progas wont open

[R.Churchill]

I use XP home edition and recently my computer starts fine for about 5 mins,
but then it slows right down to almost stopped, when i try to open several
programs nothing happens, then a few mins later they open all at once, and
my task manager tells me the CPU is using 100 percent processing power, then
the programs wont close on there own, but if i restart the computer it runs
fine for a little while then slows down again.
Thanks

 

[Malke]

I use XP home edition and recently my computer starts fine for about 5
mins, but then it slows right down to almost stopped, when i try to
open several programs nothing happens, then a few mins later they open
all at once, and my task manager tells me the CPU is using 100 percent
processing power, then the programs wont close on there own, but if i
restart the computer it runs fine for a little while then slows down
again. Thanks

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this? Be sure the
machine is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If the machine is clean, you may have hardware issues:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Troubleshooting

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

If you need more help, please go to this link first to see what details
you should include in your next newsgroup post in order to get focused
troubleshooting advice:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Malke

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I use XP home edition and recently my computer starts fine for about
5 mins, but then it slows right down to almost stopped, when i try to
open several programs nothing happens, then a few mins later they
open all at once, and my task manager tells me the CPU is using 100
percent processing power, then the programs wont close on there own,
but if i restart the computer it runs fine for a little while then
slows down again.

Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
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[Ayush]

What happens in Safe mode or when choosing "Diagnostic Startup" in [Start >
Run > msconfig]
|I use XP home edition and recently my computer starts fine for about 5
mins,
| but then it slows right down to almost stopped, when i try to open several
| programs nothing happens, then a few mins later they open all at once, and
| my task manager tells me the CPU is using 100 percent processing power,
then
| the programs wont close on there own, but if i restart the computer it
runs
| fine for a little while then slows down again.
| Thanks
|
|