Constant Hourglass Activity?

[Charliec]

Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is
checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and
Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity.
Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity.

Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity.
Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks
Charliec
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Charliec

 

[Gerry]

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[Charliec]

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

I'm using Norton Internet Security with Norton AntiVirus. You think
they might be involved in this situation?

Thanks
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Charliec

 

[Gerry]

I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a
resource
hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What
is your processor speed?

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

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Hope this helps.

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

 

[Charliec]

The system is a Dell Dim 8300 Pen 4 @ 3GHz with 2 GB memory. I've
used Norton for many years with no problems. I also run AdAdware, Spy
Sweeper and Spybot on a weekly basic manually. I ran them all
yesterday and found nothing more then tracking cookies, which I had
them deleted.

Any other thoughts?
Thanks

I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a
resource
hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What
is your processor speed?

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

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Charliec

 

[Gerry]

Charlie

Is your computer standalone or networked?

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 the image
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.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Charliec]

Charlie

Is your computer standalone or networked?

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 the image
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.

Gerry,
Thanks so much for the reply. I have a 4-port router that I have used
for years to allow my laptop to access one of the drives on my
desktop. Has functioned without problem for a couple of years. It is
hooked up through a DSL line with the desktop as the main point.

I will take a look at Process Explorer and see what it provides me.

Thanks for the tip - any other thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks
Charliec
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Charliec

 

[Charliec]

I posted the message below a few days ago, received a couple of
replies, but have not resolved my problem. One suggestion was to
install Process Explorer to ID the active programs. I did that and it
appears most of the activity is coming fome "serveral instances of
SVCHOST.EXE" - what is the purpose of this program - can I safely
stop it or would that damage my system. Another program is something
called LUCOMS~!.exe (what is this program?)

Thanks for any suggestions and/or tips.

Charliec

Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is
checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and
Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity.
Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity.

Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity.
Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks
Charliec
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Charliec

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Charliec

 

[Gerry]

Charlie

LUCOMS~!.exe
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/lucoms/

SVCHOST.EXE

You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
of svchost.exe.

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 the svchost
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.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Charliec]

I'm still trying to isolate this activity. Following suggestion, I
looked at the 2 most active SVCHOST.exe and one says "Windows Image
Acquistion" and the other says "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) /
RPCSS.dll. Any ideas on what the programs are and what they are used
for. I searched the link you provided but did not find information on
them.

Thanks
Charlie

Charlie

LUCOMS~!.exe
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/lucoms/

SVCHOST.EXE

You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
of svchost.exe.

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 the svchost
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.

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Charliec

 

[Charliec]

Gerry,

I hate to bother you, but I'm still trying to figure out which service
is causing this constant hourglass activity. Below are 3 items that
get quite a bit of activity. I fell uncomfortable killing the
processes as I don't quite know what they do. Are you knowledgable on
these:

Svchose.exe/windows image acquistion (WIA)
CSRSS.exe - client server runtime process
DPCs - Deferred procedure calls

Thanks for any insights you can provide, and, again, sorry to email
you on this.

Charlie

Charlie

LUCOMS~!.exe
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/lucoms/

SVCHOST.EXE

You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
of svchost.exe.

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 the svchost
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.

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Charliec