Cpu usage is at 100%

This sounds suspicious.
Check for virii and adware

Housecall Online Scan
http://housecall.antivirus.com

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/

or

Adaware
adaware/">http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

sunray, sunray, sunray....:)

What can I say?

I think I'm gonna go to sleep now that your on the job.

Have fun!

Also update your virus definitions and scan for virus

Download Trojan remover and check for trojans

Download the latest patches for windows xp

Sunray

>>  I think I'm gonna go to sleep now that your on the job.

I too think about the same many times

Sunray

Also if you have got p2p program like kazaa ... uninstall them ...


Sunray

thanks i have a lot of home work. of all the freeware you listed which one should i try first?

first 2

Spybot and Adware

Also check for trojan using "trojan remover"

http://www.simplysup.com/tremover/download.html

Sunray

Thanks

Sunray

thanks sunray the downloads were helpful but this darn computer is still locked at 100%. what else can it be hardware? should i reinstall xp?
thanks alot

A little assist Sunray....

eric55: Have you tried any of the following techniques:

START | RUN | MSCONFIG

Select Diagnostics Startup
If the system doesn't use 100% of your processor then

START | RUN | MSCONFIG
Select Selective Startup

Uncheck all except for one of the options.
Do this for each option until you find the rouge program.

Oh and another thing....
You may want to try this before you attempt any of the above:

START | PROGRAMS | ACCESSORIES | System Tools | Disk Defragmenter

I sometimes run this two or three times to get rid of all the red lines (lines indicating fragmented files)

Gemarti., good morning

Apart from Gemarti's suggestions also try doing "Disk cleanup"

Start --> all programs --> accessories  --> system tools

Sunray

As you think could be a hardware problem  .But let us try other easy things first

From your question the cpu usage is 100% not particularly when you go to internet explorer but there could be a possibility that IE is corrupted .Try repairing IE

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.asp&NoWebContent=1

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_ie6.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293907
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This is because last time when I answer the same cpu usage issue , it was spyware ..

2) Also try restoring your machine to an earlier date . Possibly it was OK previously and the problem has recently started.
You can go to a previous state see if things are OK.Then install all the softwares , I have told and then lets go from there

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/managing/restore.asp

3) Did you try that Trojan Remover ???

4) check this thread.. Kind of similar issue. Can get more ideas

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20665617/CPU-Usage.html

5) http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm  --  remove unwanted service using this

6) http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/40356/40356.html

Sunray

thanks guys i did everything i'm not sure what made it work but i think it was something in the startup like gemarti said. i had a program called access control i disabled it and the cpu usage went right down. now i have to figure out why that program is wacky. i really appreciate your help and the wealth of info i now have
take care

Glad that you helped gemarti ..


Sunray

Not a problem Sunray.

Glad I could help.