Performance problem with Windows XP can't figure it out. Toy Yoda <gtdegamo[ at ]gmail.com> 12/4/2008 3:31:13 PM Hello. My dell laptop running Windows XP SP 3. Appears starting an app, closing an app. Even right clicking to display a drop down menu can take time. Drilling down the start menu's sub menu's (example Clicking start > settings > control panel ) can take time to draw each menu. It's almost as if the computer is caching. Music stutters on itunes. Laptop has wireless connection but is also docked with an ethernet cable attached. I just can't figure out what is causing all the cpu usage, when a clear majority of them are at 0 cpu and the ones that have usage don't appear to be using too much resources. any suggestions are welcome thanks. System properties: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2600 [ at ] 2.16GHz 994MHz, 2.00 GB of RAM Physical Address Extension If I look at the Windows Task Manager: The performance tab: CPU Usage: Fluctuates alot even with little to know user activity. It fluctuates beteen 40% to 100%, It looks like a seismograph. PF Usage: 406MB. Hangles: 12380 Threads: 534 Processes: 59 Physical Memory Total: 2095216 Available: 1479264 System Cache 763076 Commit Charge Total: 416536 Limit: 5081060 Peak: 703012 Kernel Memory Total 129624 Paged: 111104 Nonpaged: 18576 On the networking tab: Utilization almost always zero. Network Connect Adapter is in a non-operational state. All other items appear okay. Under processes tab: System Idle Process is usually around 50-60%. Mem usage for any process does not appear that high. Applications tab: Two applications running.

Re: Performance problem with Windows XP can't figure it out. "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> 12/4/2008 5:00:13 PM What is the image name of the process producing high CPU usage? If it is one of the svchost entries you should use Process Explorer to identify which. Download Process Explorer. For further information about Process Explorer see here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place cursor on Process and select Properties, Image. What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What is your firewall? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toy Yoda wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello. > > My dell laptop running Windows XP SP 3. Appears starting an app, > closing an app. Even right clicking to display a drop down menu can > take time. Drilling down the start menu's sub menu's (example > Clicking start > settings > control panel ) can take time to draw > each > menu. It's almost as if the computer is caching. Music stutters on > itunes. > > > Laptop has wireless connection but is also docked with an ethernet > cable attached. > > > I just can't figure out what is causing all the cpu usage, when a > clear majority of them are at 0 cpu and the ones that have usage > don't > appear to be using too much resources. > > > any suggestions are welcome > > > thanks. > > > System properties: > > > Genuine Intel(R) CPU > T2600 [ at ] 2.16GHz > 994MHz, 2.00 GB of RAM > Physical Address Extension > > > If I look at the Windows Task Manager: > > > The performance tab: > > > CPU Usage: Fluctuates alot even with little to know user activity. > It > fluctuates beteen 40% to 100%, It looks like a seismograph. > > > PF Usage: 406MB. > Hangles: 12380 > Threads: 534 > Processes: 59 > > > Physical Memory > Total: 2095216 > Available: 1479264 > System Cache 763076 > > > Commit Charge > Total: 416536 > Limit: 5081060 > Peak: 703012 > > > Kernel Memory > Total 129624 > Paged: 111104 > Nonpaged: 18576 > > > On the networking tab: Utilization almost always zero. Network > Connect Adapter is in a non-operational state. > All other items appear okay. > > > Under processes tab: > > > System Idle Process is usually around 50-60%. > Mem usage for any process does not appear that high. > > > Applications tab: > > > Two applications running.

Re: Performance problem with Windows XP can't figure it out. Toy Yoda <gtdegamo[ at ]gmail.com> 12/4/2008 6:50:23 PM On Dec 4, 12:00 pm, "Gerry" <ge...[ at ]nospam.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > What is the image name of the process producing high CPU usage? If it is > one of the svchost entries you should use Process Explorer to identify > which. > > Download Process Explorer. > For further information about Process Explorer see here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/Proce... > > It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost > process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place > cursor on Process and select Properties, Image. > > What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What is your > firewall? > > -- > > Hope  this helps. > > Gerry > ~~~~ > FCA > Stourport, England > Enquire, plan and execute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Toy Yoda wrote: > > Hello. > > > My dell laptop running Windows XP SP 3.  Appears starting an app, > > closing an app.  Even right clicking to display a drop down menu can > > take time.  Drilling down the start menu's sub menu's (example > > Clicking start > settings > control panel ) can take time to draw > > each > > menu.  It's almost as if the computer is caching.  Music stutters on > > itunes. > > > Laptop has wireless connection but is also docked with an ethernet > > cable attached. > > > I just can't figure out what is causing all the cpu usage, when a > > clear majority of them are at 0 cpu and the ones that have usage > > don't > > appear to be using too much resources. > > > any suggestions are welcome > > > thanks. > > > System properties: > > > Genuine Intel(R) CPU > > T2600 [ at ] 2.16GHz > > 994MHz, 2.00 GB of RAM > > Physical Address Extension > > > If I look at the Windows Task Manager: > > > The performance tab: > > > CPU Usage: Fluctuates alot even with little to know user activity. > > It > > fluctuates beteen 40% to 100%,  It looks like a seismograph. > > > PF Usage: 406MB. > > Hangles: 12380 > > Threads: 534 > > Processes: 59 > > > Physical Memory > > Total: 2095216 > > Available: 1479264 > > System Cache 763076 > > > Commit Charge > > Total: 416536 > > Limit: 5081060 > > Peak: 703012 > > > Kernel Memory > > Total 129624 > > Paged: 111104 > > Nonpaged: 18576 > > > On the networking tab: Utilization almost always zero.   Network > > Connect Adapter is in a non-operational state. > > All other items appear okay. > > > Under processes tab: > > > System Idle Process is usually around 50-60%. > > Mem usage for any process does not appear that high. > > > Applications tab: > > > Two applications running.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for the suggestion I will try it out. As for the process using high cpu usage, there really isn't clearly a dominant one. The cpu usage added together for all the cpu's listed add up to much less than the total cpu usage which is what makes it puzzling. Perhaps the top 5 process in terms of cpu usage is less than half the total cpu usage. After the top 5, you get nearly a few 1-5 cpu usage per process and most processes have 0 usage. Mem usage doesn't look unusally high either.

