CPU Problems slowing computer down.

"Ben" wrote:

Thanks for the link for process explorer. I started it up and then went to
play one of my games so I could see what was eating up all the CPU, but even
with that it still says "System" is using up about 45-50% while the game is
using up most of the rest of it. I've got 512mb of ram installed which hasn't
been a problem even though I could do with at least another 512mb and my
graphics card is an ATI Radeon X550.


Just a shot in the dark, in case you installed some of the Microsoft August
Updates: Could the "About" in the "About a week and a half ago -" mean that
the slow down just happen to start in that time frame?

Did you observe the System Process be different BEFORE the time of slow down?

Would doing a System Restore to a point / date before the "About a week and
a half ago -" be an idea, to see if this is a hardware related problem or not?

Regards,
Ka2H

I can't be sure exactly when it happened because I'm not always home and on
the computer myself. I have tried many different restore points, but each
time it fails and so I can't be sure if it would fix the problem. But it was
about a week and a half as in might be a day off of when it started.

"Ka2H" wrote:

"Ben" wrote:

Thanks for the link for process explorer. I started it up and then went to
play one of my games so I could see what was eating up all the CPU, but even
with that it still says "System" is using up about 45-50% while the game is
using up most of the rest of it. I've got 512mb of ram installed which hasn't
been a problem even though I could do with at least another 512mb and my
graphics card is an ATI Radeon X550.


Just a shot in the dark, in case you installed some of the Microsoft August
Updates: Could the "About" in the "About a week and a half ago -" mean that
the slow down just happen to start in that time frame?

Did you observe the System Process be different BEFORE the time of slow down?

Would doing a System Restore to a point / date before the "About a week and
a half ago -" be an idea, to see if this is a hardware related problem or not?

Regards,
Ka2H

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 13:26:45
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
Faulting application utorrent.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module
ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x000111de.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 75 74 6f ure uto
0018: 72 72 65 6e 74 2e 65 78 rrent.ex
0020: 65 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e e 0.0.0.
0028: 30 20 69 6e 20 6e 74 64 0 in ntd
0030: 6c 6c 2e 64 6c 6c 20 35 ll.dll 5
0038: 2e 31 2e 32 36 30 30 2e .1.2600.
0040: 32 31 38 30 20 61 74 20 2180 at
0048: 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 offset 0
0050: 30 30 31 31 31 64 65 0d 00111de.
0058: 0a .
__________________________________________________ __________

That's the only one in Application...

__________________________________________________ ___________

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4226
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 22:17:22
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent
TCP connect attempts.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 54 00 ......T.
0008: 00 00 00 00 82 10 00 80 ....‚..€
0010: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

__________________________________________________ _____

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:46:40
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Avg7Core
Avg7RsXP

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

__________________________________________________ _________________

Event Type: Error
Event Source: ati2mtag
Event Category: CRT
Event ID: 45062
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:45:43
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
CRT invalid display type
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 5a 00 ......Z.
0008: 2c 00 00 00 06 b0 00 c0 ,....°.À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

__________________________________________________ ___________________

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:44:25
User: HOME\Hev
Computer: HOME
Description:
DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled
or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. " attempting to
start the service NMIndexingService with arguments "" in order to run the
server:
{C6A811AB-F8FF-45A4-93E5-FC5CCB650BE7}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

__________________________________________________ ___________________

And that's all the ones that are in System.
I hope I've copied everything you need...


"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

That's fine.

What appears in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot which
failed. No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also
appear in a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

--



Hope this helps.

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

Ben wrote:
HD Tune: ST3160023AS Information

Firmware version : 3.00
Serial number : 3MT05EA7
Capacity : 149.0 GB (~160.0 GB)
Buffer size : 8192 KB
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-6 - SATA I
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)

S.M.A.R.T : yes
48-bit Address : yes
Read Look-Ahead : yes
Write Cache : yes
Host Protected Area : yes
Device Configuration Overlay : yes
Automatic Acoustic Management: no
Power Management : yes
Advanced Power Management : no
Power-up in Standby : no
Security Mode : yes
Firmware Upgradable : yes

Partition : 1
Drive letter :
Label :
Capacity : 5120 MB
Usage : 0.00%
Type : FAT32 Hidden
Bootable : No

Partition : 2
Drive letter : C:\
Label : HDD
Capacity : 147497 MB
Usage : 74.35%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : Yes

__________________________________________________ ______________

HD Tune: ST3160023AS Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData
Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 63 49 6 223881634
Ok

