Software - January 2007

Recently, I unplugged our computer because I thought I was taking it somewhere. I ended out not taking it and plugged it back in. Now, "System" is taking up a ton of CPU.
It's not 100% all the time, the weird thing is that it compensates for whatever else is running. For example, if aim.exe runs for a second with 4%, system will go down to 96%. It did this all the way up (or down) to around 50%, sharing it with another program.

Anyway, the strangest part is that it is not slowing the computer down. It was, my brother says, but it is not for me right now, as I am posting from it. It does, however, stop the USB ports from working. (That could just be the ports, I'm not sure if it is related to this problem.)

Please help, we have PC-cillin and Spy Sweeper. I'm pretty sure neither have detected a problem. If all you can help with is the USB ports, that would be great, at least then I could back everything up.

~Pie

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2007-01-29 12:31:00 · 3 answers · asked by melanie 1

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2007-01-29 12:28:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't say "check one of the settings", what do you think? But if there's a setting I missed, then tell me but you have to tell me exactly where, 'cause I don't want to end up looking a million times ending up empty-handed.

Don't tell me to GOOGLE it. I mean.. WHERE DO YOU THINK I JUST CAME FROM?

I restarted AIM, my computer, I reinstalled AIM, i used different accounts, nothing worked.

So don't state the obvious of what I did that didn't help. Thx, hope you help. :)

2007-01-29 12:27:02 · 1 answers · asked by Santa Claus 1

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2007-01-29 12:22:45 · 2 answers · asked by public_sector_moron 2

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2007-01-29 12:16:55 · 3 answers · asked by I run with scissors 4

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2007-01-29 11:52:59 · 4 answers · asked by Phin 1

Has anyone started trying to fix thier computer only to find, after phoning BT and reinstalling browsers, firewalls,antivirus, updating programmes, family abandoning you to go to bed, not saying 'goodnight' to the kids, another glass of wine - just to get you through the process. After all this you 're still not sure what the morning will bring. Done everything they said. Still not sure what the problem was! It is 00.45! I'm up in the morining. Please say I'm not alone! The computer is still saying - 'fixing the problem, this may take afew minutes, please wait'! Yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-29 11:47:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If i accidently forgot to save something in Microsoft Word, and i closed out. Can i get it back somehow? PLEASE HELP!!!

2007-01-29 11:44:58 · 6 answers · asked by CoolChad15 2

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2007-01-29 11:44:38 · 3 answers · asked by Yahoo! User 4

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2007-01-29 11:44:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The cd has some read only material on it. How would I burn a copy of the cd so that he cannot make a copy for himself and return the original. He isn't that computer savy so any basic technique to stop the cd from being burned would be appreciated.

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2007-01-29 11:25:14 · 1 answers · asked by Andy 5

Yeah, you know that cute little gorilla... I heard it causes a whole bunch of spyware and stuff. Well, i dont want that... but i want something cute, like him, but not something thats destructive to my computer. I want something cute, free, and not harmful at all. Please help .
:)

2007-01-29 11:23:55 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-01-29 10:55:52 · 7 answers · asked by ann 3

I am currently running a 4000+/1GB/X800XL system which I plan to use without upgrading until I build something completely new in about 2 years from now. I currently have a legitimate OEM installation of WindowsXP Pro on this system. Should I buy the OEM, upgrade, or retail version of Vista, and should I consider installing a 64-bit version? Basically I want to be able to use this OS on my current as well as my next PC, and the ability to do a clean install is also of some value to me. I am aware that the retail box will give me everything I want, I would also like to avoid spending the MSRP on a retail version of Vista Ultimate. Thanks a lot in advance guys -

2007-01-29 10:55:21 · 3 answers · asked by rediculumslamina 2