CPU runnin at 100%

[Guest]

Hi........ i dont know whats wrong with my xp but its running the cpu at 100%
and everything is very very very slow?
i recently reinstalled xp cause i had a virus so i formated the drive and
started again but now i get this problem... what makes the cpu go full out
could it be virus? because it cant find one

thanks for your help

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Ivan


Task Manager is useful but you could look at another freeware utility
Process Explorer, which provides similar information but adds that
little bit extra towards seeing what the running processes represent.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

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
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Stourport, England

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