100% Cpu Usage When Doing Anything! New Install Of Xp Pro

[JOEBINKS]

I'VE DONE A COMPLETE INSTALL OF WINDOWS XP PRO ON TO 2 DIFFERENT HARD DRIVES (a 120gig 7200rpm & a 40 gig). THE 40 WAS MY ORIGINAL HD. EVERYTHING RAN PRETTY QUICK UNTIL I FOUND A FEW VIRUSES. THAT WAS WHEN I DECIDED TO DO THE NEW INSTALL AND USE 2 HARD DRIVES BOTH SET UP AS MASTERS AND NOT USED AT THE SAME TIME. NOW EVERYTHING RUNS SLOW AND NO MATTER WHAT I TRY TO USE IT GOES TO 100% CPU USAGE. THE RESULT IS THE SAME WITH EITHER HARD DRIVE. THIS MEANS EVERTHING STARTS SLOW AND EVERY THING RUNS SLOW.

FOR YOU DOD PLAYERS WHEN I TRY TO PLAY THE GAME RUNS 4 TO 12 FRAMES PER SECOND(opps your dead!!).

THE SYSTEM IS A 1.5 GIG CPU - 256 MEG RAM - GFORCE 2 Ti 64 MEG (the latest driver from nvidia is installed)

I'VE TRIED TO INCREASE VIRTUAL MEMORY, I'VE SHUT DOWN EVERTHING I COULD THROUGH TASK MANAGER. NO CHANGE!

I'M LOST AND NEED HELP!!!

 

[Malibu Stacey]

And to top it all off your Shift key appears to be stuck down.

 

[cwcomputers]

Have you checked in Task manager which process is using all the cpu?
If you open task manager click on the view menu>select colums and select cpu time and cpu this should give yuo an idea of what is locking the cpu. It may be that you have a process running at a higher priority than it should be.


Craig
www.cwcomputers.co.uk

 

[JOEBINKS]

Taskmgr

THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE USING THE MOST CPU ARE "TASKMGR.EXE & EXPLORER.EXE" THEY SEEM TO BOTH USE LOTS OF CPU WHEN EVER I TRY TO RUN ANY PROGRAM. IF THE ONLY THING OPEN IS THE TASK MANAGER THEN THE USAGE IS AROUND 1 - 4 % WITH THE SYSTEM IDLE AROUND 99%.

SIDE NOTE FOR Malibu Stacey MY SHIFT KEY IS FINE BUT MY PINKY HAS A PROBLEM!! :giddy: