Hard drive appears to be continualy running

[Wayne]

I have been running Windows XP on my laptop for over a year with no problems.
Have had up to date antivirus and spyware software running but all of a
sudden everything has slowed down and my hard drive light appears to be on
the whole time. I Have tried antivirus/spyware scans, defrag etc. but appears
to make no difference.

Have opened up task manager and it show the system idle process at about 96%
but below this shows CPU usage at around 40-60%. No other processes are shown
to be running. Any thoughts or help ?

[Gerry]

Wayne

The information you are providing from Task Manager needs to be
rechecked. If System Idle shows CPU at 96% then other processes can only
total 4% not 40-60%!

Try running Disk CleanUp in all user profiles.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.

What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
this information.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wayne wrote:
> I have been running Windows XP on my laptop for over a year with no
> problems. Have had up to date antivirus and spyware software running
> but all of a sudden everything has slowed down and my hard drive
> light appears to be on the whole time. I Have tried antivirus/spyware
> scans, defrag etc. but appears to make no difference.
>
> Have opened up task manager and it show the system idle process at
> about 96% but below this shows CPU usage at around 40-60%. No other
> processes are shown to be running. Any thoughts or help ?

[Angie]

Hi, Wayne,
Here's a possibility. Think Windows Update gone awry. I had a constantly
churning cpu, and through observation and woman's intuition, I discerned the
problem to be a run-away Windows Update. I fixed the problem, but
unfortunately my aged brain does not remember how I accomplished it. It
vaguely seems that .Net Framework, also, had to be reinstalled along about
that time. Perhaps my experience will be of some help to you.

[Wayne]

Hi Gerry, thanks for assistance.

I have re chanked info from task manager and System Idle Process is showing
between 90-98% but still the cpu usage listing under it shows CPU useage at
between 40-50%.

I regards to other questinons-

Commit Charge- Total, 757248 Limit, 2519668 Peak, 840728

Hard Drive 55 GB total size, 34 Gb used 32 Gb free

CPU- Intel Centino Duo each @ 1.83 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM


ALso when i go to tak manager under the performance tab there are two graphs
which I assume are fopr each of the processor performances. One is running at
almost 100% and the other at virtually nothing.

Have tried all other suggestions re disk clean, defrag etc. but problem
still exists. I have also tried ADAWARE and SPYBOT scans and they also show
nothing.

ANy Suggestions? and thanks for your help

Cheers

Wayne




"Gerry" wrote:

> Wayne
>
> The information you are providing from Task Manager needs to be
> rechecked. If System Idle shows CPU at 96% then other processes can only
> total 4% not 40-60%!
>
> Try running Disk CleanUp in all user profiles.
>
> Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
> Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
> select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
> More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
> Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.
>
> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>
> How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
> your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this information.
>
> What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
> your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
> this information.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Wayne wrote:
> > I have been running Windows XP on my laptop for over a year with no
> > problems. Have had up to date antivirus and spyware software running
> > but all of a sudden everything has slowed down and my hard drive
> > light appears to be on the whole time. I Have tried antivirus/spyware
> > scans, defrag etc. but appears to make no difference.
> >
> > Have opened up task manager and it show the system idle process at
> > about 96% but below this shows CPU usage at around 40-60%. No other
> > processes are shown to be running. Any thoughts or help ?
>
>
>

[Wayne]

Hi Angie, thanks for your assistance.

I havbe tried windows and micrisoft updates but all I get is that all
updates have been installed. I will try the .NEt Framwork and see if it makes
any difference.

Cheers

Steve

"Angie" wrote:

>
> Hi, Wayne,
> Here's a possibility. Think Windows Update gone awry. I had a constantly
> churning cpu, and through observation and woman's intuition, I discerned the
> problem to be a run-away Windows Update. I fixed the problem, but
> unfortunately my aged brain does not remember how I accomplished it. It
> vaguely seems that .Net Framework, also, had to be reinstalled along about
> that time. Perhaps my experience will be of some help to you.

