Run combofix on the box, it will kill all kinds of hidden crap. You will be
amazed after it's finished to see your CPU running lower.
From: Dan Covill
To: profox@leafe.com
Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [NF] CPU usage remains
Michael,
When this happens to me, which is not very often, it is without
exception some sort of scheduled backup, virus scan, indexing program,
or check for update status. Most of the time it's when the machine has
been off for a while and the scheduled jobs decide to fire up and do all
the
On 10/4/2013 11:26 AM, Mike Copeland wrote:
You can't kill the LMIGuardianSvc.exe (LogMeIn) remotely, obviously
(using LogMeIn). And you'll have to jump through a few hoops to kill it
regardless. It is a protected service that exists only to make sure LMI
doesn't get hijacked.
I use LogMeIn on h
Right click on the chm and unblock it
Al
-Original Message-
Thanks for the tip, Dave. When I finally get control back, I'll do that.
The .CHM file that came with it doesn't work. It shows the help window, but
no content for anything clicked.
_
never have any problem
regardless of the OS (including Android, Linux, Win 2000, Win XP, Win 7,
and Win 8).
Mike Copeland
Original Message
Subject: Re: [NF] CPU usage remains high, despite hardly anything
runningwhy?
From: MB Software Solutions General Account
To: profo
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:16 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account <
mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I restarted it recently, trying to cover that kind of bonkers
> scenario. Mind you, that's not the same as turning it off, but
> still...you know the standard adv
On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:32 am, M Jarvis wrote:
> Just talking out my you-know-what here, but what if you just shut the
> thing down for a while? Maybe it's some sort of power surge thing or short
> that's just making the thing act bonkers on ya.
Well, I restarted it recently, trying to cov
On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:33 am, Stephen Russell wrote:
> You have process explorer? Just Kill all the Chrome.exe lines.
>
>
> Sort the display by the CPU if Chrome isn't choking you.
>
>
> I fond that a secondary app for Chrome was killing me months ago so I
> disabled just about all of them.
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> On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:23 am, Dave Crozie
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Subject: RE: [NF] CPU usage remains high, despite hardly anything
runningwhy?
On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:23 am, Dave Crozier wrote:
> I think you are seeing the ptocess call logs, NOT the actual process.
> You can turn off logging (File/Capture events) and decide what sort of
> e
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:29 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account <
mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:
> On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:26 am, Stephen Russell wrote:
> > Is google your browser? If so you may have 80% of all cpu cycles being
> > used by it.
>
>
> Google Chrome is
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 7:29 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account
wrote:
>
> Google Chrome is my default browser on this laptop. I guess I could start
> using FireFox as my default (and temporarily uninstall Chrome) to see if
> that fixes it???
>
Just talking out my you-know-what here, but w
On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:26 am, Stephen Russell wrote:
> Is google your browser? If so you may have 80% of all cpu cycles being
> used by it.
Google Chrome is my default browser on this laptop. I guess I could start
using FireFox as my default (and temporarily uninstall Chrome) to see if
that
On Fri, October 4, 2013 10:23 am, Dave Crozier wrote:
> I think you are seeing the ptocess call logs, NOT the actual process. You
> can turn off logging (File/Capture events) and decide what sort of events
> you want to se using the buttons on the far right of the toolbar, then
> selecting a proces
remains high, despite hardly anything
runningwhy?
On Wed, October 2, 2013 9:56 am, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> On 10/2/2013 9:28 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
>
>> Download Process Monitor from SysInternals.com, set it to always on
>> top and auto-scroll, and just see what s
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:01 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account <
mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:
> On Wed, October 2, 2013 9:56 am, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> > On 10/2/2013 9:28 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
> >
> >> Download Process Monitor from SysInternals.com, set
On Wed, October 2, 2013 9:56 am, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> On 10/2/2013 9:28 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
>
>> Download Process Monitor from SysInternals.com, set it to always on top
>> and auto-scroll, and just see what seems to be hitting the filesystem
>> for a while. After it gets some dat
On 10/2/2013 9:28 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Download Process Monitor from SysInternals.com, set it to always on top
and auto-scroll, and just see what seems to be hitting the filesystem
for a while. After it gets some data, you can then group it by process.
Definitely worth checking out. Good ti
On 10/2/2013 9:07 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
Windows indexing service in progress?
I always disable it.
Dave
Hi Dave,
I'll bet that was it. I noticed it was checked in the Properties of the
C: drive. The Service was stopped, though. I've unchecked it and will
re-evaluate once that's done.
Download Process Monitor from SysInternals.com, set it to always on top
and auto-scroll, and just see what seems to be hitting the filesystem
for a while. After it gets some data, you can then group it by process.
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Antivirus or malware scan.
running stuff today that you may need tomorrow? << Bad Steve!
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 7:47 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC <
mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:
> The facts:
> - old Inspiron 1520, new in 2008, 250GB HD (not SSD)
> - tons of free HD spac
Windows indexing service in progress?
I always disable it.
Dave
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From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of MB Software
Solutions, LLC
Sent: 02 October 2013 13:48
To: ProFox Email List
Subject: [NF] CPU usage remains high, despite hardly anything
The facts:
- old Inspiron 1520, new in 2008, 250GB HD (not SSD)
- tons of free HD space
- uses Avast a/v free for a/v software
- ran MalwareBytes and removed 2 things
- ran CCleaner full options, including turning off useless crap in Startup
- no streaming media playing, just VFP open (with no pro
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