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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 23, 2009, 02:17:06 PM

Title: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 23, 2009, 02:17:06 PM

My CPU uage is always at 100% Anybody have an idea why

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Salmon Trout on July 23, 2009, 02:22:05 PM

virus?

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 23, 2009, 02:24:19 PM

no, i run virus scans constantly thanks Salmon Trout

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Salmon Trout on July 23, 2009, 02:25:39 PM

Look in task manager

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 23, 2009, 02:59:17 PM

that's wher it says 100% I have an image of it if you want me to upload it

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Salmon Trout on July 23, 2009, 03:35:55 PM

Task manager shows a list of processes and how much cpu percentage each one is using, so you need to see which one(s) is/are the hog(s)

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: patio on July 23, 2009, 04:18:38 PM

DLoad install and run Process Explorer...FREE....
Post a screenshot.

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 23, 2009, 05:06:18 PM

I attached the screenshot. Thanks Patio

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Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: patio on July 23, 2009, 05:42:58 PM

What the heck is that online armor component ? ?

P.S. You can also safely dis-able that AVG watchdog component...
Startup CPL is a great little app for managing startup apps...

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 23, 2009, 05:50:35 PM

OnlineArmor is my firewall, works great.

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Tranc3r on July 23, 2009, 07:45:22 PM

Can you please post a picture of the Task Manager with the 100% and expand it so we can see ALL the processors and programs running.

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Broni on July 23, 2009, 08:08:54 PM

AVG is eating up your CPU cycles.
Get rid of it, using AVG Remover: http://www.avg.com/download-tools

Get one of these:
- Avast! free antivirus: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
- Avira free antivirus: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 24, 2009, 11:17:43 AM

I got rid of avg and got avira, still constantly at 100%

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Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Quantos on July 24, 2009, 04:21:42 PM

Well, you do have Folding@Home running.

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: patio on July 24, 2009, 04:49:35 PM

Quote from: Tranc3r on July 23, 2009, 07:45:22 PM

Can you please post a picture of the Task Manager with the 100% and expand it so we can see ALL the processors and programs running.

Why would you ask for this when Process Explorer shows twice as much info than Task Manger does ? ?

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Tranc3r on July 24, 2009, 05:14:18 PM

I'm sorry, I got mixed up, I did not see the CPU %. My fault.

Also, I have been using AVG Free for a LONG LONG time, I have never seen it do what it has done to other computers. And I never had a single problem with it.

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 24, 2009, 06:05:17 PM

 i still have folding at home running, but the cpu usage dropped to 7% Thank you guys SO MUCH!! I love this site ;D :D :) So many great helpers!

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 24, 2009, 06:09:22 PM

PS I am going to use Process explorer instead of taskmanager always from now on
Thanks for telling me about it !

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Broni on July 24, 2009, 07:57:12 PM

BTW, your last screenshot shows fahcore_78.exe (Folding@Home) running 78% of your CPU.

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: Quantos on July 24, 2009, 08:12:50 PM

Thanks Broni.   :D

Title: Re: CPU Usage consistantly at 100%
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on July 25, 2009, 09:56:23 AM

Thanks Broni :)