radamsk1,
What problem does a application running flat out cause you? Any high
priority application that is not performing physical I/O will consume all
CPU power available.
"Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> radamsk1 wrote:
> Quote:
>>
>> Sorry about the lack of info.
>>
>> 2GHz Core Duo, 2GB Ram, Dell XPS 1210 with Vista Home Premium. I've
>> never had any of these problems prior to the start of this about a week
>> ago. No new installed programs, nothing found on antivirus or spyware
>> scans. On Task manager less than 50% of memory seems used, no major
>> use of virtual memory is noted. Randomly one process running will
>> suddenly go to 100% usage and be sustained for a few minutes, upon
>> ending of the program in task manager, CPU use returns to normal within
>> 30 seconds. However, this happens with many programs, not just one
>> single running program.
>>
>>
>
> Do clean boot troubleshooting because something is causing this, whether
> it
> is easily apparent to you or not. :-)
>
> How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows
> Vista -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;929135
>
> Also, please review these general malware removal steps to see if you were
> as thorough in your scanning. If you weren't, it would be a good idea to
> do
> at least some of the steps. But try the clean boot troubleshooting first.
>
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
>
> Malke
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