cleanmgr.exe takes 92% of CPU time
in [Windows XP]
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From: jodleren on 2 Jan 2010 05:19 Hello This happens quite often. Why? It is on a spare computer, WIN XP SP3, 400MHz pention, 4 GB HD, 192 MB ram (64 when installed). However, cleanmgr seems to run for minutes now and then... stopping the computer totally. WBR Sonnich
From: db on 2 Jan 2010 10:56 a 4 gigabyte hard drive may be the problem and running out of disk space may be a regular issue for the pc. ---------- 192 megabytes of memory/ ram may be the problem and running out of memory may be a regular issue for the pc. --------- having insufficient resources like those mention above makes for a poorly performing pc with xp installed on it. if you upgrade the resources above you will surely see an improvement with system performance. -- db���`�...�><)))�> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "jodleren" <sonnich(a)hot.ee> wrote in message news:fa79f8a3-5e5d-4778-bd42-dee5c34721d9(a)s3g2000yqs.googlegroups.com... > Hello > > This happens quite often. Why? > > It is on a spare computer, WIN XP SP3, 400MHz pention, 4 GB HD, 192 MB > ram (64 when installed). > However, cleanmgr seems to run for minutes now and then... stopping > the computer totally. > > WBR > Sonnich
From: Gerry on 2 Jan 2010 11:15 Sonnich The amount of RAM is less than minimal for most users of Windows XP. Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak? Cleanmgr.exe is the Disk CleanUp utility. The first stage is to calculate the saving of disk space by compressing older files. This takes time on any computer. You can disable the calculation: http://samanathon.com/registry-hack-disable-disk-cleanup-wizard-compression-calculation/ -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jodleren wrote: > Hello > > This happens quite often. Why? > > It is on a spare computer, WIN XP SP3, 400MHz pention, 4 GB HD, 192 MB > ram (64 when installed). > However, cleanmgr seems to run for minutes now and then... stopping > the computer totally. > > WBR > Sonnich
From: Twayne on 2 Jan 2010 13:28 In news:fa79f8a3-5e5d-4778-bd42-dee5c34721d9(a)s3g2000yqs.googlegroups.com, jodleren <sonnich(a)hot.ee> typed: > Hello > > This happens quite often. Why? > > It is on a spare computer, WIN XP SP3, 400MHz pention, 4 GB HD, 192 MB > ram (64 when installed). > However, cleanmgr seems to run for minutes now and then... stopping > the computer totally. > > WBR > Sonnich Mainly because the specs for that PC are far from optimal for running XP. cpu too slow @ 400 MHz, HD way too small, RAM seriously undersized and probably a lot more. There's nothing "wrong" specifically, but you're going to see some things that can get real slow depending on a lot of other things. You could be running out of or nearly out of hard drive space and useing an immense pagefile, in which case you are likely maxing out your resources. I'm surprised you aren't seeing hard drive full and out of resource error messages; you've tweaked something pretty well or turned them off, I'd guess<g>. If you're letting it compact old files, that's one process that's slower on any machine - and would really be slow for you. So setting it for not compacting old files might be a big help. That might leave enough resources to not completely stop other applications, but you'll probably never get rid of the pauses and slow spots. If you can't upgrade to another computer then a larger hard drive would be the first thing for you to go after IMO. Be sure it's a 7200 or a 10,000 rpm drive; avoid the older 5400 rpm drives. 80 Gig to 360 Gig drives are really low-cost right now. HTH, Twayne -- Often you'll find excellent advice on a newsgroup. Before you use that advice though, consider the ramifications of it being wrong or even dangerous; how important IS that to you? ALWAYS verify and confirm ANY advice from a newsgroup!
From: Paul on 2 Jan 2010 14:08
jodleren wrote: > Hello > > This happens quite often. Why? > > It is on a spare computer, WIN XP SP3, 400MHz pention, 4 GB HD, 192 MB > ram (64 when installed). > However, cleanmgr seems to run for minutes now and then... stopping > the computer totally. > > WBR > Sonnich Are you using an AV software which is scanning each file visited by cleanmgr ? The simple act of accessing a file, can trigger off your AV software, which wastes extra cycles. I used to have long delays on a machine running Kaspersky, when using cleanmgr. Paul |