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crawford.long
Ok, XPSP2 here, Athlon2400, 1GB memory, all the hardware checks out.
Two problems:
1. About a week ago, my computer started having a strange issue where
the CPU would peg at 100% on a program launch and drag the machine to a
halt. Once the program was up and running, everything was back to
normal. Keep in mind that this is NOT just a "slow computer" - it was
brand-new behavior that started for no reason I could discern (I didn't
make any hardware or software changes before the problem cropped up).
I've run a couple of antivirus programs and adware cleaners and they've
found nothing. I've used utilities from sysinternals.com to look at
what's going on and I can't see anything strange. But this is
history...
2. A couple of days ago, the problem mutated. Now, I'm having
problems simply launching applications. If I attempt to launch an
application, it will show up in Task Manager (but not in the UI), but
will almost always stop loading at ~5MB in memory (usually from about
4.7 to 5.7MB). Every once in a while, the program will start without a
hitch, but it's rare. The one somewhat (but not entirely) consistent
thing I've been able to find is that if I kill another program, I can
then start the program I was trying to start (again, I have 1GB of RAM
in this machine and plenty free, so it's not a memory problem).
Additionally, I can "run as" and successfully start a program using
another account, though this is obviously not an ideal solution.
Finally, I've tried everything from logging in under a clean account to
killing off all but system processes, and the issue still crops up. I
can't say that this problem is tied to the launch-lock problem
described in (1) above, but it would be a coincidence if it was
entirely separate.
This is a strange problem, because the .exe files are obviously still
executing (I've tried the .exe reg patch), but they're getting hung up
on launch.
Appreciate any guidance.
Two problems:
1. About a week ago, my computer started having a strange issue where
the CPU would peg at 100% on a program launch and drag the machine to a
halt. Once the program was up and running, everything was back to
normal. Keep in mind that this is NOT just a "slow computer" - it was
brand-new behavior that started for no reason I could discern (I didn't
make any hardware or software changes before the problem cropped up).
I've run a couple of antivirus programs and adware cleaners and they've
found nothing. I've used utilities from sysinternals.com to look at
what's going on and I can't see anything strange. But this is
history...
2. A couple of days ago, the problem mutated. Now, I'm having
problems simply launching applications. If I attempt to launch an
application, it will show up in Task Manager (but not in the UI), but
will almost always stop loading at ~5MB in memory (usually from about
4.7 to 5.7MB). Every once in a while, the program will start without a
hitch, but it's rare. The one somewhat (but not entirely) consistent
thing I've been able to find is that if I kill another program, I can
then start the program I was trying to start (again, I have 1GB of RAM
in this machine and plenty free, so it's not a memory problem).
Additionally, I can "run as" and successfully start a program using
another account, though this is obviously not an ideal solution.
Finally, I've tried everything from logging in under a clean account to
killing off all but system processes, and the issue still crops up. I
can't say that this problem is tied to the launch-lock problem
described in (1) above, but it would be a coincidence if it was
entirely separate.
This is a strange problem, because the .exe files are obviously still
executing (I've tried the .exe reg patch), but they're getting hung up
on launch.
Appreciate any guidance.
