CPU at 100% continues

[Gomer]

Thanks for your continued help:

I've tried a new modem (in a box ready for the inevitable!)
same problem though.
System Restore doesn't have any dates for me to choose
from apart from last night after the problem started. I
had tried previously to restore back to 3rd Sep and though
it was bolded I was told it had failed.
D-Dawgs suggestion to install manually - how do I stop XP
from doing its auto detect stuff and then installation?
I've tried to install the drivers without the modem card
in place and I get into a cycle of pointing the wizard at
the correct folder/file on the CD but it just asks me to
do it again!! Do I have to disable Plug and Play in the
BIOS?


Is it possible that the modem is faulty? I've seen modems
that are fried
behave like this. Before you run out and purchase another
modem try running
System Restore to revert back to a date when the system
was running
correctly.


--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


message
| Thanks for your help, carried out your suggetion, but
| problem seemingly not with 3rd
| party software.
| Following the 'freeze' the PC now detects new Hardware -
| the modem - though it was previously installed ok. I have
| physically removed the modem card and the PC works fine.
| When the modem is replaced PC slows down as described
| before. I clicked on Control Panel and then on Add
| Hardware and am informed that I 'Cannot Run Two Device
| Installations'and that another device installation is
| underway. Thus it must be the modem installation that's
| taking up 100% CPU? But why?! What can I do?
| The 'installation' has now been running for 3 hours and
| still has not finished - I suppose I should close down to
| avoid frying the CPU...
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| > You can pinpoint the application by first going to
| run,type:Msconfig
| > In Msconfig,services,hide all microsoft services,then
| disable all,close-out,
| > restart computer.Back on desktop,if the cpu has
returned
| to normal
| > you'll know its 3rd party software.Enable one at a time
| till you locate
| > the problem.
| >
| >"Gomer" wrote:
| >
| >> Following a 'freeze' the PC now is very very slow.
| >> Task Mananger shows services.exe uses 99% of CPU. Not
| >> allowed to end process! What can I do?!
| >>
| >.
| >
| .
|
|


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[D-Dawg]

Thanks for your continued help:

I've tried a new modem (in a box ready for the inevitable!)
same problem though.
System Restore doesn't have any dates for me to choose
from apart from last night after the problem started. I
had tried previously to restore back to 3rd Sep and though
it was bolded I was told it had failed.
D-Dawgs suggestion to install manually - how do I stop XP
from doing its auto detect stuff and then installation?
I've tried to install the drivers without the modem card
in place and I get into a cycle of pointing the wizard at
the correct folder/file on the CD but it just asks me to
do it again!! Do I have to disable Plug and Play in the
BIOS?


Is it possible that the modem is faulty? I've seen modems
that are fried
behave like this. Before you run out and purchase another
modem try running
System Restore to revert back to a date when the system
was running
correctly.

what COM port are you installing it to??

 

[Gomer]

COM3

The new Modem has finally been installed. The driver was
loaded from the CD manually without the modem being in
place. Upon switching the PC on it showed New Hardware
Found and then proceded to install its own driver
successfully and quickly. Thus I had 2 entries in Control
Panel/Phone and Modem. After neither worked and much
confusion I removed both and asked for Phone and Modem
to 'Add'. The PC installed the driver it had previously
installed and the modem now works.

Now I wonder if the original Modem will now work now XP
seems to have recovered itself?.........

HoHoHo isn't this fun...

 

[Gomer]

And lo, the original modem now installed faultlessly.

XP has now decided to free itself from its 3 days of
seemingly self induced ills after me spending hours
trying to sort it.

Thanks again for all your help - no doubt I'll be back to
bother you all again

Grrrr....