[Angie]

Hi, Wayne,
I put on my thinking cap, and I now know how I was able to fix the problem
of the constantly churning cpu. It was with the excellent expertise of
Shenan Stanley (bless him; he's super) and following his directions that the
matter was solved beautifully. Following is Shenan's posted instructions
(the ones that I followed):

rlamou wrote:
> I cannot get any of other software to work because the svchost.exe
> file is using all my processor's load... I have noticed that there
> are 5 svchost.exe files working when I start my computer....

The number of them listed is normal (or even low.)
The processor usage may be an issue that is well known and easily
repairable...

1) Reboot and logon as a user with Administrative Privs...
2) Immediately run the following batch script (You will have to create it by
cutting/pasting as directed.)

- Click Start, Run, type: notepad C:\register.bat and press Enter. Choose
Yes when you are prompted.
- Copy the following commands and then paste them into the opened Notepad
window:

regsvr32 comcat.dll /s
regsvr32 shdoc401.dll /s
regsvr32 shdoc401.dll /i /s
regsvr32 asctrls.ocx /s
regsvr32 oleaut32.dll /s
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll /I /s
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll /s
regsvr32 browseui.dll /s
regsvr32 browseui.dll /I /s
regsvr32 msrating.dll /s
regsvr32 mlang.dll /s
regsvr32 hlink.dll /s
regsvr32 mshtmled.dll /s
regsvr32 urlmon.dll /s
regsvr32 plugin.ocx /s
regsvr32 sendmail.dll /s
regsvr32 scrobj.dll /s
regsvr32 mmefxe.ocx /s
regsvr32 corpol.dll /s
regsvr32 jscript.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml.dll /s
regsvr32 imgutil.dll /s
regsvr32 thumbvw.dll /s
regsvr32 cryptext.dll /s
regsvr32 rsabase.dll /s
regsvr32 inseng.dll /s
regsvr32 iesetup.dll /i /s
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll /s
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll /s
regsvr32 dispex.dll /s
regsvr32 occache.dll /s
regsvr32 occache.dll /i /s
regsvr32 iepeers.dll /s
regsvr32 urlmon.dll /i /s
regsvr32 cdfview.dll /s
regsvr32 webcheck.dll /s
regsvr32 mobsync.dll /s
regsvr32 pngfilt.dll /s
regsvr32 licmgr10.dll /s
regsvr32 icmfilter.dll /s
regsvr32 hhctrl.ocx /s
regsvr32 inetcfg.dll /s
regsvr32 tdc.ocx /s
regsvr32 MSR2C.DLL /s
regsvr32 msident.dll /s
regsvr32 msieftp.dll /s
regsvr32 xmsconf.ocx /s
regsvr32 ils.dll /s
regsvr32 msoeacct.dll /s
regsvr32 inetcomm.dll /s
regsvr32 msdxm.ocx /s
regsvr32 dxmasf.dll /s
regsvr32 l3codecx.ax /s
regsvr32 acelpdec.ax /s
regsvr32 mpg4ds32.ax /s
regsvr32 voxmsdec.ax /s
regsvr32 danim.dll /s
regsvr32 Daxctle.ocx /s
regsvr32 lmrt.dll /s
regsvr32 datime.dll /s
regsvr32 dxtrans.dll /s
regsvr32 dxtmsft.dll /s
regsvr32 WEBPOST.DLL /s
regsvr32 WPWIZDLL.DLL /s
regsvr32 POSTWPP.DLL /s
regsvr32 CRSWPP.DLL /s
regsvr32 FTPWPP.DLL /s
regsvr32 FPWPP.DLL /s
regsvr32 WUAPI.DLL /s
regsvr32 WUAUENG.DLL /s
regsvr32 ATL.DLL /s
regsvr32 WUCLTUI.DLL /s
regsvr32 WUPS.DLL /s
regsvr32 WUWEB.DLL /s
regsvr32 wshom.ocx /s
regsvr32 wshext.dll /s
regsvr32 vbscript.dll /s
regsvr32 scrrun.dll mstinit.exe /setup /s
regsvr32 msnsspc.dll /SspcCreateSspiReg /s
regsvr32 msapsspc.dll /SspcCreateSspiReg /s
regsvr32 /s urlmon.dll
regsvr32 /s mshtml.dll
regsvr32 /s shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 /s browseui.dll
regsvr32 /s jscript.dll
regsvr32 /s vbscript.dll
regsvr32 /s scrrun.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml.dll
regsvr32 /s actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 /s softpub.dll
regsvr32 /s wintrust.dll
regsvr32 /s dssenh.dll
regsvr32 /s rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 /s gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 /s sccbase.dll
regsvr32 /s slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 /s cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 /s schannel.dll
regsvr32 /s oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 /s ole32.dll
regsvr32 /s shell32.dll
regsvr32 /s initpki.dll
regsvr32 /s msscript.ocx
regsvr32 /s dispex.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll /s
del %temp% /Q /F
net stop wuauserv
ren %windir%\system32\catroot2 catroot2.old
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s DataStore /Q
regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s
regsvr32 wups.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s
regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s
regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml2.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml3.dll /s
regsvr32 urlmon.dll /s
net start wuauserv
exit

