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June 4th 08, 10:27 PM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt
20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach 
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June 4th 08, 10:45 PM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
A program is probably calling home for updates; check any virus scan
programs, spy sweeper types, etc and see if you have opted for automatic updates; which includes Windows itself. "Joe Auerbach" wrote in message ... I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach
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June 4th 08, 10:53 PM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
Thanx, Jerry, I thought that it might be ssomething like an update, what I
was looking for is a way to identify which app it might be "Jerry" wrote: A program is probably calling home for updates; check any virus scan programs, spy sweeper types, etc and see if you have opted for automatic updates; which includes Windows itself. "Joe Auerbach" wrote in message ... I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach
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June 4th 08, 11:52 PM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
Your processor is idle (System Idle Process) 90% and that's a problem?
It's completely normal for software to do housekeeping in the background. Not to worry. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Joe Auerbach wrote: I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach
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June 5th 08, 12:11 AM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
Sorry, Leonard, but the machine being unusable and unresponsive for that time
isn't "Don't worry, be happy" mode. It's not as if I'm using a 286 or some such, it's a current Dell with a good processor & 1GB of memory. I'm also not that loaded up with apps, maybe 2 instances of IE and that's about it. I agree with Jerry that it's probably one of the background tasks doing updates, what I'm trying to do is identify which one & see what the story is. "Leonard Grey" wrote: Your processor is idle (System Idle Process) 90% and that's a problem? It's completely normal for software to do housekeeping in the background. Not to worry. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Joe Auerbach wrote: I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach
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June 5th 08, 12:41 AM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
In that case, System Idle Process is not at 90%. Please get your story
straight --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Joe Auerbach wrote: Sorry, Leonard, but the machine being unusable and unresponsive for that time isn't "Don't worry, be happy" mode. It's not as if I'm using a 286 or some such, it's a current Dell with a good processor & 1GB of memory. I'm also not that loaded up with apps, maybe 2 instances of IE and that's about it. I agree with Jerry that it's probably one of the background tasks doing updates, what I'm trying to do is identify which one & see what the story is. "Leonard Grey" wrote: Your processor is idle (System Idle Process) 90% and that's a problem? It's completely normal for software to do housekeeping in the background. Not to worry. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Joe Auerbach wrote: I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach
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June 5th 08, 02:26 AM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
"Joe Auerbach" wrote in message ... Sorry, Leonard, but the machine being unusable and unresponsive for that time isn't "Don't worry, be happy" mode. It's not as if I'm using a 286 or some such, it's a current Dell with a good processor & 1GB of memory. I'm also not that loaded up with apps, maybe 2 instances of IE and that's about it. I agree with Jerry that it's probably one of the background tasks doing updates, what I'm trying to do is identify which one & see what the story is. "Leonard Grey" wrote: Your processor is idle (System Idle Process) 90% and that's a problem? It's completely normal for software to do housekeeping in the background. Not to worry. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Joe Auerbach wrote: I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach Process Explorer might be a better choice than Task Manager. In addition, your problem may be excessive interrupt service time. Process Explorer shows this time. Jim
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June 5th 08, 05:29 PM
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u got a damm virus in ur pc.. install a good antivirus scan and fix it...
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June 6th 08, 02:46 AM
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Where do all the cycles go ?
Thanx, Jim, I'll try that. I had only tried TM because it was easiest to
invoke, especially with the machine running in slow motion. I've set up perfmon to run the next times that I start the machine, if that doesn't show the culprit I'll try process explorer. "Jim" wrote: "Joe Auerbach" wrote in message ... Sorry, Leonard, but the machine being unusable and unresponsive for that time isn't "Don't worry, be happy" mode. It's not as if I'm using a 286 or some such, it's a current Dell with a good processor & 1GB of memory. I'm also not that loaded up with apps, maybe 2 instances of IE and that's about it. I agree with Jerry that it's probably one of the background tasks doing updates, what I'm trying to do is identify which one & see what the story is. "Leonard Grey" wrote: Your processor is idle (System Idle Process) 90% and that's a problem? It's completely normal for software to do housekeeping in the background. Not to worry. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Joe Auerbach wrote: I have XP Home, all the current patches. After the system has been up for abt 20 minutes, something kicks off that sucks up all the cycles for about 3 minutes, bringing the machine to a crawl. Task Manager shows Idle at abt 90%, with a couple of other tasks flashing in & out. After about 3 minutes, the machine returns to normal. How do I nail which task or process is chewing up all the cycles ? Thanx, Joe Auerbach Process Explorer might be a better choice than Task Manager. In addition, your problem may be excessive interrupt service time. Process Explorer shows this time. Jim
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