| Windows 7: CPU going up to 100% for no reason. |
19 Aug 2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium64bit |
CPU going up to 100% for no reason. So this is my uncle's laptop, and he said his laptop have been slow for quite a time, after I scanned his laptop by microsoft security essentials, didn't find anything bad, and the cpu is still 100%, here's the screenshot for it. Hope some could find a problem for me | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium64bit |
19 Aug 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Here is a grate place to start. It has helped many. Optimize Windows 7 | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
19 Aug 2012
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#3 | | Win7 H.Prem. 32bit+SP1 Scotland |
Open Task Manager, click 'Show processes for all users' then click CPU tab to show highest at the top of the list. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Look in my Signature. OS Win7 H.Prem. 32bit+SP1 |
19 Aug 2012
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#4 | | Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 East Bay Area, CA |
| My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq sr5410f case OS Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 CPU AMD X2 4450E @ 2.3 ghz Motherboard Biostar MCP6P M2+ Memory 4.0 g Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT , 512mb Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays auria eq2367 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard logitech wave cordless Mouse logitech LX8 cordless laser mouse PSU 250 watts Case Compaq Cooling couple fans Hard Drives 1 tb Hitachi HDT721010SLA scsi, 500 gb external Internet Speed comcast hi speed 19 dn 8 up Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser IE10 Other Info Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 |
19 Aug 2012
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#5 | | 32bit Windows 7 Ultimate SW France |
Your post doesn't really tell that much apart from your uncle using MSE as the AV.
The posts above are really good but rather than go straight in with "optimising this and that" l would start off with the basics first.
If you haven't got them already, download the following free software -
CCleaner
Glary Utilities 1 click maintenance
SuperAntiSpyware
Malwarebytes
I'm not sure whether l'm allowed to post links to these but you'll find them via google anyway.
Before you run each one, check for their updates first.
Once you've run them, and they have "done their thing", you can either choose to keep them, which is
advisable, or you can remove them via the control panels remove programs option.
Then go to start, type in msconfig, and select the msconfig entry.
When you get the System Configuration Panel up, select the startup tab. The only tab that really needs to be ticked for now is your AV. Uncheck all others, select ok, and you'll probably need to reboot.
After all of that, then see how your uncle's laptop goes! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built System OS 32bit Windows 7 Ultimate CPU AMD Athlon II X2 250 dual core Motherboard MSI 760GM-E51 Memory 4 x 1GB dual channel DDR3 @587MHz (7-7-7-20) Crucial Ram Graphics Card Built in ATI graphics Sound Card Sound Maker Value 5.1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer P224W Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech hard wired Qwerty Keyboard Mouse Microsoft Basic Optical hard wired PSU Heden 480W ATX V2.2 Case ATX Tower Cooling n/a Hard Drives 2 x 500gb Samsung HD502HJ Sata Internet Speed ADSL Av.download - 2.10Mb/s Av.upload - 0.14Mb/s Other Info Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8584A
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19 Aug 2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium64bit |
Thanks for all the replies  , I will eventually try every single one, and here's the process list after I click on the "show processes for all users", and there are bunch of svchost.exe .. and thats the process which the problem came from I can tell.. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium64bit |
19 Aug 2012
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#7 | | Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 East Bay Area, CA |

Quote: Originally Posted by willythecat Your post doesn't really tell that much apart from your uncle using MSE as the AV.
The posts above are really good but rather than go straight in with "optimising this and that" l would start off with the basics first.
If you haven't got them already, download the following free software -
CCleaner
Glary Utilities 1 click maintenance
SuperAntiSpyware
Malwarebytes
I'm not sure whether l'm allowed to post links to these but you'll find them via google anyway.
Before you run each one, check for their updates first.
Once you've run them, and they have "done their thing", you can either choose to keep them, which is
advisable, or you can remove them via the control panels remove programs option. Then go to start, type in msconfig, and select the msconfig entry. When you get the System Configuration Panel up, select the startup tab. The only tab that really needs to be ticked for now is your AV. Uncheck all others, select ok, and you'll probably need to reboot.
After all of that, then see how your uncle's laptop goes! You don't need a bunch of programs to start off with...The bolded part above is a good start, which is also mentioned in the tutorial I linked above. Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
Malwarebytes free is a good malware scanner, Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware removes malware including viruses, spyware, worms and trojans, plus it protects your computer | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq sr5410f case OS Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 CPU AMD X2 4450E @ 2.3 ghz Motherboard Biostar MCP6P M2+ Memory 4.0 g Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT , 512mb Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays auria eq2367 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard logitech wave cordless Mouse logitech LX8 cordless laser mouse PSU 250 watts Case Compaq Cooling couple fans Hard Drives 1 tb Hitachi HDT721010SLA scsi, 500 gb external Internet Speed comcast hi speed 19 dn 8 up Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser IE10 Other Info Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 |
19 Aug 2012
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Well we are all getting to the same pond using different roads. Looking down all the roads and I was the OP I would choose this road. Posted by derekimo. Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive Internet Speed 3.0 mb Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall |
19 Aug 2012
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#9 | | Windows 7 Home Premium64bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by kevinli111 Thanks for all the replies  , I will eventually try every single one, and here's the process list after I click on the "show processes for all users", and there are bunch of svchost.exe .. and thats the process which the problem came from I can tell.. 
Ahh, I think the problem came from svchost.exe though.. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium64bit |
19 Aug 2012
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#10 | | 32bit Windows 7 Ultimate SW France |
Totally agree with you Derek, wasn't trying to be awkward and l've even used the links you suggested myself.
What l was trying to say was that because there may be a load of cr*p on the computer, as this would definitely slow it down, l would have gone with my suggestions first and then followed up with the remainder of your lists as it may save time. Just a thought?
Just to digress, surely the svchost.exe entries that Kevin is worried about are sort of irrelevant as they do not show what dll libraries are bundled up within each one. Therefore it boils down to tailoring the up and running services.
I'd still go with just a clean up first, as well as the msconfig file adjusment, and then post back screenshots after that.
Kevin is obviosly going to try everything out, so we'll see how it goes
Regards | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built System OS 32bit Windows 7 Ultimate CPU AMD Athlon II X2 250 dual core Motherboard MSI 760GM-E51 Memory 4 x 1GB dual channel DDR3 @587MHz (7-7-7-20) Crucial Ram Graphics Card Built in ATI graphics Sound Card Sound Maker Value 5.1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer P224W Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech hard wired Qwerty Keyboard Mouse Microsoft Basic Optical hard wired PSU Heden 480W ATX V2.2 Case ATX Tower Cooling n/a Hard Drives 2 x 500gb Samsung HD502HJ Sata Internet Speed ADSL Av.download - 2.10Mb/s Av.upload - 0.14Mb/s Other Info Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8584A
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