Hi James, I have looked at the task manager listing and there is nothing on the Processes page that accounts for the CPU usage #.
This system has been running for 3 years with this configuration. It is not connected to the internet or any other network at this time. It was on dial-up until about 6 months ago. It now has AVG, but has no need of a firewall, since it is not connected to anything. By "functional" I mean that a user can actually start an application program and have it respond. It still lists 100% CPU usage. I know it is a very minimal system, but it isn't mine, so I cannot make changes to it, if the owner doesn't want to. She just wants it to run as it did a couple months ago. The memory was added over a year ago. Thanks, Rod Lindgren -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Button Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HARDware: CPU usage 100% Use Ctrl Alt Del to bring up Task Manager Go to the processes tab get the display showing Image Name, PID, CPU, Mem Usage, Mem Delta, Page Faults, VM Size, IO Read Bytes, IO Write Bytes,I/O Other That should give you a hint as to the process that is using the CPU, and may even give you a clue as to what is happening. However - things to consider - XP is at SP1 so the system is very much at risk from intrusions Trojans etc. - it really aught to be at SP2 plus the later fixes. With only 20Gb of disk there may be space problems as XP running with only 384Mb memory will almost certainly want to use a fair amount of pagefile, I would not recommend a system with less than 512 for XP ( if you have the disk space set a permanent pagefile of at least 700Mb ) You say no programs running - which contradicts your other statements as the system is using CPU, so you must, at least have the OS, and a monitor running, and the OS is a collection of programs No 'user applications' could - possibly be a more correct statement - and with this type of problem you need to be as specific and correct as possible. So - Are you running a firewall, Are you running an AV package Are you running an anti-intrusion package other than the firewall Is the comms line connected - and what type of device and connection is it What do you mean by 'functional again', as in it used to do....., and it now does.... And was there a problem before the memory 'stick' was first added JimB -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
