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Lowering CPU usage
Name: Cristallerine Date: April 14, 2006 at 14:02:45 Pacific OS: XP Home Edition CPU/Ram: 2.20GHz, 448MB Product: HP Pavilion
Comment:
Hello I do not know why my computer is slowing down. When I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, I can see that the CPU is running at 100%. What could be the source of the problem, and what are the solutions to it?
Name: Richard59 Date: April 14, 2006 at 14:10:53 Pacific
Reply:
Whatever it is you can bet it isn't a hardware issue. Do some reading in the XP forum and check your system for spyware. When in taskmanager look and see what process is it that is running and using up your resources?
You have not given enough information and have asked your question in the wrong forum.
I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.
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