(03) Spin Up Time 96 96 0 0
Ok

(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 20 620
Ok

(05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 36 0
Ok

(07) Seek Error Rate 88 60 30 686209676
Ok

(09) Power On Hours Count 80 80 0 17997
Ok

(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0
Ok

(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 645
Ok

(C2) Temperature 39 52 0 39
Ok

(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 63 49 0 223881634
Ok

(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0
Ok

(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0
Ok

(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0
Ok

(C8) Write Error Rate 100 253 0 0
Ok

(CA) TA Counter Increased 100 253 0 0
Ok


Power On Time : 17997
Health Status : Ok

The quick error scan showed that everything was ok.


"Ben" wrote:

It's sometimes left on overnight, but not usually. It will usually
boot up fine although I have noticed it being slightly slower since
all of this has happened. I've got McAfee Suite which has an
anti-virus/spyware and firewall in it. I usually find it really
slowing down when I go to play a game or watch some sort of video.
Even loading pictures on the internet slows it down a bit. I'm going
to give the HD tune a go and I'll post what it's like after.

Thanks,
Ben

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

The figures look OK. Is the computer left on 24/7?

Is rthere a pattern as to when the computer is slow i.e, on booting
or later?

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard
) and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon (
copy to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Also do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.



--

Hope this helps.

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


Ben wrote:
Ok

the commit charge numbers a

Total 261144
Limit 1276224
Peak 424208

My hard disk is 144GB with 36.9GB free

My processor is a P4 2.9ghz

And my ram is 512mb

The thing is that none of this was a problem up until one day when
the computer just started going extremely slow.

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

At StartUp, later or all the time

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.

How much RAM memory?

What is your processor speed?


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ben wrote:
Hi,

About a week and a half ago my computer started having problems.
It seems as though there's something wrong with the process
"System" when I go into the task manager. It will use up about
50% of my cpu when I try to do certain things. I have the
problem with it being slow mostly when I watch movies or play
games. I'm assuming it means that I've got a graphics problem. I
have the latest driver for my graphics card so it shouldn't be
causing me any problems there. I can't seem to find anything
when I've searched here so I'm hoping that someone can come and
save me from this problem as I don't really have the money for a
new computer at the moment.

Ben wrote:
Thanks for the link for process explorer. I started it up and then
went to play one of my games so I could see what was eating up all
the CPU, but even with that it still says "System" is using up about
45-50% [snip]

You need to expand that (click on the plus sign so it becomes a minus
sign).

It was expanded, but it wasn't showing what was using it, just showed that it
was using so much of the cpu.

"Daave" wrote:

Ben wrote:
Thanks for the link for process explorer. I started it up and then
went to play one of my games so I could see what was eating up all
the CPU, but even with that it still says "System" is using up about
45-50% [snip]

You need to expand that (click on the plus sign so it becomes a minus
sign).

Comments inline.

Ben wrote:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 13:26:45
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
Faulting application utorrent.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module
ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x000111de.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 75 74 6f ure uto
0018: 72 72 65 6e 74 2e 65 78 rrent.ex
0020: 65 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e e 0.0.0.
0028: 30 20 69 6e 20 6e 74 64 0 in ntd
0030: 6c 6c 2e 64 6c 6c 20 35 ll.dll 5
0038: 2e 31 2e 32 36 30 30 2e .1.2600.
0040: 32 31 38 30 20 61 74 20 2180 at
0048: 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 offset 0
0050: 30 30 31 31 31 64 65 0d 00111de.
0058: 0a .

Since you're running utorrent, have you seen "COMMON PROCEDURES THAT
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED, REGARDLESS OF THE PROBLEM" at
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992 ?


Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4226
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 22:17:22
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of
concurrent TCP connect attempts.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 54 00 ......T.
0008: 00 00 00 00 82 10 00 80 ....‚..€
0010: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Have a look at

http://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives...226.php?page=2

quote
There are two scenarios:
1. You computer may be infected with a virus/worm that is trying to
spread
2. You are a networking power users and your applications are being
stalled by the XP SP2
/quote

We still need to rule out malware!

Otherwise, you may want to try the EventID4226 Patcher listed on page 3
of that article.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:46:40
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Avg7Core
Avg7RsXP

Hmmm. You might need to uninstall and reinstall AVG.

Ben

Replies inline.

In each case you need to check whether the Error or Warning has occurred
before?

Ben wrote:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 13:26:45
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
Faulting application utorrent.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module
ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x000111de.


