CPU usage is always at 100%, processes show 70, commit charge 957M/1479M. This is a Dell Dimension, total physical memory 52224, available 78124. I'm running McAfee, but my kids use this computer a LOT and that is what scares me.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedDoes 66 running processes seem like a lot? I cannot seem to find a thread regarding this. (I'm sure there is, stopped looking after 45 minutes) It doesn't seem to slow my computer at all. I AM running quite a bit on here as far as spyware, virus scans, webshots, etc. It's also a media center 2004 computer with all the trim so there are quite a few windows processes on there. Even with AOL running, my computer is only using 430MB of RAM and I have 1GB.
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my computer had crashed last week and windeows wouldnt reload anymore because of a corupt file so i wiped out the hard drive and tried to reinstall windows after severl tries i finally got windows xp to intall back on there adn it took almost 2 days yeah thats wat i thought so here i am finally with windows back and now it is takin forever to load it it took almost 15 minutes jsu for windows to start now i have a 1 gig cpu and 512 mb of ram so im sailin pretty descent or should be at least but here i am with the whole thing running extremly slow then i opened up taskmanager and noticed that my processor was running at nearly 100 % when nothing was goin on except jsu normal running processes lets say about 65- to 85 percent jsu doin nothing then if i moved the mouse or tried anything it shot to 100% and everything bogged down im extremly confussed and well a tad aggitated can anyone plz give me sum feed back on this
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When I open the defragger and analyse the C: disk it says that there is about 22% free. But to look at the display below it you would think we had less than 5% free. It is almost all red (heavily fragmented) and running the defragger does next to nothing.
Checking in Windows Task Manager/Processes I have three entries for SVCHOST.EXE - all three under User Name are shown as SYSTEM Is this correct and if not, what should I do about them?
Played the game with no problems until recently. The computer's OS was a mess, so I destroyed the C: partition, reinstalled Win XP and updated it to SP-3, reloaded all the programs and restored her backed-up working files. The computer now runs like a screamin' mini, with no OS problems -- save one. Can't even run setup.exe to install it. After ending that attempt and removing the CD, Task Manager still shows setup.exe and wowexec.exe running. When I 'end task', I get "The request to end the selected 16 bit task has timed out. Win 16 bit subsystems may be unstable." tried to lead my friend through the Program Compatibility Wizard, but it still does not run.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI am running a up-to-date version of winXP with AVG antivirus on it. Months ago i updated with the SP2 and tried to run an old Flash movie which had some batch files running PDF files from a folder. Suddenly a popup window came up with "10 seconds to shutdown" message and eventually the system shutdown. After that I am unable to run "cmd" from the run or whenever i try running the command window form any other application or uninstallation process my PC goes off. The installation stopped saying that there are two instances of iexplore.exe running in the processes. I tried to kill the process but it starts again. Two iexplore.exe is still running in the process window. When ever i try to shutdown the PC a "End Now" message will popup to end running "iexplore.exe", then shuts down.
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This problem is apparent with IE, RPG Maker XP install files and others. I do have AV's on my comp, and they do scan regularly.
I have a HP Pavillion running XP Pro. After a Microsoft Auto update IE7 refuses to display any webpage. I have tried restoring to an earlier date but none of the restore points work. I downloaded Mozilla Firefox on my Acer laptop and installed the downloaded file onto the Pavillion. Firefox took all of it's settings from IE7, and works the perfectly. When I shut down my laptop the same Microsoft auto update occurred and promptly killed IE7 on the laptop. I tried removing the updates and have completely removed IE7, downloaded a fresh version from Microsoft and re-installed it but the problem remains the same neither the Pavillion or the Laptop will display a webpage using IE7, but Firefox works perfectly on both. I have also tried turning off the firewall. I am using Kaspersky Internet Security suit.I like Firefox better than IE7 but I want to fix the problem as a matter of principle, any help would be much appreciated.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedMy laptop has won't run either my D drive nor my external CD reader/writer when I put a CD into the drive(s).I recently had to free up some space on my hard-disk and deleted quite a lot of files but can't seem to restore them. Now I can't load some new software from a CD-Rom I have just acquired.Neither the D drive or external E drive are recognized when I pull up Windows Explorer. I think I must have wiped out a vital piece of driver software when I deleted. (A pop-up appears saying "file needed hpzcom05.dll" but I can't seen to find that either.)In C drive 'Properties' it states "Driver might be missing or corrupted (code 39)" but how, please do I rectify this fault?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm in the middle of troubleshooting an issue with an external hard drive, and someone sent me to an article about scannow sfc. The instructions made it sound like it's just another scan, but now it appears that if I don't have a CD ready I'm stuck in some process I can only safely get out of if I somehow find the proper CD. The process didn't get very far before it asked for a CD to copy files to the DLL Cache. I tried to cancel, but I get a warning that I'll need the CD later, and if I want to skip that step. I have no idea how and when I'll be able to get my hands on a CD for XP Pro SP2 (most of my friends prefer Mac). There must be some way to shut down this process.And could someone tell me if it's okay to at least unplug the external hard drive, so I can turn it off for the night, or is it also involved in this process?
View 14 Replies View Relatedrunning xp sp2 on a dell inspiron 9300, xp sometimes starts to lose resources, failing to open new applications, new explorer windows or lacking parts of guis in applications, such as explorer button bars or parts of menues. but if i then close an already open application to free some ressources and repeat the action that failed (e.g. opening a new explorer window) xp might be able to do it properly. i can repeat this a couple of times, until i'm down at only a minimal number of windows/apps and will have to reboot. after reboot, everything is normal again.
here's some more examples of strange things i've seen:
- explorer windows won't open at all, no error msg, system sometimes 'beeps'
- an explorer window might not display the buttons-area under the menu, but only a windows-logo in the center.
- an explorer window might display without the task area (blue area) that's usually on the left side
- whole applications won't start, sometimes giving error messages, sometimes not
there is no consistant error message that would identify which resource type the system is running out on. the system is constantly scanned for viruses, trojans, et. al. using symantec antivirus and hijackthis. there is more than enough memory (2gig) and taskman will display enough free memory when i encounter those situations. the system is used daily (sleep mode at night, no hibernation) and the problem might show up after 3 days or only after 3 weeks.i first suspected photoshop and dreamweaver to mess up something when running in parallel, because the problem always showed up shortly after those two apps had been run together. i stopped doing that, and found that it still happens, but it will just take longer.
On my task bar a program starts to run. It only stays in the taskbar for 1 second and there are no words or icon. When I am playing a game this stops the game. How can I find out what this is? I have run virus check, spybot,adaware, and scan disk and defragmented.
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