cpu at 100%

[cyborg3]

My pc has been running slow and when I open the task manager, it shows the 100% of the cpu is being used.  Malware and spyware checks and virus check come back negative.

PC
Windows xp
3ghz
1.5 meg ram

I restored sytem back to a date that I created as a good one, didn't help.

I have CA Internet Security suite and Glary Untilities,  MS Malware Removal tool

I suspect some kind of malware, but just guesing.

[ChrisXPPro]

I think your best move might be to try and identify what would seem to be some process, hogging CPU time.  Wonder too - is HDD goin' crazy at same time and not resting?

Maybe from safe mode invoke (start/run) msconfig or look thru services.msc and see if you can spot something that is not expected.

Maybe you can isolate something - one try at a time and continue to full win mode to test.  I had to do this a while ago on my backup machine - forget right now what process was giving the problem.

May be a way to start anyways.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I think your best move might be to try and identify what would seem to be some process, hogging CPU time.  Wonder too - is HDD goin' crazy at same time and not resting?

To do this, go to Task Manager and click on the Process Tab. Then sort the list by CPU Usage (CPU %)
Please tell us what's hogging all the CPU power.

[cyborg3]

Thanks, I looked at the task Man hpqtra08.exe seems to be one culprit cpu 78  mem usage 17,432 k
the 411 at the bottom shows 75 processed from all useres
cpu usage 100%  Commit Charge:594/2904m
at this very moment, the only thing using cpu is
system (22)

[patio]

hpqtra08.exe is installed alongside the drivers for Hewlett Packard Imaging devices and installs an easy-to-use traybar icon for quick access to diagnostics. This is a non-essential process. Disabling or enabling it is down to user preference.

It can safely be turned off...

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

You might want to go ahead and follow the steps here:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,62253.0.html

It will show you how to remove startup items, as well as improve the performance of other areas of the computer.

[cyborg3]

I already disabled the HP thing and it did help a lot.
I will take a link at the forum article, thanks.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Good luck.

[cyborg3]

After shutting the HP thing I went to the link you sent.  I found I already had the ccleaner, so I updated and ran it.  That is a great  program.  It cleaned about 125 megs of junk files. 

My computer seems to be working just fine now. I will defrag when I take my afternoon nap.

Computerhope  has bailed me out more than once now.  Thank you.

Good luck with exams

[patio]

Computerhope  has bailed me out more than once now.  Thank you.

Thanx for the kind words...it's why we're here...

[BC_Programmer]

Computerhope  has bailed me out more than once now.  Thank you.

Thanx for the kind words...it's why we're here...

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