System Process 100% CPU after installing XP SP1

[Guest]

Hello

I recently bought a new case for my PC and installed everything into the new cage. After booting up the system I realized that the system became very slow. The taskmanager says that the System Process (not system idle process) is at 100% CPU usage ALL THE TIME. I thought that XP might require a whole new install and after installing XP from scratch everything worked fine until I installed XP SP1 using windows update. After that the System was back at 100%. Because I didn't enable the SP1 uninstall I had to reinstall everything again and the story repeated itself. Everything works fine until I install XP SP1. System Process is again back to 100% usage

All the rest looks good. No conlicts in device manager or any other suspicious things

I have no idea anymore how to solve the problem, so I hope somebody will be able to help me out here

Thanks in advance

Y

 

[Guest]

....I just uninstalled XP SP1a to see if CPU usage goes back to normal and YES it does. Unfortunately I guess I require SP1 so I'm still lacking a solution to my problem.

 

[Richard Urban]

Install the rest of the updates from Windows Update. There are many
additional fixes that address your problem. Remember, until you have them
all you have an incomplete system.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

Hello,

I recently bought a new case for my PC and installed everything into the

new cage. After booting up the system I realized that the system became very
slow. The taskmanager says that the System Process (not system idle process)
is at 100% CPU usage ALL THE TIME. I thought that XP might require a whole
new install and after installing XP from scratch everything worked fine
until I installed XP SP1 using windows update. After that the System was
back at 100%. Because I didn't enable the SP1 uninstall I had to reinstall
everything again and the story repeated itself. Everything works fine until
I install XP SP1. System Process is again back to 100% usage.

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply!

According to Windows update I have all the necessary and critical fixes installed. I even installed a couple of 'just' recommended updates hoping that one of them would address the problem I have.
Here is a list of fixes that I installed using windows update (taken from windows update installation history):

Windows Error Reporting: Recommended Update (Windows XP) Web site
Recommended Update for Windows XP SP1 (KB822603) Web site
Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB826942) Web site
817787: Security Update Windows Media Player for XP Web site
Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows XP (KB826939) Web site
Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components (KB832483) Web site
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (KB824145) Web site
330994: April 2003, Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1 Web site
DirectX 9.0b End-User Runtime
Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Express)
Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026) Automatic update
811493: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
810577: Security Update Automatic update
328310: Security Update Automatic update
329170: Security Update Automatic update
811630: Critical Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q329115: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q329390: Security Update Automatic update
Windows XP Update Package, October 25, 2001 Automatic update
Remote Assistance Connection Automatic update
Security Update, December 17, 2001 Automatic update
Critical Update, February 9, 2002 Automatic update
Critical Update, February 10, 2002 Automatic update
System Recovered Error Message Update Automatic update
Windows XP Application Compatibility Update, April 2002 Automatic update
Q311967: Security Update Automatic update
Q329048: Security Update Automatic update
Q320920: Security Update (Windows Media Player for Windows XP) Automatic update
Q323255: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q313450: Security Update Automatic update
Q318138: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q324380: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q326830: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q323172: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Q324096: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Security Update for Windows XP (329834) Automatic update
Security Update, February 13, 2002 (MSXML 3.0) Automatic update
Security Update, February 13, 2002 (MSXML 2.6) Automatic update
814078: Security Update (Microsoft Jscript version 5.6, Windows 2000, Windows XP) Automatic update
Q329441: Critical Update Automatic update
Security Update for Windows XP (815021) Automatic update
817606: Security Update (Windows XP) Automatic update
Security Update for Windows XP (819696) Automatic update
823559: Security Update for Microsoft Windows Automatic update
Security Update for Windows XP (KB821557) Automatic update
Security Update for Windows XP (KB824146) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB824141) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB823182) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB824105) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB328940) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB825119) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB828035) Automatic update
Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components (KB832483) Automatic update
330994: April 2003, Security Update for Outlook Express 6 Automatic update
Security Update, February 14, 2002 (Internet Explorer 6) Automatic update
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 (KB824145) Automatic update

The only other thing that I noticed yesterday on my system is that when I open the root directory of one of my harddrives (not the system drive - a separate disk) in windows explorer, windows explorer often hangs so I have to end it via taskmanager. When I open the harddrive's root directory e.g. by typing e: in cmd everything works fine. Also when I try to copy some files from the harddrive it gives me the following error message:

Cannot copy file. The drive cannot find the sector requested.

Not sure if this is because of the original problem (CPU@100%) or if this is just another problem I have.

Again, thanks a lot in advance for your help! I'm really in need for a solution here.

Regards,

Y.

 

[hondapower]

I found this on a website and installed it. It did the trick for me

the site is:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html

SP1 Slowdown Hotfix

Q815411 fixes a flaw in Windows XP SP1. Changes to memory handling code
result in programs which often allocate memory (which is many of them)
can take up to ten times longer than normal to start. This Hotfix will
be incorporated into SP2 when it is released. Install this update after
installing SP1.

here's the link for the file:

http://tinyurl.com/2gyhx


hondapower

 

[Guest]

Cause: Sometimes process shows 100% usage and run slow
For resolving this problem follow the following instruction:

Open the registry, find the key below and put minus in front of it


System Key: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}


Note: Restart Windows for the changes to take effect