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Windows XP using 100% CPU
Name: Exidez Date: March 16, 2002 at 18:05:06 Pacific
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i use to have windows 2000 and upgraded to windws xp yesterday and i experienced slower preformance and realized my cpu was at 100% usage. I alt+ctlr+del to see wot is causing it and it is System and csrss.exe and taskmgr.exe. csrss and taskmgr uses like 5 % together and System uses 90 to 99% I noticed a few people posting this but with differant programs doing it. Can this be fixed ? i am using a Intel Veleron CPU 1.2GHz and 256 mb of ram. if you need more info please say so
Name: Gavin Sowerby Date: March 16, 2002 at 23:43:10 Pacific
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is it system or system idle time
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Response Number 2
Name: Rey Date: March 17, 2002 at 02:21:47 Pacific
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Do you use norton anti virus? or any anti virus software? this happened to me i just turned that crap off fixed it right up.
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Response Number 3
Name: leon Date: March 17, 2002 at 16:58:10 Pacific
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Same prob, found it was the isp dialer software. If i used shortcut that isp placed on desktop, instant 100% cpu. dial in via network connections 7% cpu. Ps no prob with norton, probally is crap but its done me less harm than some
hope this helps somebody
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Response Number 4
Name: Eldon Date: March 17, 2002 at 20:58:13 Pacific
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I've had the exact same issue. Considering that I have a 1.5 Ghz CPU, it's a bit alarming to find anything using 100% of the resources. No solution found yet.
Name: Krome Date: March 18, 2002 at 01:57:47 Pacific
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I have the same 100% cycle problems too. What has worked for me was restarting my computer. If you're patient enough, you can do the same. The culprits seemed to be 'vsmon.exe' (Zone Alarm), and Kazaa. Once in while, these two start acting up and everything slows down.
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Response Number 7
Name: Gendor Date: May 24, 2002 at 07:44:21 Pacific
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Windows Xp sucks!
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Response Number 8
Name: edeyes Date: June 14, 2002 at 08:11:24 Pacific
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Win XP and Vsmon.exe taking 100% CPU usage here too.
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Response Number 9
Name: dozer Date: June 19, 2002 at 22:26:14 Pacific
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I've had the same problem for the last couple of days. I recently installed a cordless, infrared mouse and the first time I tried running Nero, I froze. After that it seemed to happen periodically regardless of what programs were running.
Solution: go into services and diable a bunch of the crap you don't need. Like remote registry edit and networking tools.
Also, go to Run prompt, type msconfig and choose startup tab. make sure you don't have unneccessary crap running. If you don't know what something is, search on this site or on google.com
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