CPU hangs at 100%, keep killing processes but still 100

[DiamondStar]

Hello,

I have a computer that keeps hanging at 100% CPU, and I keep killing
processes but another one comes up taking 70 or 80%. Certain processes I
can't kill because the computer needs them. It doesn't matter how many
processes I kill, the other processes take up the slack and the CPU remains
at 100%.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative. The machine is
Windows 2000 with IE6 SP1 and SP4.

Thanks!

 

[WinField]

Hello,

I have a computer that keeps hanging at 100% CPU, and I keep killing
processes but another one comes up taking 70 or 80%. Certain processes I
can't kill because the computer needs them. It doesn't matter how many
processes I kill, the other processes take up the slack and the CPU remains
at 100%.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative. The machine is
Windows 2000 with IE6 SP1 and SP4.

Thanks!

You need to pin down the program/process that's actually eating up your
CPU cycles. Randomly killing processes is just shooting in the dark.

Here's one way that should get you there:
open up Task Manager window (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Tsk-Mngr button)
click on "Processes" tab
from menu bar - pull down "View" menu "select columns ..."
tick check-box for CPU usage, then OK
look for process that is using lots of CPU time

good luck,
winfield

 

[NewScience]

If you are killing services (e.g., svchost.exe), most of the processes are
set to restart. So killing them manually only lasts a short time. After so
many seconds, Windows will start them again.

Open SEVICES.MSC, double-click on a service, and check the recovery tab.