XP is "Skipping" and CPU usage is high without a visible reason

[Allen]

Hi,

I have a Sony Vaio digital desktop with XP Home & SP1.
Occasionally the computer begins "skipping" - meaning as
you move the mouse around or play a song, etc. there is a
slight staggering in movement or skipping in the sound,
etc. When I check Task Manager/Processes, I see that CPU
column shows System Idle Process taking up 99%, but the
CPU usage total at the BOTTOM of the frame is at 19%.
Something is running somewhere down low. If i try to run
anything else (even as simple as My Computer, it gets hung
and CPU usage spikes to 100%)

I have run Ad Aware, Spybot, my antivirus scans, etc. -
this seems to be something else. Sony just tells me to
reinstall XP each time (clearly, they have no clue) -
waste of time that has not done any good.

While, rebooting solves it, i want to make sure this is
not a ticking timebomb. Someone please help!

Many thanks!

 

[Bastet]

Hi,

I have a Sony Vaio digital desktop with XP Home & SP1.
Occasionally the computer begins "skipping" - meaning as
you move the mouse around or play a song, etc. there is a
slight staggering in movement or skipping in the sound,
etc. When I check Task Manager/Processes, I see that CPU
column shows System Idle Process taking up 99%, but the
CPU usage total at the BOTTOM of the frame is at 19%.
Something is running somewhere down low. If i try to run
anything else (even as simple as My Computer, it gets hung
and CPU usage spikes to 100%)

I have run Ad Aware, Spybot, my antivirus scans, etc. -
this seems to be something else. Sony just tells me to
reinstall XP each time (clearly, they have no clue) -
waste of time that has not done any good.

While, rebooting solves it, i want to make sure this is
not a ticking timebomb. Someone please help!

Many thanks!

Suggest you avail yourself of a dictionary and look up the definition of
'idle'...I've no idea what's causing the problem, but that certainly isn't!

 

[Kathy]

Hi,

I am also experiencing a problem as are others (Courtney,
Dick Shrewsbury, Marie, ogi, Pat Nolan, Bill W, Dan,
Keith, Mario, Asvin, David Brewster, Yatty)

Dick, Mario, and I (and now you too) all get temporarily
cured by a restart of the computer. This seems to be a
common condition. Dick gets anywhere from a minute to an
hour of computer use before its unusably slow. I've had
2 incidents: Nov 18 and Nov 21 with maybe 8 usable hours.

We also have the CPU in the 90% range when it is slow and
nothing is open/running.

Look for posts with subjects of
Slow computer
High CPU usage

I feel like its a new, undocumented virus thingy