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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Starwind51 on January 28, 2011, 10:25:15 PM
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Is it possible to make a copy of the items listed in the Task Manager? I don't know what most of them are, and as there are 40 - 43 processes going on I was hoping to make an easy check list to find out. Hand writing them is a drag.
I have 3179 MB of memory available for the processes, and with just the task manager itself and this one browser window open, less than 550 MB of memory are being used. My laptop overheats and snaps off and I'm trying to identify possible causes. Does the abundance of tasks listed in the Task Manager seem to be an issue?
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I have 83 processes running ATM...
you can try start->run cmd /c tasklist > processes.txt&start notepad processes.txt
to get a list of processes.
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If your laptop overheats, it's surely not caused by a number of running processes.
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Agreed...
Checking processes is not gonna fix this issue...
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Hi (http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4474468.gif)
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I have 83 processes running ATM...
you can try start->run cmd /c tasklist > processes.txt&start notepad processes.txt
to get a list of processes.
Thanks! Even if my problem turns out to have nothing to do with the Task Manager list, this is very helpful information.
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There is absolutely no reason to play with processes.
All processes come from two sources:
1. startups (these, not processes, can be controlled and trimmed down).
2. Windows processes (which better are left alone).
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Well, here's my list, if anyone wants to offer further comment. When a couple of these items bounce around rapidly in CPU usage - 50! 2! 4! 50! 24! 30! 2! 24! 50! and pop in and out of the list it makes me think something is trying to execute and not being able to and that's what causing overheating.
Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
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System Idle Process 0 Console 0 16 K
System 4 Console 0 220 K
smss.exe 520 Console 0 408 K
csrss.exe 568 Console 0 4,544 K
winlogon.exe 592 Console 0 2,808 K
services.exe 636 Console 0 4,624 K
lsass.exe 648 Console 0 1,740 K
svchost.exe 812 Console 0 5,212 K
svchost.exe 860 Console 0 4,620 K
MsMpEng.exe 900 Console 0 63,652 K
svchost.exe 936 Console 0 25,752 K
svchost.exe 1016 Console 0 3,736 K
svchost.exe 1108 Console 0 3,988 K
spoolsv.exe 1476 Console 0 5,432 K
svchost.exe 1816 Console 0 3,868 K
dllhost.exe 1856 Console 0 6,368 K
jqs.exe 2032 Console 0 1,396 K
McciCMService.exe 388 Console 0 4,104 K
SeaPort.exe 444 Console 0 8,684 K
svchost.exe 552 Console 0 4,276 K
symlcsvc.exe 612 Console 0 428 K
WLIDSVC.EXE 956 Console 0 9,364 K
searchindexer.exe 1164 Console 0 16,348 K
YahooAUService.exe 1552 Console 0 7,764 K
WLIDSVCM.EXE 2244 Console 0 2,188 K
alg.exe 2412 Console 0 3,712 K
explorer.exe 3664 Console 0 24,236 K
MWSOEMON.EXE 4020 Console 0 2,484 K
BJMYPRT.EXE 280 Console 0 2,940 K
OpWareSE4.exe 264 Console 0 2,120 K
mswinext.exe 484 Console 0 50,716 K
jusched.exe 1040 Console 0 3,072 K
realsched.exe 284 Console 0 740 K
msseces.exe 1712 Console 0 10,252 K
ctfmon.exe 2064 Console 0 3,948 K
GoogleCrashHandler.exe 132 Console 0 724 K
LaunchU3.exe 1600 Console 0 4,856 K
WindowsSearch.exe 2572 Console 0 11,256 K
WkCalRem.exe 2656 Console 0 3,444 K
chrome.exe 3964 Console 0 63,684 K
chrome.exe 3268 Console 0 15,844 K
chrome.exe 2956 Console 0 31,972 K
wmiprvse.exe 2644 Console 0 6,180 K
cmd.exe 316 Console 0 2,724 K
tasklist.exe 272 Console 0 5,200 K
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One more time - running processes have nothing to do with your laptop's overheating.
In your report you don't list the most important column - CPU usage.
Download Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Unzip ProcessExplorer.zip, and double click on procexp.exe to run the program.
Click on View > Select Colunms.
In addition to already pre-selected options, make sure, the Command Line is selected, and press OK.
Go File>Save As, and save the report as Procexp.txt.
Attach the file to your next reply.
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CPU usage.
Attach the file to your next reply.
Let me know if the file actually got attached.
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Your CPU usage is perfectly fine.
System Idle Process (CPU NOT used) is listed at 95.38%
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Your CPU usage is perfectly fine.
System Idle Process (CPU NOT used) is listed at 95.38%
Ok, the laptop has cool open air surrounding it, plenty of hard drive space for me to fiddle with my personal files, no conflicting anti virus programs, and the CPU isn't being overtaxed with processes, yet it still overheats and snaps off. What should I test next?
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the CPU isn't being overtaxed with processes
Well, I'm not sure in what language should I explain it better, so one more time in English - your CPU usage is fine!
Download System Information for Windows (http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html) (SIW free version)
No installation required.
After it scans your computer, navigate to Hardware>Sensors and post all info from there.
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Well, I'm not sure in what language should I explain it better, so one more time in English - your CPU usage is fine!
I would have gotten back to you sooner, but my computer overheated and snapped off.
As you can see in my last reply:
Ok, the laptop has cool open air surrounding it, plenty of hard drive space for me to fiddle with my personal files, no conflicting anti virus programs, and the CPU isn't being overtaxed with processes, yet it still overheats and snaps off. What should I test next?
I acknowledged, in English, that the CPU isn't the problem.
As for SIW, I did install the free version, but I couldn't find any instructions for doing the actual scan.
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Just double click on downloaded siw.exe file
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Just double click on downloaded siw.exe file
I'm not sure if you're saying the scan happens automatically when SIW is opened, so I'm not sure if it's been scanned.
Am I supposed to click on "Create a report file"? If so, what kind and how would I post it here? Neither creating a report nor trying to copy and paste is working.
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When you double click on siw.exe a window opens, right?
Navigate to Hardware>Sensors and post all info from there.
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Navigate to Hardware>Sensors and post all info from there.
I haven't found any way to get the info from there to here. Copy & paste doesn't do it, generating a report doesn't seem to do it.
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If you don't know, how to create a screenshot, write the info down and type it into your next reply.
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If you don't know, how to create a screenshot, write the info down and type it into your next reply.
Attached
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(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4474507.gif)
It looks pretty hot.
Did you clean all vents with compressed air.
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Not with compressed air. I don't have any right now. Do you recommend I hit the vents from the outside in at an angle or try to find a screw driver that fits and open the case, blowing from the inside out?
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Assuming, you don't have any internal issues, cleaning vents from the outside, using a can of compressed air should help a lot.
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Assuming, you don't have any internal issues, cleaning vents from the outside, using a can of compressed air should help a lot.
Thanks
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Keep us posted :)