Can you search your hard drive for copies of utorrent.exe using Windows
Explorer. The version number in the report could indicate malware.

I am not sure whether you are seeing all files and folders. Go to Start,
Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that
the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide
protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll
down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box
before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in
Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is
selected and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name,
Type, Total Size, and Free Space.

http://www.file.net/process/utorrent.exe.html

Are you using utorrent? Some ISP operate a broadband Fair Usages policy.
At peak times they can place restrictions on users who use this type of
programme.



That's the only one in Application...

__________________________________________________ ___________

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4226
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 22:17:22
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of
concurrent TCP connect attempts.


That is an indication that something is trying to phone home and
failing. It could be malware or a misconfigured programme or service.
What is happening before may provide a clue.

__________________________________________________ _____

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:46:40
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Avg7Core
Avg7RsXP

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

A problem with your anti-virus. Uninstalling and reinstalling may help.



__________________________________________________ _________________

Event Type: Error
Event Source: ati2mtag
Event Category: CRT
Event ID: 45062
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:45:43
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
CRT invalid display type

Could be a driver problem.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?




Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:44:25
User: HOME\Hev
Computer: HOME
Description:
DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is
disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
attempting to start the service NMIndexingService with arguments ""
in order to run the server:
{C6A811AB-F8FF-45A4-93E5-FC5CCB650BE7}


Do you or have had Nero 7? What is it's current status?


And that's all the ones that are in System.
I hope I've copied everything you need...



--



Hope this helps.

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

Ben

Place the cursor on the Image name, right click and select Properties to
see the available tabs. The remainder of the post was written
specifically for svchost.exe so some might be relevant for what you wish
to investigate.

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost
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 he
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

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.

It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost
process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place
cursor on Process and select Properties, Image.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ben wrote:
It was expanded, but it wasn't showing what was using it, just showed
that it was using so much of the cpu.

"Daave" wrote:

Ben wrote:
Thanks for the link for process explorer. I started it up and then
went to play one of my games so I could see what was eating up all
the CPU, but even with that it still says "System" is using up about
45-50% [snip]

You need to expand that (click on the plus sign so it becomes a minus
sign).

"Ben" wrote:


And my ram is 512mb

MacAfee Installed

These are your two problems. 512mb memory is hardly enough to run 2
programs at one time these days.... Considering McAfee Suite has installed at
least 7-10 background running processes, it's a wonder your computer can get
out of it's own way. I would reccomend at least another gb of ram, and to
get rid of that garbage called McAfee. Try NOD32...it's by far the best
around. http://eset.com . Good luck!

McAfee be part of the problem. Adding 1 gb could well be totally
unnecessary and possibly a total waste of money.


--



Hope this helps.

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


eLksFc wrote:
"Ben" wrote:


And my ram is 512mb

MacAfee Installed

These are your two problems. 512mb memory is hardly enough to run 2
programs at one time these days.... Considering McAfee Suite has
installed at least 7-10 background running processes, it's a wonder
your computer can get out of it's own way. I would reccomend at
least another gb of ram, and to get rid of that garbage called
McAfee. Try NOD32...it's by far the best around. http://eset.com .
Good luck!

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:10:01 -0700, eLksFc
wrote:



"Ben" wrote:


And my ram is 512mb

MacAfee Installed

These are your two problems. 512mb memory is hardly enough to run 2
programs at one time these days....


Not at all true. 512MB is more than enough for most people running
Windows XP. Even 256MB is enough for some people.

How much memory you need for good performance is *not* a
one-size-fits-all situation. You get good performance if the amount of
RAM you have keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on
what apps you run. Most people running a typical range of business
applications find that somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others
need 512MB. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than
256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large
photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more
than 512MB--sometimes much more.



Considering McAfee Suite has installed at
least 7-10 background running processes, it's a wonder your computer can get
out of it's own way.


True, McAfee is second only to Norton in hurting performance, but it's
no so bad that it would cause such a problem by itself.


I would reccomend at least another gb of ram,


Way, way, overkill for the enormous majority of XP users.




and to
get rid of that garbage called McAfee. Try NOD32...it's by far the best
around. http://eset.com . Good luck!

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Gerry I am having the same problems that Ben had plus I have an added twist.
I need to press F4 to resume boot-up. I also have DOCUMENT VIEWER popup,
looking for something. I have a choice of DETAILS on the left or Cancel or
CONTINUE on the right of the box. The ONLY way to get rid of it, is go to
task mgr and end task it.

