Why my computer taking 35% CPU Memory when I am not working?

Question

I am using Win XP S. Pack -2 I have lan connection and the surver using 35% CPU memory even I am not working. Please help

Answer 1

If its just memory at 35%, thats not bad. Could be programs, the OS, etc, loaded and waiting to do something.

35% CPU usage would be unusual. If you are not doing anythingm the IDLE process should be nearly 100%. You should check what processes and tasks are running, and figure out what is causing that.

Answer 2

In order to answer this, it would be best to identify which program is hogging your CPU. Press Control,Alt, Delete simultaneously and it should bring up a menu with the option of task manager. Task manager will give you tabs such as processes that will list out all the currently running programs. From here you can click on the different columns and it will sort the programs by the columns accordingly. Now you'll have to do a little investigative work to identify what each program and if it legit or not. some spy wares create program names like Qd23.exe or something strange. You'll have do some homework or ask more questions to help identify what programs are legit or not.



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Answer 3

CPU Memory will always be used even if you arent working on the computer from just having the system on and the processes working. Also even though you dont see processes/programs on they are still running causing the memory to go up. It is only 35% so it is nothing to worry about. If it was over 80% and you werent doing anything..then you might have a virus.

Answer 4

As a previous poster said, it's probably nothing to worry about if it was just memory. If it's 35% CPU usage, then yeah that might be a virus. A disk defrag might help, if you've got a week lol. Other than that it couldn't hurt to run a good full-system virus scan.

Answer 5

Dear fellow member,

Windows XP is a desktop software not designed efficiently as the server operating systems are such as Windows 2003 or 2000 server. In the end Microsoft programmed their software not as efficiently as Linux servers would be as far as utilizing resources are concerned. More than 75% of the time, the Linux boxes would be 99% resources free.

Kind Regards,
Ben

Answer 6

Microsoft Windows - all versions - have a remarkably bloated
kernel. Indeed, the reason that RAM prices are so low is that
Windows is so inefficient.

So we should be thankful?

One of the joys of Linux is seeing how fast it runs on machines
that run Windows slowly - simply because it will happily page
out what it doesn't need, and because the scheduler is much
finer grain.

The only reason to run Windows is that everybody else runs it.
Structurally, in terms of reliability and performance, it is almost
never a win.

Answer 7

It could be a virus. Right click the task bar and select Task Manager. Click the Processes tab. Find out which program ('Image Name") is using the memory and do an internet search on Yahoo. If nothing turns up, add the word "spyware" or "virus" to your intenet search.

Answer 8

that's conceivable a fatal disease/trojan is correct to between the svchost methods. Mine has 9 working each and every of the time yet no longer utilising almost that lots RAM mixed.in case you in addition to would happen to work out a rundll32.dll technique working in job supervisor, there is an possibility there's a fatal disease working besides. i could run a malware test and virus test first to work out what comes up. Open job supervisor. technique tab decide on coach methods from All clientele there will be many countless svchost.exe. top click the technique ( svchost) and choose circulate to centers. it somewhat is going to now coach you the provider related to the svchost technique. in case you have any suspicious archives working of it, you would be sure in the event that they're threats or everyday domicile windows methods.

Answer 9

There are some applications running in the background that use some of the CPU processing speed after you start up your computer.

Answer 10

Hit ctrl-alt-delete and check the processes running in the task manager, it will tell you which ones are using processor time, then you can determine if its a malicious program or something else running in the background.