CPU hangs at 100%, keep killing processes but still 100

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DiamondStar

Hello,

I have a computer that keeps hanging at 100% CPU, and I keep killing
processes but another one comes up taking 70 or 80%. Certain processes I
can't kill because the computer needs them. It doesn't matter how many
processes I kill, the other processes take up the slack and the CPU remains
at 100%.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative. The machine is
Windows 2000 with IE6 SP1 and SP4.

Thanks!
 
DiamondStar said:
Hello,

I have a computer that keeps hanging at 100% CPU, and I keep killing
processes but another one comes up taking 70 or 80%. Certain processes I
can't kill because the computer needs them. It doesn't matter how many
processes I kill, the other processes take up the slack and the CPU remains
at 100%.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative. The machine is
Windows 2000 with IE6 SP1 and SP4.

Thanks!
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You need to pin down the program/process that's actually eating up your
CPU cycles. Randomly killing processes is just shooting in the dark.

Here's one way that should get you there:
open up Task Manager window (Ctrl-Alt-Del, Tsk-Mngr button)
click on "Processes" tab
from menu bar - pull down "View" menu "select columns ..."
tick check-box for CPU usage, then OK
look for process that is using lots of CPU time

good luck,
winfield
 
If you are killing services (e.g., svchost.exe), most of the processes are
set to restart. So killing them manually only lasts a short time. After so
many seconds, Windows will start them again.

Open SEVICES.MSC, double-click on a service, and check the recovery tab.
 
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