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From: GMG on 22 Dec 2009 13:52 My computer slowed to a crawl and the only thing I can find is that theCPU is running at 100% ALL THE TIME! What would cause this? The computer boots and then completely slows down.
From: Bill in Co. on 22 Dec 2009 13:56 GMG wrote: > My computer slowed to a crawl and the only thing I can find is that theCPU > is running at 100% ALL THE TIME! > > What would cause this? The computer boots and then completely slows down. Malware/Trojan/Virus?
From: Paul on 22 Dec 2009 14:38 GMG wrote: > My computer slowed to a crawl and the only thing I can find is that theCPU > is running at 100% ALL THE TIME! > > What would cause this? The computer boots and then completely slows down. > What does Task Manager show ? Try right clicking on the blue bar at the bottom of the screen and select Task Manager from the popup menu. Alternately, you can use Process Explorer from Sysinternals. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx If neither of those will run, you may have a malware problem. Malware doesn't particularly want to be discovered. And in any case, it may be able to hide itself. ******* Can you see a particular thing using the CPU ? First, a word about Task Manager System - threads assisting the OS, close to zero System Idle Process - runs when nothing else is ready to run Equals 100% when system is IDLE. Equals 0% when some other process is hammering the system (Any others) - the percentage indicates how much they're using The total of all of them should be 100%. For example, Firefox might be 50%, System might be 0%, System Idle Process might be 50%. That means Firefox is using half of the CPU resources and that is what you'd mainly be interested in. The "System" usage should be low most of the time. The System Idle Process is there, just to make the total equal 100%. You can learn more about the System Idle Process, here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Idle_Process This page describes the "System" process a little bit. The threads of execution there are helping the OS. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc768129.aspx "The system process This process contains system threads, which are kernel mode threads. Windows and various device drivers create system process threads for various reasons. For example, the memory manager creates system threads for performing virtual memory tasks, the cache manager uses system threads for managing cache memory, and the floppy disk driver uses a system thread to monitor the floppy drives." Paul
From: David B. on 22 Dec 2009 15:10 What process has the high usage? -- -- "GMG" <gmgreen(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:FA8Ym.25000$DC2.18484(a)newsfe02.iad... > My computer slowed to a crawl and the only thing I can find is that theCPU > is running at 100% ALL THE TIME! > > What would cause this? The computer boots and then completely slows down. >
From: GMG on 22 Dec 2009 17:52 something called MOM.exe was using 99% of the CPU. Disabled it and now all seems well. Will let you all what happens. THANK YOU!
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