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Guest
For the past 3/4 months my Windows XP system occassionally hangs on startup
with the System process hogging 90% - 100% of the CPU. The startup processes
(in the System Tray) very sluggishly start but never all complete, until the
PC just freezes with System taking all of the CPU.
I then get fed up waiting and reboot, whereupon the system almost invariably
starts up normally with the System IDLE Process taking most of the CPU, as is
normal. The system is then fine. This problem only happens every few days or
even once a week.
I have stopped most startup processes and certainly all the 2 or 3 new ones
over the last few months, but this does not improve matters.
I can only wonder if a Windows Update has corrupted something. Any ideas?
with the System process hogging 90% - 100% of the CPU. The startup processes
(in the System Tray) very sluggishly start but never all complete, until the
PC just freezes with System taking all of the CPU.
I then get fed up waiting and reboot, whereupon the system almost invariably
starts up normally with the System IDLE Process taking most of the CPU, as is
normal. The system is then fine. This problem only happens every few days or
even once a week.
I have stopped most startup processes and certainly all the 2 or 3 new ones
over the last few months, but this does not improve matters.
I can only wonder if a Windows Update has corrupted something. Any ideas?