Hello,

Someone please reply!!! this is driving me crazy... lol

Thank you in advance...

Richard.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>On 10 July i installed "Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
>Express Install for End Users" from Windows Update.
>On 17 July i installed "Security Update for Windows 2000
>(823980)" from Windows Update.
>On 20 July i installed "Security Update, February 13,
2002
>(MSXML 4.0)" from Windows Update.
>
>One of these installs has caused my computer to start
>using the processor at 7-12% non-stop throughout the day
>and night. The process using the CPU is simply
>called "System", and i don't know how to find out more
>about it i'm afraid. I can run any commands you tell me
>to, but i don't know them myself.
>
>I know it was one of these Windows Update installs that
>caused this because i haven't made any other changes to
my
>system at all... no programs installed or uninstalled, no
>backgrounds or colors changed, and no files altered. All
i
>use it for is to play games once in a while, and i
haven't
>even changed any settings in any games either. I only
play
>Colin McRae and Driver anyhow.
>
>I've tried multiple reboots, and i'm 99% sure it was one
>of those updates. i can't imagine anything else causing
>the "System" process to run at 10% constantly.
>
>Is this a known issue? Is there a fix i can apply? Is the
>a Knowledge Base ID number, or a Bug ID number?
>
>Any help would be appreciated, and i'm not too keen on
>donating 10% of my CPU to the operating system non-stop.
>It used to run somewhere between 0% and 2%.
>
>The system's been up for 3 days, 9 hrs now. Here's the
>manually typed-in info from the Task Manager:
>
> Image Name PID CPU CPU Time Mem
>Usage
> --------------------------------------------------------
-
>--
> dnetc.exe 2748 91 64:37:10
2,492
>K
> System 8 09 7:00:06
24
>K
> TASKMGR.EXE 2980 00 0:00:00
3,724
>K
> <<<snip>>>
>
>For the record, i have the following system:
>
>AMD Athlon XP2000+
>256MB RAM
>80GB HDD
>64MB GeForce4 MX
>Windows 2000 Professional
>
>Thanks,
>Richard Hobbs
>(E-Mail Removed)
>.
>

Hello Richard,

That smells of a virus/worm to me. What's this dnetc.exe? Are you sure it
belongs there? There's a virus/worm that uses that exact same vehicle. Are
your virus signatures up to date? Just to be sure, go here and run their
on-line virus checker:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp

Good luck.


"Richard Hobbs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:055301c35169$9c413180$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> Someone please reply!!! this is driving me crazy... lol
>
> Thank you in advance...
>
> Richard.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello,
> >
> >On 10 July i installed "Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
> >Express Install for End Users" from Windows Update.
> >On 17 July i installed "Security Update for Windows 2000
> >(823980)" from Windows Update.
> >On 20 July i installed "Security Update, February 13,
> 2002
> >(MSXML 4.0)" from Windows Update.
> >
> >One of these installs has caused my computer to start
> >using the processor at 7-12% non-stop throughout the day
> >and night. The process using the CPU is simply
> >called "System", and i don't know how to find out more
> >about it i'm afraid. I can run any commands you tell me
> >to, but i don't know them myself.
> >
> >I know it was one of these Windows Update installs that
> >caused this because i haven't made any other changes to
> my
> >system at all... no programs installed or uninstalled, no
> >backgrounds or colors changed, and no files altered. All
> i
> >use it for is to play games once in a while, and i
> haven't
> >even changed any settings in any games either. I only
> play
> >Colin McRae and Driver anyhow.
> >
> >I've tried multiple reboots, and i'm 99% sure it was one
> >of those updates. i can't imagine anything else causing
> >the "System" process to run at 10% constantly.
> >
> >Is this a known issue? Is there a fix i can apply? Is the
> >a Knowledge Base ID number, or a Bug ID number?
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated, and i'm not too keen on
> >donating 10% of my CPU to the operating system non-stop.
> >It used to run somewhere between 0% and 2%.
> >
> >The system's been up for 3 days, 9 hrs now. Here's the
> >manually typed-in info from the Task Manager:
> >
> > Image Name PID CPU CPU Time Mem
> >Usage
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> -
> >--
> > dnetc.exe 2748 91 64:37:10
> 2,492
> >K
> > System 8 09 7:00:06
> 24
> >K
> > TASKMGR.EXE 2980 00 0:00:00
> 3,724
> >K
> > <<<snip>>>
> >
> >For the record, i have the following system:
> >
> >AMD Athlon XP2000+
> >256MB RAM
> >80GB HDD
> >64MB GeForce4 MX
> >Windows 2000 Professional
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Richard Hobbs
> >(E-Mail Removed)
> >.
> >