Something running in background. Don't know what to do?

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danii

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Hi Folks, I have Vista 32 on 2.33Ghz Core2 Quad Dell.

I have something running in the background everytime I turn on the computer and it doesn't seem to end.

It causes significant latency when clicking to do any task, open another web page or open a photograph in documents etc.

It sounds like it is running like a train and I don't know what it is.

When I previously had Windows 98 and anything was running I could ctrl/alt/dlt and the task manager then would make it easy for me to see what was running then.

Now with Vista a long list comes up in processes and I can see many things active so I don't know what is causing this.

There is movement in processes on: mcshield...SASCORE.....SystemIdle....WksCal...and Superantispyware

Any ideas what I can do? This seems to be recent and its really bogging things down.

Thanks for any help.
 

My Computer

System One

Try CTRL,SHIFT ESC and check applications then Processes click memory to bring most used to the top what is there?
forget about system idle what are the other main users
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
From google or system look:
mcshield = mcafee [can't be stopped as long as you have mcafee]
SASCORE = superantispyware
WksCal = Microsoft Work Suite Calender
system idle = displays the amount of CPU not is use.

Some processes can be stopped although you might lose partial functionality of some of your programs. Others, particularly firewalls and anti-virus, cannot. How much memory do you have? What do you usually do with your computer?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
Thanks for the replies............when I hit memory system idle is the top one and at 73 and the only other ones seemingly moving are sascore and wkscal....something is really wrong as this never did this before a couple of days ago...........it sounds like there is a train running in my computer.

Also Firefox is crashing when it never ever did before, and it will only open once and if I close it it will not open again.........I have to reboot......I don't know if that info can help trouble shoot this.

Thanks again

Also as a user I just surf the web and answer e-mail.....I don't play games or do any heavy cpu user things, I do watch youtube vids sometimes however.
 

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System One

Why don't you try a clean boot-

run msconfig.exe. In the Services tab, checkmark the box to hide all Microsoft services and then checkmark the box to disable all other services. In the Startup tab, checkmark the box to disable all startup items. Reboot. Does the problem still occur?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
As an FYI, the system idle at 73% is good.

Can you d/l coretemp or realtemp and post the temperatures?

You might be over heating, which would cause your fan to run and your system to slow down.
Core Temp
Real Temp - CPU temperature monitoring
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
My Firefox and my e-mail will only open once from the desktop icon now after starting up the computer. If I close either one they will not re-open without rebooting.

If I go to processes and end the Firefox task it still will not re-open the browser.

My Firefox is also freezing during surfing which never happened before. It sounds like there is a train running on my computer and I can't find out what it is.
 

My Computer

System One

Did you try the clean boot? That could tell you that something, like a program that organizes media on your system, is running at startup.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
These are all good ideas and you should try them all. System idle is how long your computer is doing nothing so you can forget that.
You could go to services.msc and stop super antispyware from running all the time. Just use it as a scanner every couple of days. It only really looks for advertising cookies and they won't really harm your computer.
Temp check would be one of my first things then the clean boot.

this is the same for Vista

Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup - Windows 7 Forums

Tutorial thanks to Brink
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
danii said:
when I hit memory system idle is the top one and at 73
Click to expand...

System idle is the amount of CPU usage NOT in use. So if system idle says 73% then only 27% is in use. In other words you really don't have to worry about system idle unless that number is really low.

Stopping the superantisypware service is a good idea and it might fix your problem however if that doesn't help I suggest that you scan your computer for viruses.:shock: You might also look at the processes that have the highest CPU usage.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
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