cpu high,low pc and system idle proceess 90%

Hi
I have a problem.My CPU is extremely high, almost 100%.By checking the task manager I find that the system idle process is 90%.The Laptop now is very slow with a consistently low loadind.I have checked for virus,spywares, malwares,adawars.Nothing was found . I also also fixed the registry errors and defraged the hard disc.There's also enough space available in the HD. I finally checked the msconfig.exe but I thinjk it is ok.I do not understand what is going wrong.Could you be help me?
thanks

My system is
WINXP MEDIA CENTRE EDITION (including all the updates)
cpu intel coreduo T2300, 1,66GHZ
1 GB/go ddr2 sdram(533)

Tell us how many processes yoy have running in the task manager.
If more than 45/50 you should weed a few out.
Also tell us what sort of memory (PF) use you have.
This is what mine looks like.

Do an OS (operating system) restore... The tools to do this should be located in the "All Programs" or laptop utilities area of the laptop computer

Please tell me how did you create that image of your task manager.I will upload mine!

http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/print-screen/



Performance: MY SYSTEM




(Thanks Howard, I couldn't attach the image on an edit)

this is the best performance I can get!
I let my system idle for some time before get the data.

I can't read most of the important data... How many processes are you running? I'm running 48

Here' my tmg.
Look at System Idle process!
avp.exe is Karsperky Internet Security now gets up as well(some time up to 48)!

more than 70.Try view the file using Mozilla firefox.I think the answer will be to remove some program...

itaosl,
I can't read these images, can you? The text looks like a chicken with ink on its feet walked all over the image...

Again,

"Do an OS (operating system) restore... The tools to do this should be located in the "All Programs" or laptop utilities area of the laptop computer"...

uninstall programs that you don't use and do a disc cleanup in my computer (my computer > right click on hard drive > disc cleanup)

it is normal for system idle processes to run at very high numbers, it always makes it so that the total cpu usage adds up to 100% but i'm not really sure why

you have quite erratic cpu usage but that could be normal if you have nearly 80 processes running, depending on what programs they are and what they're doing

it would help if you went into msconfig and looked at the startup items that don't need to be there, like quicktime, winzip, itunes etc. basically non essential things that you don't really use or don't need at startup, e.g. the itunes helper thing loads at startup and as far as i can tell that just makes itunes open a bit faster (i didn't notice much difference before and after i disabled it) so you don't really need that, and i bet you've never used winzip quick picks (if you have winzip installed )

1. System Idle Process indicates just what it sounds like: it indicates how idle your computer is. It's good if that number is high. CPU Usage should be (100% - usage of Sytem Idle Process)
2. