Craig
I had the same problem. It turned out to be a problem with my registry and
even the repair program did not work. When I got a new machine I formatted
the hard drive on the problem machine and reinstalled Windows XP from
scratch and the old machine was lightning fast again. Too many install and
deletes of programs over the years. With a corrupt registry you cant even
backup and restore the hard drive as it would copy the corrupted registry
over again.
Dave N.
-------Original Message-------
From: Craig Felkowski
Date: 5/9/2008 3:21:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Extreme CPU Usage
Hello,
For the past few years, I have had a slight CPU problem. It was however
bearable. Maybe every once in a while I would suffer extreme lag for a few
minutes, but in the last month or two it has gotten much much worse.
I am at the point now where, whether it be Firefox, a game, media player, or
any random program, that it consumes anywhere from 40-90% CPU. Now, it is
so bad that sometimes the whole system freezes for a second or two. It
happens when the CPU is at 100%, and it is intermittent, about every 15-20
seconds, and everything including the cursor freezes. The sound also gets
stuck, and skips for those 2 or so seconds.
I don't know what to do. I have had my fan cleaned about a year and a half
ago, and it helped, until now. I have ran all kinds of scans(primary
programs are AVG, Ad-Aware, and Spyware Blaster. I also use Winpatrol,
Process Tamer, and Process Explorer). I have tried so many things. I have
read that high CPU can be caused by loose wires also, and have noticed that
my screens back light flicks on and off. Could that be the cause?
I will provide System specs, and also Hijack This! if needed.
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