hi i recently noticed that when browsing the web or running small programs that the cpu usage jumps up to 80-90 percent is this normal?? plus when browing my laptop does get kinda sluggish. also i currently have 1gb of ram and im using just over half of it would it be better or worthit for me to upgrade to 2gb ram? thanks for your help!

Perfmon and taskman would give more details as to what is using the resources. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

Hi Polaris, What kind of Browser or the program that you are using in the Computer? What is the Configuration of the Computer? Check is there is any Virus or Spy ware in the Computer. Customize the Start up Item. or Go to the Task manager and go to the Processes Tab, in the Processes tab select Explorer.exe in the list and end the Process. All the browser in the Window will disappear. Click File in the Task manager select New Task and Type Explorer.exe and then hit OK. You will get the Disappeared windows. Exit the Browser and restart the Computer and the check the Cpu usage, You will see the Difference. Thanks and Regards, L8ian

im using IE7 im always running my kaspersky antivirus program. the programs i use on my comp are photoshop,p2p prgrams,msn,media center etc.... i find when using these programs my comp gets very sluggish and u can see the cpu usage jumping up to 80 or higher. also what do u guys think about the ram is it worth upgrading to 2gb?? thanks

Hi Polaris, How long you are using the computer and how long your facing this problem? There is no need of Upgrade the RAM since your are using 1 GB of RAM. Is there any Virus, Spy ware or Mal ware is detected in the Computer? Can u tell me what are the Process are Running in the Task manager? Have you tried by Restarting the Explorer.exe through the task manager? If you are able to go online, login to the http://www.ewido.com/en/ or login to threatfire.com and run the online tool. Thanks and Regards, L8ian

i use the comp i few hours a day and i noticed i had this problem for about a month now. i scaned for spyware and all that but came up clean. and i also treid what u said about explorer.exe but no luck. here is a list of my process that are running in task managaer: WLLoginProxy.exe uTorrent.exe wuauclt.exe taskmgr.exe alg.exe dllhost.exe iexplore.exe mcrdsvc.exe searchindexer.exe ctfmon.exe spoolsc.exe McciCMservice.exe SmoothView.exe SynTPEnh.exe avp.exe svchost.exe svchost.exe svchost.exe svchost.exe svchost.exe explorer.exe lsass.exe services.exe winlogon.exe csrss.exe smss.exe WindowSearch.exe svchost.exe RAMASST.exe EvtEng.exe ehSched.exe ehrecvr.exe avp.exe svchost.exe TOSCDSPD.exe WeatherEye.exe SynToshiba.exe Sytem System Idle Process