Brian
Better than Task Manager!
Download Process Explorer.
For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image
producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
each service does.
You will find further information on Services here:
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12
To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
tab allow it a little time to display the information.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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"Another Brian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have you looked at Task Manager, Performance tab to see what is using
> the CPU's?
>
> "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Norton Internet Security willl not help system perfomance. You
>> can get a similar service using freeware without such a resource hog.
>>
>> cCleaner is a useful tool if used with care. The main drawback with
>> Disk CleanUp in XP is the need to run it in each User Profile -this
>> is corrected in Vista. Also cCleaner does a more thorough job
>> removing detritus. Disk Clean Up passes by e.g. the many zero byte
>> files produced by Outlook Express.
>>
>> Have you checked Event Viewer for Error and Warning Reports?
>>
>> Have you checked for third party driver updates?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> "The Pete" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently
>>> started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have
>>> scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary
>>> programs,
>>> defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and
>>> temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system
>>> slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net
>>> and switch inbetween programs.
>>>
>>> I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium
>>> Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>
>>
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