going full blast. This problem probably will shorten the life of your PC in the long run by making it run hot and also you will be using more electricity. Costing you money in utility bills. An insidious problem.
See if you have any of these running on your PC. Sadly It could be that another groups of programs is causing your problem. With so many programs running in combination with so many possible interactions it is hard for software vendors to nail down problems like this.
Good luck!
CPU going to 100%
by Zilla13 - 2/23/08 4:10 PM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
There have been some excellent suggestions. I'm not sure if anyone has already suggested the following concerning Internet Explorer. It is very simple to do, but may remedy many cpu prossessing and memory hogging problems.
In Internet Explorer, select Tools then Internet Options.
While at the General Tab click the Settings button... it should be near the middle of the window on the right hand side.
At the top of the Settings window, under "Check for newer versions of the page:" select the button for either "Every visit to the page" or "Never".
It has always surprised me how often this is the culprit when someone tells me how slow their computer is running or how slow the internet is when they are on either cable or DSL. And it is soooo easy to fix.
If using Netscape, this option is under Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Cashe
Firefox doesn't appear to have this as an option.
Hope this helps someone, anyway.
Thanx....
by desinorway - 5/26/09 12:57 AM In reply to: CPU going to 100% by Zilla13its working for me too... thanx again..
adobeupdater.exe 100% cpu every time a pdf file was opened
by citroen_ds - 2/23/08 5:01 PM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
iogt007 touched on this in Post 188
I have 3 computers on a network and this was driving me nuts. In the task manager I would try to end process for adobeupdater.exe but it would not respond. I would have to reboot each time. I use spybot s&d tools to control start-up programs. It didn't help in this case because it was the opening of a pdf file that triggered the process. Adobe supposedly issued a fix for this months ago which I downloaded. The problem persisted. My solution was to go to (if memory serves) C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ and delete-Updater 5 folder-I shredded it with bleach cause I was pissed-it felt good-ah life's small pleasures! I can still update AdobeReader manually, but then (after a reboot if necessary-won't delete if process running) I go directly to updater folder and delete it. I can open pdf files without dealing with the 100% cpu every time.
PS I have 1GB Ram 200GB memory and an AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 1.8 GHz There's no excuse for program updaters to do this.
FOXIT Reader
by DADSGETNDOWN - 2/23/08 5:21 PM In reply to: adobeupdater.exe 100% cpu every time a pdf file was opened by citroen_dsTry FOXIT Reader.
Works great, I use it on a very old pentium 2-400.
you can install on computer or use the Portable version from usb or cd.
High CPU Usage and Running Processes
by Snoopy63 - 2/23/08 7:44 PM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
What has helped me in the past is press ctrl-alt-del and check running proccesses. If you are unsure what they are ........ write them down and type them into the Google search bar or your favorite search engine. There is a wealth of information out there on each one of these running processes. My worst offender recently was Nero Scout which was hogging about 50% of the CPU Usage because I have a lot of files. I turned off Nero Scout which fixed the problem. In this post there were also references to problems with Windows Live OneCare. Several weeks ago Live OneCare informed me that it could not update itself. Windows update was not working either. After searching the archives for two days for a fix for this problem,(Microsoft was no help), I gave up, Backed up files, wiped the hard drive slick and re-installed windows, updates & drivers. I'm still using Live OneCare basically because I just renewed my subscription. It's working ok now with the exception it slows down everything the same as all the rest of the anti-virus programs, but I've got a killer fast Alienware Computer so it doesn't bother me.
Possible Suspect: Malware and Viruses
by generalverduin - 2/23/08 9:00 PM In reply to: High CPU Usage and Running Processes by Snoopy63I had bought a computer a while back with a 2.4 ghz quad core and it had gotten a very recent and powerful Malware called StorageProtector. The malware was powerful enough to embed itself in my computer's registry and in every crack in my computer it could get into.
But the Malware was powerful enough to bring all 4 cores into some minor overclocking (remember that its a quad core). So i looked into it an never found a way to get rid of it, all the methods people had to get rid of it were unable to stop the beast. So reformatting was required in order to make the computer even remotely usable.
If your case is drastic enough that reformatting becomes the only hope, just be patient and back up your data as best you can and begin the process of bringing your computer back to its original running speed.
