Task Manager using 100% CPU

[Sherry]

Everything was fine when I turned my computer off and the
next morning when I turned it on it took nearly two hours
to boot up.

I removed everything from start up but, XP still takes
over 30 minutes to boot-up, and once up, everything is
EXTREMELY slow; pressing Start button takes 2-3 minutes
to show start menu.

With no applications running, in the task manager window,
taskmgr.exe is using 100% CPU.

I have XP Home that came installed on my HP Pavilion 325N.

I ran virus scan with up-to-date Norton 2002 and spyware
removal (SpyBot).

I DO NOT have SP1 or Q811493 installed. Indexing is
turned off.

I am at wits end... any ideas other than tossing the
thing in the trash?

[Panik]

Out of curiousoty, if you eliminated all programs from the HD but XP, why
would you not just reinstall the operating system. Many times you can
reinstall the OS without losing saved HD data. As long as you do not format
the disk. I would try this first to see if it will fix the problem.


"Sherry" > wrote in message
...
> Everything was fine when I turned my computer off and the
> next morning when I turned it on it took nearly two hours
> to boot up.
>
> I removed everything from start up but, XP still takes
> over 30 minutes to boot-up, and once up, everything is
> EXTREMELY slow; pressing Start button takes 2-3 minutes
> to show start menu.
>
> With no applications running, in the task manager window,
> taskmgr.exe is using 100% CPU.
>
> I have XP Home that came installed on my HP Pavilion 325N.
>
> I ran virus scan with up-to-date Norton 2002 and spyware
> removal (SpyBot).
>
> I DO NOT have SP1 or Q811493 installed. Indexing is
> turned off.
>
> I am at wits end... any ideas other than tossing the
> thing in the trash?

[Sherry]

I didn't eliminate anything from the hard drive, only
from Windows start up because Norton and other programs
took over 2 hours to load when booting up.

Can't re-install because PC came with XP already
installed but crappy PC didn't come with any software CDs
and I ABSOLUTELY refuse to go out and buy XP.


>-----Original Message-----
>Out of curiousoty, if you eliminated all programs from
the HD but XP, why
>would you not just reinstall the operating system. Many
times you can
>reinstall the OS without losing saved HD data. As long
as you do not format
>the disk. I would try this first to see if it will fix
the problem.
>
>
>"Sherry" > wrote in message
...
>> Everything was fine when I turned my computer off and
the
>> next morning when I turned it on it took nearly two
hours
>> to boot up.
>>
>> I removed everything from start up but, XP still takes
>> over 30 minutes to boot-up, and once up, everything is
>> EXTREMELY slow; pressing Start button takes 2-3 minutes
>> to show start menu.
>>
>> With no applications running, in the task manager
window,
>> taskmgr.exe is using 100% CPU.
>>
>> I have XP Home that came installed on my HP Pavilion
325N.
>>
>> I ran virus scan with up-to-date Norton 2002 and
spyware
>> removal (SpyBot).
>>
>> I DO NOT have SP1 or Q811493 installed. Indexing is
>> turned off.
>>
>> I am at wits end... any ideas other than tossing the
>> thing in the trash?
>
>
>.
>

[PattiJ]

My computer(HP) didn't come with restore CD's either, I had to call to have
them mailed to me. Cost ten dollars. I imagine any of the computer companies
will send them. Not as good as a clean install but not $200.00 or $100.00
upgrade either. Worked fine for complete restore, don't know how it is on
repair. Hope this helps a little.

pattij

"Sherry" > wrote in message
...
> I didn't eliminate anything from the hard drive, only
> from Windows start up because Norton and other programs
> took over 2 hours to load when booting up.
>
> Can't re-install because PC came with XP already
> installed but crappy PC didn't come with any software CDs
> and I ABSOLUTELY refuse to go out and buy XP.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Out of curiousoty, if you eliminated all programs from
> the HD but XP, why
> >would you not just reinstall the operating system. Many
> times you can
> >reinstall the OS without losing saved HD data. As long
> as you do not format
> >the disk. I would try this first to see if it will fix
> the problem.
> >
> >
> >"Sherry" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Everything was fine when I turned my computer off and
> the
> >> next morning when I turned it on it took nearly two
> hours
> >> to boot up.
> >>
> >> I removed everything from start up but, XP still takes
> >> over 30 minutes to boot-up, and once up, everything is
> >> EXTREMELY slow; pressing Start button takes 2-3 minutes
> >> to show start menu.
> >>
> >> With no applications running, in the task manager
> window,
> >> taskmgr.exe is using 100% CPU.
> >>
> >> I have XP Home that came installed on my HP Pavilion
> 325N.
> >>
> >> I ran virus scan with up-to-date Norton 2002 and
> spyware
> >> removal (SpyBot).
> >>
> >> I DO NOT have SP1 or Q811493 installed. Indexing is
> >> turned off.
> >>
> >> I am at wits end... any ideas other than tossing the
> >> thing in the trash?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Tim L]

Hp computers recovery disk is loaded on the HD in it's
own partiton under start/programs/HP Recovery or
something like that.
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer(HP) didn't come with restore CD's either, I
had to call to have
>them mailed to me. Cost ten dollars. I imagine any of
the computer companies
>will send them. Not as good as a clean install but not
$200.00 or $100.00
>upgrade either. Worked fine for complete restore, don't
know how it is on
>repair. Hope this helps a little.
>
>pattij
>
>"Sherry" > wrote in message
...
>> I didn't eliminate anything from the hard drive, only
>> from Windows start up because Norton and other programs
>> took over 2 hours to load when booting up.
>>
>> Can't re-install because PC came with XP already
>> installed but crappy PC didn't come with any software
CDs
>> and I ABSOLUTELY refuse to go out and buy XP.
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Out of curiousoty, if you eliminated all programs from
>> the HD but XP, why
>> >would you not just reinstall the operating system.
Many
>> times you can
>> >reinstall the OS without losing saved HD data. As
long
>> as you do not format
>> >the disk. I would try this first to see if it will
fix
>> the problem.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Sherry" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Everything was fine when I turned my computer off
and
>> the
>> >> next morning when I turned it on it took nearly two
>> hours
>> >> to boot up.
>> >>
>> >> I removed everything from start up but, XP still
takes
>> >> over 30 minutes to boot-up, and once up, everything
is
>> >> EXTREMELY slow; pressing Start button takes 2-3
minutes
>> >> to show start menu.
>> >>
>> >> With no applications running, in the task manager
>> window,
>> >> taskmgr.exe is using 100% CPU.
>> >>
>> >> I have XP Home that came installed on my HP Pavilion
>> 325N.
>> >>
>> >> I ran virus scan with up-to-date Norton 2002 and
>> spyware
>> >> removal (SpyBot).
>> >>
>> >> I DO NOT have SP1 or Q811493 installed. Indexing is
>> >> turned off.
>> >>
>> >> I am at wits end... any ideas other than tossing the
>> >> thing in the trash?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>