CPU/processes moniter

[Gordon Abbot]

My son bought a new computer and it occasionally hangs up because of
100% cpu usage but will start again after a short time. Using CTL-AL-DEL
nothing out of the ordinary is running, but I know that the three
fingered salute is not accurate.

I googled and found CS Fire Monitor 1.5.2 and wonder if it will let him
know what programs/processes are running when he encounters the 100%
usage problem, or are there better programs out there that will do this
for him.

He has XL pro on a 3200 athelon.

GA

 

[Roger Johansson]

My son bought a new computer and it occasionally hangs up because of
100% cpu usage but will start again after a short time. Using
CTL-AL-DEL nothing out of the ordinary is running, but I know that the
three fingered salute is not accurate.

I googled and found CS Fire Monitor 1.5.2 and wonder if it will let him
know what programs/processes are running when he encounters the 100%
usage problem, or are there better programs out there that will do this
for him.

He has XL pro on a 3200 athelon.

Here is an url you need:
http://www.sysinternals.com/index.shtml

and especially
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

It is the best freeware process explorer.

The other programs from sysinternals are also very useful.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml
Autoruns is a program which shows you all programs and processes which
are set to run automatically every time you reboot. You can delete or
temporarily disable any of the programs.

 

[derek / nul]

My son bought a new computer and it occasionally hangs up because of
100% cpu usage but will start again after a short time. Using CTL-AL-DEL
nothing out of the ordinary is running,

But which process is taking all of the cpu?

but I know that the three
fingered salute is not accurate.

Says who, I consider it very accurate.

I googled and found CS Fire Monitor 1.5.2 and wonder if it will let him
know what programs/processes are running when he encounters the 100%
usage problem, or are there better programs out there that will do this
for him.

He has all the information he needs now, the process tab will tell him which
process is hogging the cpu.

 

[REM]

Gordon Abbot <[email protected]> wrote:

My son bought a new computer and it occasionally hangs up because of
100% cpu usage but will start again after a short time. Using CTL-AL-DEL
nothing out of the ordinary is running, but I know that the three
fingered salute is not accurate.

I googled and found CS Fire Monitor 1.5.2 and wonder if it will let him
know what programs/processes are running when he encounters the 100%
usage problem, or are there better programs out there that will do this
for him.

He has XL pro on a 3200 athelon.

"64 bit Processor 3200+ with Enhanced Virus Protection -
HyperTransport™ Technology
- AMD Cool-n-Quite™ Technology - 1600MHz System Bus"

I'm assuming that 3200+ is 3.2 ghz here. I dunno. How much ram does he
have?

Assuming that he is not doing any intensive graphic manipulations, I
find it suspicious that 100% of the cpu cycles can be utilized for any
length of time on a 64 bit 3.2 ghz processor. Is he playing games with
a resolution set very high?

I rarely get into double digit processor usage on my 2.6 ghz. I don't
play games or use anything more demanding than MS Word or Excel on
occasion though.

Did this come with Norton (anything) preinstalled? Norton alone can
bring down the best of systems. Some people run it without
reservations, go figure.

If not, I would suspect some sort of malware running loops silently
that does not show up in the process list, or perhaps a manufacturing
defect in the processor, bus, or memory hierarchy, farkled flash for
motherboard, etc.

It's simply difficult to believe that any software, other than Norton
or a virus, could do this to a healthy machine that fast.

Here is a good AV, AntiVir:

http://www.free-av.com/

If Norton AV is installed it must "somehow" be disabled, as running
more than one AV can cause problems. Norton uses a death grip on
install, for all practical purposes.

It might help to try some benchmark tests, check memory, etc.

AIDA:

http://www.hardwareoc.hu/index.php/p/download/st/.-download--teszt-PC-AIDA.html


Everest Home Edition:

http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en


I'd try the memory test with the machine as is and then with all
processes possible closed and see what the results reveal.

 

[dadiOH]

Says who, I consider it very accurate.

It doesn't even come close to showing everything that is running.

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[dadiOH]

It doesn't even come close to showing everything that is running.

On Win98. Re-reading the OP I see he uses "XL" which most probably equates
to XP about which I know nothing.

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[derek / nul]

It doesn't even come close to showing everything that is running.

It shows all loaded programs, and all services.
What else would you want?

 

[Gordon Abbot]

On Win98. Re-reading the OP I see he uses "XL" which most probably equates
to XP about which I know nothing.

Sorry, did mean XP. And I also have no idea what XP does but 98se does
not show all processes with C-A-D. Nice to know that XP does.

GA

 

[WebWalker]

If you using Win XP, Ctrl + Alt + Delete and select "Task Manager".
Check the "Processes" tab and check out which program/service taking up
all the processor power.

Some spyware or trojen horse will take up all the processor power while
you connected to Internet.