- After you paste the above commands, please close the Notepad window.
Choose Yes when you are prompted to save the file.
- Click Start, Run, type:
C:\register.bat and press Enter to run the commands I have pasted.
The Process may take sometime.

3) Download/Install Windows Update v3.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237

4) Download/Install the 927891 patch.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7A81B0CD-A0B9-497E-8A89-404327772E5A

5) Reboot.


Good luck, Wayne,
Angie

[Gerry]

Wayne

Your hard drive / free disk space figures do not add together correctly.

Your figures for Total and Peak are High. What programmes are running
when you generate these figures? Do they ever increase until you
reboot?

Download Process Explorer to investigate CPU usage.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image
producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
each service does.

You will find further information on Services here:
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
tab allow it a little time to display the information.



--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wayne wrote:
> Hi Gerry, thanks for assistance.
>
> I have re chanked info from task manager and System Idle Process is
> showing between 90-98% but still the cpu usage listing under it shows
> CPU useage at between 40-50%.
>
> I regards to other questinons-
>
> Commit Charge- Total, 757248 Limit, 2519668 Peak, 840728
>
> Hard Drive 55 GB total size, 34 Gb used 32 Gb free
>
> CPU- Intel Centino Duo each @ 1.83 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM
>
>
> ALso when i go to tak manager under the performance tab there are two
> graphs which I assume are fopr each of the processor performances.
> One is running at almost 100% and the other at virtually nothing.
>
> Have tried all other suggestions re disk clean, defrag etc. but
> problem still exists. I have also tried ADAWARE and SPYBOT scans and
> they also show nothing.
>
> ANy Suggestions? and thanks for your help
>
> Cheers
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Wayne
>>
>> The information you are providing from Task Manager needs to be
>> rechecked. If System Idle shows CPU at 96% then other processes can
>> only total 4% not 40-60%!
>>
>> Try running Disk CleanUp in all user profiles.
>>
>> Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp
>> to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
>> select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
>> More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
>> Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.
>>
>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
>> Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?
>>
>> How large is your hard disk and how much free space. Right click on
>> your C drive in Windows and select Properties to get this
>> information.
>>
>> What is your CPU processor speed? How much RAM memory? Right click on
>> your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties to get
>> this information.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Wayne wrote:
>>> I have been running Windows XP on my laptop for over a year with no
>>> problems. Have had up to date antivirus and spyware software running
>>> but all of a sudden everything has slowed down and my hard drive
>>> light appears to be on the whole time. I Have tried
>>> antivirus/spyware scans, defrag etc. but appears to make no
>>> difference.
>>>
>>> Have opened up task manager and it show the system idle process at
>>> about 96% but below this shows CPU usage at around 40-60%. No other
>>> processes are shown to be running. Any thoughts or help ?