PC Slow and runs at 100% cpu

[Guest]

Hoping someone can give me some helpful info. I have an HP Pavillion 754N. It
has 512ram. I have 46.9 GB of hard drive space free. The PC has been running
slowly in all applications, email , Internet, etc. When I bring up task
manager any function I do, search for a web page, bring up an email it shows
100% cpu and runs very slowly. I have defragged, I have deleted every old
program I could find, I have removed all profiles except mine and I
completely removed that and added it back in for a fresh profile. I ran a
disk cleanup in windows and a disk clean in mcafeee. I even went to HP's
website and ran their disk and memory checks, no errors found. I ran spybot
for spyware , I changed performance settings to adjust for best performance.
I am hoping someone out there has some other suggestions as my last option is
a complete restore which will take me hours to recover from Any suggestions
will be greatly appreciated

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following article:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hoping someone can give me some helpful info. I have an HP Pavillion
754N. It has 512ram. I have 46.9 GB of hard drive space free. The PC
has been running slowly in all applications, email , Internet, etc.
When I bring up task manager any function I do, search for a web
page, bring up an email it shows 100% cpu and runs very slowly. I
have defragged, I have deleted every old program I could find, I have
removed all profiles except mine and I completely removed that and
added it back in for a fresh profile. I ran a disk cleanup in windows
and a disk clean in mcafeee. I even went to HP's website and ran
their disk and memory checks, no errors found. I ran spybot for
spyware , I changed performance settings to adjust for best
performance. I am hoping someone out there has some other suggestions
as my last option is a complete restore which will take me hours to
recover from Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

I can't be sure of course, but slow computers these days are very often the
result of malware infestation. You say you've run Spybot Search & Destroy,
but that isn't enough to be sure you are malware-free. Note that Eric Howes,
who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware products, states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing
anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the
"critical" files and Registry entries" See
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm

So, regardless of what McAfee and Spybot Search & Destroy say, the first
thing I would do in your shoes is be sure you are malware-free. So I
recommend that you go to Malke's Malware Removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and follow
the instructions there.

 

[mikeyhsd]

when it shows 100% what program is it showing at 100%.
be sure and follow the advise about virus/trojan/malware scanning.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

Hoping someone can give me some helpful info. I have an HP Pavillion 754N. It
has 512ram. I have 46.9 GB of hard drive space free. The PC has been running
slowly in all applications, email , Internet, etc. When I bring up task
manager any function I do, search for a web page, bring up an email it shows
100% cpu and runs very slowly. I have defragged, I have deleted every old
program I could find, I have removed all profiles except mine and I
completely removed that and added it back in for a fresh profile. I ran a
disk cleanup in windows and a disk clean in mcafeee. I even went to HP's
website and ran their disk and memory checks, no errors found. I ran spybot
for spyware , I changed performance settings to adjust for best performance.
I am hoping someone out there has some other suggestions as my last option is
a complete restore which will take me hours to recover from Any suggestions
will be greatly appreciated

 

[DarrylJS]

Hoping someone can give me some helpful info. I have an HP Pavillion
754N. It
has 512ram. I have 46.9 GB of hard drive space free. The PC has been
running
slowly in all applications, email , Internet, etc. When I bring up task

manager any function I do, search for a web page, bring up an email it
shows
100% cpu and runs very slowly. I have defragged, I have deleted every
old
program I could find, I have removed all profiles except mine and I
completely removed that and added it back in for a fresh profile. I ran
a
disk cleanup in windows and a disk clean in mcafeee. I even went to
HP's
website and ran their disk and memory checks, no errors found. I ran
spybot
for spyware , I changed performance settings to adjust for best
performance.
I am hoping someone out there has some other suggestions as my last
option is
a complete restore which will take me hours to recover from Any
suggestions
will be greatly appreciated

I have a similar problem CPU usage at 80%+ disk continually being
accessed which affects performance. Feels like a virus we had three or
so years ago but I have completed the same tasks as above, run full
virus and spyware checks, latest MS Malicious software removal tool in
full mode, scanned the services for suspects and stopped those that I
knew I could do without. Next try maybe IrpTracker? Lots registry
manager products make speedup claims which do not seemed to be
supported by MS help systems, anyone out like to comment on that?

Restating above - all input gratefuly received. Darryl

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Darryl

Next time please don't hijack a conversation about someone else's
problem. Start a new thread.

Download Process Explorer.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select what is
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.

Automated problem solvers are as likely to create a problem as to
provide a solution. They have demonstrated this many times.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[DarrylJS]

Darryl

Next time please don't hijack a conversation about someone else's
problem. Start a new thread.

Download Process Explorer.

For further information about Process Explorer see he
http://tinyurl.com/y6hagm

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select what is
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 he
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.

Automated problem solvers are as likely to create a problem as to
provide a solution. They have demonstrated this many times.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


DarrylJS wrote:-


I have a similar problem CPU usage at 80%+ disk continually being
accessed which affects performance. Feels like a virus we had
three or so years ago but I have completed the same tasks as
above, run full virus and spyware checks, latest MS Malicious
software removal tool in full mode, scanned the services for
suspects and stopped those that I knew I could do without. Next
try maybe IrpTracker? Lots registry manager products make speedup
claims which do not seemed to be supported by MS help systems,
anyone out like to comment on that?

Restating above - all input gratefuly received. Darryl -

Hi!

Thanks for input.

I had not seen or even considered that I was highjacking, added weight
to issue, sharing a problem and at the very very worst hitching a lift.
Maybe I seem to have misunderstood, maybe this is not a site where
problems are shared and hopefully solved. Besides why proliferate
threads when a common thread can be shared and expriences pooled?

I promise to be more insular next time.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Darryl

The problem you create when you bring your own problems to a thread is
that contributors trying to help can get confused. Problems are often
seen as similar when in reality they can be quite different. I had no
intention of being unfriendly. I was just pointing out that it can be
more practical and easier to resolve problems if they are kept in
their own thread and not muddled up with somebody elses problem /
solution.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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