High CPU Usage

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With a 2.4G processor,I would think it could handle your
programs,which leads me to think heat is your culprit,
make sure all fans are running and cool.Try adding a
floor fan near putter for a while and see if that
helps.Also I would suggest more ram and if you don't have
a video card installed with its own processor,I would do
that also....Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have been experiencing a problem with some programs in
>XP that run at 99% CPU Usage and prolonged use of these
>programs cause the system to freeze.
>I have a 2.4 GHZ Pentium 4 processor and 256 MB of DDR
>Ram.
>
>The programs I have problems with are as follows:
>
>Hoyle Card Games
>TMPEG - this converts avi files to mpegs
>Any DVD to VCD program (I've tried more than one)
>Picture Shuttle which is a program used for my Fujifilm
>digital camera to transfer pictures from the camera to
>the computer.
>
>This is becoming increasingly frustrating. I have spoken
>to a few people who blithely tell me that some of the
>programs are processor intensive. I appreciate that, but
>as I've said, prolonged use (in some cases 10 minutes or
>more) causes the system to freeze.
>
>I've done a virus check and it's a clean sweep.
>
>When I run Task Manager the high CPU Usage is always
>taken up exclusively by whichever of these programs I am
>running.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>David.
>.
>