Every once and while, my computer will get very slow. When I go to Windows Task Manager, it usually show the CPU Usage chart as using 100% of the CPU. Sometimes the Processes tab shows a program using close to 100% of the CPU (frequently: iexplorer.exe, NettGain1200_C.exe, and svchost.exe). Then I just end the program controlling that process in the Application tab. But sometimes I don't see anything unusual in the Processor tab. In this case, I usually just log off or restart the computer entirely.
This has been happening every once in a while for a few years now, but eversince I got the Internet (which uses a USB connection to my cell phone) a few months ago, it has been happening more often. It used to be a few times a year; now it's a few times a month.
What's causing this, and how do I remedy it or stop it from happening again?
2007-03-02 05:20:15 · 4 answers · asked by ? 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Slow Cpu means the address is taking longer to proccess through the bus line.
Your ram may be the problem, Would you mind terribly if I ask you how much ram you have (If the speed is close to 1000 mgz then it should not be a problem.)
2007-03-09 05:33:46 · answer #1 · answered by sunscour 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I even have the comparable style yet a 2.5cpu I in particular use XP on it which paintings in lightning speed, yet I additionally arry 2 spare HDD one with Vista corporation x64 and one with Win7 corporation x64, on Vista I even have observed this difficulty yet no longer on Win7, had Dell replaced th MB two times yet comparable matters, interior the tip I narrowed right down to a board layout, as sometime the USB controller could failed unexpectedly, in spite of the maximum recent revision , its no longer a super gadget while come to reliability. try setting up XP and in simple terms use it for some weeks and notice in case you journey the comparable lags
2016-10-02 06:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by matusz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try installing one or more spyware/adware detection utilities.
Grisoft AVG and Ad-Aware have free versions that I have found to work well.
I've had IE7 "peg out the CPU" and haven't been able to figure out how to fix other than closing it.
2007-03-04 09:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by lda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have spyware try running adaware, spybot, and an antivirus scan in safe mode. If that don't work try a registry cleaner.
2007-03-02 05:23:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