Re: CPU is being kept busy with something..

From: willoxs (willoxs_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 04/10/05 

Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:30:57 +0200

Thanks
I'm running XP and do look at task manager where I see the CPU reachiung up
to 80% occupied - its very transient, not solid, and unfortunately you
cannot see from Task manager the process that is causing it.

If I compare it ot the other machinces (which have all the same software
etc. on them) on my network they display "normal" behaviour in that their
CPUs are not busy - hence my concern.

I do understand that modern systems have background tasks going on but this
CPU busininess seems to only have started in the past 2 weeks.

Regularilly running adware removing and Antivirus software does not seem to
help - even ending quite a few of the "suspect" processes, doesn't stop or
reduce it.

F

"Robert Moir" <robspamtrap+msnews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23vx7StSPFHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> willoxs wrote:
>> Hi,
>> appreciate any help on this.
>>
>> I notice that my CPU loading keeps running from 0 - 80% all the time
>> - even when I'm not running anything or doing anything on the PC.
>
> What tells you that the processor is running at 80%? If you're running
> Windows XP or Windows 2000, the task manager allows you to list running
> processes and sort by processor usage, so you can see what processes are
> jumping up high.
>
> One thing to keep in mind is that many modern systems have lots of
> background services installed that are supposed to automate various tasks
> to keep the system running well and make things easier for you. So just
> because you ain't busy doesn't automatically mean the system is quiet too.
>

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