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CPU usage at 100%
Name: richie031 Date: December 6, 2002 at 00:02:53 Pacific OS: XP home CPU/Ram: 512 MB
Comment:
My friend's computer is at 100% CPU usage. I looked at another post on here and did everything it said to. Then I looked at the processes and the one that is using everything up is called system. It won't let me end it, and when i do the computer shuts down. Does anybody know exactly what this is, and how I can change it at all. The image name is System and the user name is SYSTEM.
Name: SeanC Date: December 6, 2002 at 06:17:39 Pacific
Reply:
Are you using any cpu cooling software?
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Response Number 2
Name: grantec Date: December 7, 2002 at 14:14:05 Pacific
Reply:
your system file seems to be corrupt.to restore the backup file you must startup with the win xp cd and go to the repair consol.once at the prompt,copy the system file in the repair folder to the system32/config folder. ie copy the file c:\WINDOWS\repair\system to the directory c:\windows\system32\config and overite the existing file.ps the system file has no extension.If this don,t solve your problem it won,t harm or change anything on your computer.sorry 4 the bad explanation i am not good at explaining things
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