RE: SYSTEM KEEPS GOING 100 PERCENT
by wildmanb - 2/23/08 11:57 PM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
1. Check your memory at least 1 gb is needed to run for windows xp. 2. Check power supply depending on processer speed and vidoecard drives at least 450 watts is enough.3. check your hard drives Arethey close to capacity? 4. Back-up you drive information and re-install Windows Xp.
nah
by DADSGETNDOWN - 2/24/08 9:09 PM In reply to: RE: SYSTEM KEEPS GOING 100 PERCENT by wildmanbI'm running a old Pentium 550 with 256 MB PC100 SDRAM. on a OLD OLD 440BX2 Board.
I run fine. WindowsXP SP2.
If I leave computer on for sayd. and have 6 or 10 windows open and a couple are flash, or videos. I "might" get a "Internet Explorer" or "Program not responding.
but it's a 60 40 chance that if I wait, it will catch up and work just fine.
with Xp some Video or music can slow or freeze the system
by errelle_8 - 2/24/08 1:34 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Some bad written files can freeze the the system.
When you hit the mouse on the file, XP search for informations missing in the file.
Theses informations are not necessary for playing the file.
But readind a full file can be very long.
You can clean the register of this option.
Graphics Card
by Tom101 - 2/24/08 9:45 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Now, I don't know if your a gamer or not. Regardless, does your computer have a graphics card?
Because if not, your CPU would be running all of that which should be ran by one.
In example, jut running the internet. Your cpu is taking on the job of loading everything up. And if you don't have a graphics card, it's taking on the job of rendering all the graphics that appear on your screen.
By adding even a cheapy, 60-80 dollar graphics card, would help you tremendously, especially since XP doesn't demand nearly as much as Vista. The card would take off so much load that the CPU formerly had to take card of, leaving it to do other things--- faster.
And a bit more RAM never hurts! But the graphics card would be HUGE.
Hope this helps!
CPU keeps going to 100% - any sugessions to remedy
by ramaishu - 2/24/08 10:43 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I also experienced a similar problem last week. I first tried to clean up for any spyware or viruses but nothing was there in the system. I took back up all the data. I knew pretty well that my system was working fine up to the previous week . i took the folowing steps
1) open my computer right click local disk C: go to propertiesthen go to tools .Then select wrror checking. select both the options there.
2) next time when you try to login it will check the C drive and fix for any errors.
3) It took about 4 hrs to complete this and reboot.
4) then try to use system recovery and restore the system settings to the previous date which you feel it is fine. Please note this option will remove all the changes done in the system after the slected date but documents and files will remain as per the latest change. any how take back up before doing anything.
After this my system settings were successfully restored to the previous date which i selected and my system is working fine now
S.Ganesh
Software
by thephiladelphiakid - 2/24/08 11:07 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This happened to one of my systems after a relative installed a seemingly innocuous program. All of a sudden a perfectly good system turned into a snail. It wasn't even in the startup programs list. It took me a while realize that everything started after that program was installed, and even more time before I convinced myself that - even though it didn't seem at all probable - it was possible that program was the culprit. Sure enough, I uninstalled the program and my CPU was happy again. I still have no idea why that one little program caused the trouble, but I couldn't argue with the facts.
Check for "DumpRep.exe"
by Jerry Cross - 2/24/08 11:25 AM In reply to: CPU keeps going to 100%--any suggestions to remedy? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When something develops a problem, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Word, etc., Windows will close it. Since I installed SP2, DumpRep.exe (shown in the list of processes under Task Manager), hogs the processor and eventually hangs up. I click on it, end the task, and the processor immediately drops back to a few percent of usage. I've reinstalled the system twice and it doesn't help a bit.
Dumprep
by DADSGETNDOWN - 2/24/08 4:43 PM In reply to: Check for "DumpRep.exe" by Jerry CrossI don't have this problem at all. NEVER.
I run an old 1996 mother board Intel SE440BX2.
I use WindowsXP SP2.
There isn't any problem with dumprep and I have it turned ON.
It happens because of a Severe error and OR by you terminating a program.
This thread below should help you.
Just did a yahoo search for Dumprep.exe.
AND Stumbled up on this.
http://forums.techguy.org/1421786-post6.html
In short it says to turn it off.
(turn it OFF by opening the SYSTEM icon in the Control Panel, choosing the ADVANCED tab, and then clicking on Error Reporting)
The whole post.
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/198330-dumprep-exe.html
I took about 1 minute to find this, I bet you could find it here on CNET too.
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