I was trying to help someone with a Dell laptop that was running slow. I found that they had a failed SP2 upgrade listed in the update history when I went to the windows update site. It was from last October! Anyway when I checked the task manager it was always running around 15% of the CPU. I removed SP2 through Add and remove programs and re-installed. Install was successful. Went back to windows update site and picked up the rest of the updates, 20 to be exact. Everything installed OK, but taskmgr.exe is still taking up about 15% of the CPU. I tried killing taskmgr.exe and it did in fact close the task manager so I don't think it's a "look alike" malware process running.
I've been trying for days to get into my laptop and for some reason I can't and I'm going crazy.
To explain, I use Windows XP with SP2 installed and when I turn on my laptop and it gets to the log in screen it doesn't show the regular long in for XP but the clasic one. Also when I get into my profile (or anyone else for that matter) it says the following
"Explorer.EXE - Application error. The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000001d)." All the other sites I went to say to open up the task manenger but when I go to do that it says
As the title says, the cpu monitor that appears in the system tray when Taskmanager is running has gone missing and I can't seem to find a way to get it back. Here's what I've tried so far. In the systray Past Items: Set the icon to "Always Show" In Taskmanager Options: Checked and unchecked all items in every combination. Used Taskmanager to end taskmanager.exe process. This one did work once, but it was gone the next time I opened TM. Cleared the SystemTray list. Run sfc /scannow. Tried System Restore. It's not a huge problem as TM works fine, but I liked the CPU monitor in the tray when it was running. It's more a mystery I'd like to solve.
A box came up with C:Windows askmgr.exe in the title bar and the text said, "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access them" I clicked OK and a second box came up. It had DESKTOP in the title bar and the text said "Could not load or run c: . Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry." I clicked OK and things seemed to work.
I use the free version of Grisoft's AVG so I ran a scan and it found 3 items, one of which was taskmgr.exe infected with Trojan horse SHeur.NOZ. It said it fixed them so I rebooted. The other 2 were svchost.exe and svchost_tmp.exe also infected by SHeur.QCZ
I need to have a scheduled script running at certain time of the day to stop an application (File Maker Pro) from running; the backup the database and launch the application again. I know basics of command line scripting to re launch and do the copy of the data base. The only problem is to stop the application without damaging the database
I'm running XP. I did an Ad-Aware scan and removed some tracking cookies. It also stated that I had 29 running processes. How do I find what is running to help speed up my PC, and also; which are essential? I have dial-up AOL. It's running like a horse-drawn computer. How can I get it up to at least steam-powered.
i'm having a lot of lockup probs while playing call of duty multi. xp2400 gigabyte nforce, 512 corsair,maxtor 80 gig 7200 rpm.in task manager processes i'm running almost 120,000k is that normal ? is there a way to post my task manager processes readout?my hijack log is clean, running spyware blaster, avast a/v, roboform, zone alarm. and a temp monitor.case is clean and all 4 fans are working. heatsink is clean.core temp normally runs around 113 f but saw it get up to around 150 once.
Does 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.
I had dial up 4 years, I finally got DSL a month agao, now instead of my computer running faster , it is running slower than dial up! I also get a message after I shut down a window, ( memory could not be read error ) sorry I forget the numbers but will copy them down when i log off. I have Windows XP Home Edition.
We run Comcast high speed, two computers running though a router setup. My son "opened a port" to speed up his game play. My computer now crawls. Pages take too long to load, and I now sometimes get the server error message here, server not responding. Any idea what I can do. My son seems baffled, but I know he doesn't want to sacrifice his warp speed game play.
Someone told me that my computer is running slow because I have too many programs running in the background. Could this be true and if so, how do I delete the unnecessary programs and more to the point, how do I recognize which programs are necessary and which are not?
My computer all of a sudden slowed drastically. It hangs when I run outlook and when I try to clear my temp files in IE. I'm getting huge memory usage from "epmworker.exe", "Generic.exe", and "alg.exe" I have run spy sweeper and AVG and have found nothing.
My computer has been running so slooooow lately and its only seems to be getting worse. when i shut down my computer, it literally takes about 4 to 6 minutes to shut down and 2 little windows pop up while its shutting down, stating that the following programs are running and are attempting to close - one is "ccsvchst" and the other is "Ccapps" (i think). what are thay and can i remove them/shut them down so they arent in the way anymore?
I ran Ad Aware SE and later Spyawre Doctor and found nothing also clen temp. files on IE/Tools/temp folders then I ran %temp% and deleted all temp files but it gave me an Error File or Folder mon000 that says close any programs that might be using the file and try again. I don' know what file that is. there are two files that were not deleted: mon000.log and one named Dat.File pefib Perfdata Also ran ATF-cleaner
I am running windows XP home ed. SP2 on my wireless hp pavillion Zx5000 laptop.It is running somewhat slower than it was a few weeks ago.It acts as if something is running in the background.I have defraged,scan disc,virus scan.Should i check resource's and start up programs running and if so how?
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.
I'm running a server and i was wondering if/how i can run it as a background process, the console screen is really annoying when minimised to the taskbar.
When downloading a lot of images, I get to the point where I can no longer pull up the "save image as" menu. I then have to close other programs and I can continue to download for a short time. This problem persists until I have closed all non-essential programs and I appear to have run out of RAM? The only solution to this is to restart.Then I can download again for a while and the cycle starts all over again. This appears to happen only when saving images [which I presume the PC is storingf somewhere in a temp folder that's filled to the brim until I restart].
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
When starting win. xp home I get a normal start up sequence until I get to the windows logo page and then the system searches sometimes for 5 minutes or longer before psoceeding. Often I reboot which seems to expidite the process. But would like to repair the process to function correctly.
Some software downloads ask whether my operating system is Windows 32 bit or Windows 64 bit. How do I tell? I've look in the system information folder but see nothing there.
We have a server that will almost completely lockup occationally and will refuse any connections to it. In my research it seems that the problem could be because of a lot of disk fragmentation. So I try to defrag, of course, but there is a problem.
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.
I 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.
I've recently reformatted and re-installed Windows on my computer. Now, some exe files won't run properly. By not running properly, I mean they are not running at all. I'll double click on an icon, the file flashes up in task manager for a second and then vanishes.
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.
My PC seems to be slow starting up so this is what MSCONFIG shows in startup. Are there any that can safely be 'unchecked' ? Is that the correct way to stop them runing at startup?
I'm trying to run a repair on windows xp, using the installation disk. I get to the point where I am suppose to choose the operation system that I want to repair but it is not there. It gives me the correct drive but there is no indication of the operating system. Since it is not there I can not choose "r" to repair. My only option is to install of quit. I'm guessing something happened when I originally installed xp.
My 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?
