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high cpu usage
Name: bb908 Date: January 28, 2009 at 09:53:01 Pacific OS: XP home, SP3 Subcategory: General
Comment:
my computer has high cpu usage most of the time, at least compared with before. i am using a fresh installation of xp, with 3GB ram and a 2.8 ghz processor, 2 160GB hard drives. please help
Name: jam Date: January 28, 2009 at 11:09:37 Pacific
Reply:
Which process is hogging the CPU?
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Response Number 2
Name: bb908 Date: January 30, 2009 at 15:28:06 Pacific
Reply:
no specific process, just several system ones. It has also locked up a few times recently, with the cursor not moving, and only sometimes do keyboard shortcuts work.
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Response Number 3
Name: bb908 Date: January 31, 2009 at 05:32:18 Pacific
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Also, when doing highly cpu-intensive things, most of the processing is shifted to one core at almost 100%, while the other core is only about 10% usage
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Response Number 4
Name: jam Date: January 31, 2009 at 06:30:51 Pacific
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Some programs take advantage of two cores, many don't...what you're experiencing in that respect isn't unusual.
Can't help you if you're unwilling to list which process (or processes) is hogging the CPU. Check Task Manager. How many processes do you have running? It's very possible your system is infected.
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