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Resolved cpu spiking 61%-98%

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by 401402, 2012/01/14.

  1. 2012/01/14
    401402

    401402 Inactive Thread Starter

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    hi-i am having issues with my cpu spiking from 61%-98% all the time

    i have 56 processes that are on, and at the bottom of the task manger,
    system idle process- cpu ranges from 38-46 useing 28k mem usage

    any ideas what i might be up against
     
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  2. 2012/01/14
    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Depending on what you are doing, I would check and reduce the Processes as 56 seems about 20 more than mine. Stop programs that you don't need to operate all the time.
    Go > Start > Run > type msconfig OK > Startup and see what you don't need to run. Neil.
     
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    rsinfo

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    Could well be some malware infection. Suggest you head to Virus & Malware section of this forum.
     
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  5. 2012/01/15
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi 401402. Could you please provide a little more information about the high CPU usage. Does the high CPU usage happen very often? Have you made any recent hardware or software changes before this issue started happening?

    Lets see what processes are actually running on your system. Download and run Process Explorer from here. Extract the contents of the folder and then run the procexp.exe program. After it opens see if you can pinpoint any processes that you don't need running and find out which ones are taking up most of the CPU usage.

    After you have monitored the processes, in Process Explorer click File< Save As and save the text file to your desktop.

    Open the text file and copy and paste the results here in your next reply with the number of processes the computer is running.
     
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  6. 2012/02/25
    401402

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    ive got it figured out thanks a million everyone who helped me
     
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  7. 2012/02/25
    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    To help others, could you tell us what you found causing your problem?:confused: Neil.
     
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  8. 2012/02/26
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Yes, it would be helpful if you told us what you did to solve the problem.
     
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  9. 2012/03/08
    clinet

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    I occasionally have this problem too. I'm going to try Process Explorer when it happens and post the results as Evan Omo suggested.

    Hey 401402, please post how you resolved.
     
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