My cpu is running at 100% just searching the web. This doesn't happen all the time but it's slowing things down, obviously. I have an Athlon XP 2000. Anything I can do to get this thing to work better?
My CPU used to od that 100% most of the time, anad it would go down a little if i wasn't using much if it, Can you press ctrl alt delte and the task manager pops up?
that only works good if you have something like ad-watch, which locks startup selections. If you deselect some (like AIM or MSNMSGR), they load up again on startup.
cyras21,
do like apj said. once taskmanager is open goto the processes tab and click the CPU heading 2 times, (that will put the processes that are using up your CPU time at the top). List the top 5 processes and approx how much % they are using.
I had a problem with a computer that had a bunch of registry entries that went nowhere and the computer kept trying to start them up, bogging down the system... Try getting a registry cleaner, and hopefully that should clear up some of the issues...
hmmm, that process for me is running at 0% usage. Use norton or something and check if you have viruses. If you dont, then it has to be some kind of option that you changed somewhere.
