cpu usage at 100%

My computer freezes up with cpu usage at 100% and the only
thing using is iexplore with 99% or 100% cpu usage.What is
this thing doing and how can i fix it. My other computer i
had never did this with XP home.

[Randy Byrne [MVP]]

We first must determine what it causing this CPU spike.

Can you open task manager (rt click taskbar) and select the process tab. On that tab,
you can see what process (may be a background process) that is the offender.

Post back what info you find.

Randy

> wrote in message
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> My computer freezes up with cpu usage at 100% and the only
> thing using is iexplore with 99% or 100% cpu usage.What is
> this thing doing and how can i fix it. My other computer i
> had never did this with XP home.

The process that consumes 100% is iexplore.exe, any ideas
will be appreciated
>-----Original Message-----
>We first must determine what it causing this CPU spike.
>
>Can you open task manager (rt click taskbar) and select
the process tab. On that tab,
>you can see what process (may be a background process)
that is the offender.
>
>Post back what info you find.
>
>Randy
>
> wrote in message
...
>> My computer freezes up with cpu usage at 100% and the
only
>> thing using is iexplore with 99% or 100% cpu usage.What
is
>> this thing doing and how can i fix it. My other
computer i
>> had never did this with XP home.
>
>
>.
>

[Randy Byrne [MVP]]

It's probably not IE, but some downloaded add-on to IE that is causing this. Download
these two and run them.

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spybot
http://tinyurl.com/btf8

There are freeware version available that should do the trick if it is an IE
add-on/hijacker program.

Good luck.

Randy


> wrote in message
...
> The process that consumes 100% is iexplore.exe, any ideas
> will be appreciated
> >-----Original Message-----
> >We first must determine what it causing this CPU spike.
> >
> >Can you open task manager (rt click taskbar) and select
> the process tab. On that tab,
> >you can see what process (may be a background process)
> that is the offender.
> >
> >Post back what info you find.
> >
> >Randy
> >
> > wrote in message
> ...
> >> My computer freezes up with cpu usage at 100% and the
> only
> >> thing using is iexplore with 99% or 100% cpu usage.What
> is
> >> this thing doing and how can i fix it. My other
> computer i
> >> had never did this with XP home.
> >
> >
> >.
> >