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

Replies inline.

In each case you need to check whether the Error or Warning has occurred
before?

Ben wrote:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 13:26:45
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
Faulting application utorrent.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module
ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x000111de.


Can you search your hard drive for copies of utorrent.exe using Windows
Explorer. The version number in the report could indicate malware.

I am not sure whether you are seeing all files and folders. Go to Start,
Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that
the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide
protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll
down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box
before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in
Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is
selected and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name,
Type, Total Size, and Free Space.

http://www.file.net/process/utorrent.exe.html

Are you using utorrent? Some ISP operate a broadband Fair Usages policy.
At peak times they can place restrictions on users who use this type of
programme.



That's the only one in Application...

__________________________________________________ ___________

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4226
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 22:17:22
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of
concurrent TCP connect attempts.


That is an indication that something is trying to phone home and
failing. It could be malware or a misconfigured programme or service.
What is happening before may provide a clue.

__________________________________________________ _____

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:46:40
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Avg7Core
Avg7RsXP

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

A problem with your anti-virus. Uninstalling and reinstalling may help.



__________________________________________________ _________________

Event Type: Error
Event Source: ati2mtag
Event Category: CRT
Event ID: 45062
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:45:43
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
CRT invalid display type

Could be a driver problem.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?




Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 23/08/2007
Time: 18:44:25
User: HOME\Hev
Computer: HOME
Description:
DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is
disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
attempting to start the service NMIndexingService with arguments ""
in order to run the server:
{C6A811AB-F8FF-45A4-93E5-FC5CCB650BE7}


Do you or have had Nero 7? What is it's current status?


And that's all the ones that are in System.
I hope I've copied everything you need...



--



Hope this helps.

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

Dan


We need to start by disregarding whatever Ben's problems and solutions
were.

Please describe your problems and when they occur.

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

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


DAN wrote:
Gerry I am having the same problems that Ben had plus I have an added
twist. I need to press F4 to resume boot-up. I also have DOCUMENT
VIEWER popup, looking for something. I have a choice of DETAILS on
the left or Cancel or CONTINUE on the right of the box. The ONLY way
to get rid of it, is go to task mgr and end task it.

"Gerry" wrote:

Ok the TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of
concurrent TCP connect attempts. Is a security limit imposed by Microsoft,
hard coded into the tcpip.sys file. There are patches available on the
Internet just look for that even id. I see that the normal thing that causes
this is the problem\ any bittorrent client will hit this limit due to closing
and opening new connections when peers come and go. This is slow down
browsing while your running your torrent program, it does get annoying I can
say that. I just patched it myself, make sure you backup any file your
changing just in case

Good luck,
-Marc

"Jim" wrote:


"Ben" wrote in message
...
It's sometimes left on overnight, but not usually. It will usually boot up
fine although I have noticed it being slightly slower since all of this
has
happened. I've got McAfee Suite which has an anti-virus/spyware and
firewall
in it. I usually find it really slowing down when I go to play a game or
watch some sort of video. Even loading pictures on the internet slows it
down
a bit. I'm going to give the HD tune a go and I'll post what it's like
after.

Thanks,
Ben

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

The figures look OK. Is the computer left on 24/7?

Is rthere a pattern as to when the computer is slow i.e, on booting or
later?

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy
to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Also do a full surface
scan with HD Tune.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Ben wrote:
Ok

the commit charge numbers a

Total 261144
Limit 1276224
Peak 424208

My hard disk is 144GB with 36.9GB free

My processor is a P4 2.9ghz

And my ram is 512mb

The thing is that none of this was a problem up until one day when the
computer just started going extremely slow.

"Gerry" wrote:

Ben

At StartUp, later or all the time

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.

How much RAM memory?

What is your processor speed?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Ben wrote:
Hi,

About a week and a half ago my computer started having problems. It
seems as though there's something wrong with the process "System"
when I go into the task manager. It will use up about 50% of my cpu
when I try to do certain things. I have the problem with it being
slow mostly when I watch movies or play games. I'm assuming it means
that I've got a graphics problem. I have the latest driver for my
graphics card so it shouldn't be causing me any problems there. I
can't seem to find anything when I've searched here so I'm hoping
that someone can come and save me from this problem as I don't
really have the money for a new computer at the moment.



Another place to look is the speed of your internet connection. It seems to
me
that slowing down while playing games or slowing down while downloading
pictues
from the internet point to some kind of network problem..

Jim