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STMGR.EXE running 100% CPU
Name: danarothrock Date: August 7, 2002 at 20:44:41 Pacific
Comment:
I have had perpetual problem with ME and Internet Explorer lock up.
I just installed Process Explorer from Sysinternals.com (excellent!) which shows that CPU is going 100% in STMGR.exe. It never finishes and IE crashes or won't load or locks up. Games get jerky, etc.
I know that STMGR is required for System Restore, but it shouldn't bug out and crash stuff, either.
What should I do besides reboot every hour or two?
Summary: After I leave my PC on for a while (> 15-20 minutes) the PC runs slower and slower. I found and used the WINTOP tools and discovered that a process called STMGR.EXE in the \Windows\System\Restore dir...
Summary: I notice my Dell laptop getting slower recently. I tried (for first time) to use system monitor program to see how busy the CPU was and it is 100% all the time. I tried to stop every program on the St...
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