Re: Performance problem with Windows XP can't figure it out. "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> 12/4/2008 7:44:50 PM What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What is your firewall? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toy Yoda wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Dec 4, 12:00 pm, "Gerry" <ge...[ at ]nospam.com> wrote: >> What is the image name of the process producing high CPU usage? If >> it is >> one of the svchost entries you should use Process Explorer to >> identify >> which. >> >> Download Process Explorer. >> For further information about Process Explorer see >> here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/Proce... >> >> It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost >> process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place >> cursor on Process and select Properties, Image. >> >> What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? What is your >> firewall? >> >> -- >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~ >> FCA >> Stourport, England >> Enquire, plan and execute >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> Toy Yoda wrote: >>> Hello. >> >>> My dell laptop running Windows XP SP 3. Appears starting an app, >>> closing an app. Even right clicking to display a drop down menu can >>> take time. Drilling down the start menu's sub menu's (example >>> Clicking start > settings > control panel ) can take time to draw >>> each >>> menu. It's almost as if the computer is caching. Music stutters on >>> itunes. >> >>> Laptop has wireless connection but is also docked with an ethernet >>> cable attached. >> >>> I just can't figure out what is causing all the cpu usage, when a >>> clear majority of them are at 0 cpu and the ones that have usage >>> don't >>> appear to be using too much resources. >> >>> any suggestions are welcome >> >>> thanks. >> >>> System properties: >> >>> Genuine Intel(R) CPU >>> T2600 [ at ] 2.16GHz >>> 994MHz, 2.00 GB of RAM >>> Physical Address Extension >> >>> If I look at the Windows Task Manager: >> >>> The performance tab: >> >>> CPU Usage: Fluctuates alot even with little to know user activity. >>> It >>> fluctuates beteen 40% to 100%, It looks like a seismograph. >> >>> PF Usage: 406MB. >>> Hangles: 12380 >>> Threads: 534 >>> Processes: 59 >> >>> Physical Memory >>> Total: 2095216 >>> Available: 1479264 >>> System Cache 763076 >> >>> Commit Charge >>> Total: 416536 >>> Limit: 5081060 >>> Peak: 703012 >> >>> Kernel Memory >>> Total 129624 >>> Paged: 111104 >>> Nonpaged: 18576 >> >>> On the networking tab: Utilization almost always zero. Network >>> Connect Adapter is in a non-operational state. >>> All other items appear okay. >> >>> Under processes tab: >> >>> System Idle Process is usually around 50-60%. >>> Mem usage for any process does not appear that high. >> >>> Applications tab: >> >>> Two applications running.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Thanks for the suggestion I will try it out. As for the process using > high cpu usage, there really isn't clearly a dominant one. The cpu > usage added together for all the cpu's listed add up to much less than > the total cpu usage which is what makes it puzzling. Perhaps the top > 5 process in terms of cpu usage is less than half the total cpu > usage. After the top 5, you get nearly a few 1-5 cpu usage per > process and most processes have 0 usage. > > Mem usage doesn't look unusally high either.

Re: Performance problem with Windows XP can't figure it out. "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM[ at ]myrealboxXYZ.invalid> 12/5/2008 5:55:51 AM "Toy Yoda" <gtdegamo[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:f6ab8e91-5aa1-40b4-9155-9734c263fe3e[ at ]s9g2000prm.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello. > > My dell laptop running Windows XP SP 3. Appears starting an app, > closing an app. Even right clicking to display a drop down menu can > take time. Drilling down the start menu's sub menu's (example > Clicking start > settings > control panel ) can take time to draw > each menu. It's almost as if the computer is caching. Music stutters > on itunes. When did this problem start? Do you recall installing anything right before? Did you have the same problem under SP2? Have you tried any of the methods mentioned on this page?: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819946 Do other profiles behave the same way? Try a clean boot if necessary: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 If the problem goes away, systematically re-enable startup programs and processes until you determine which one is the culprit.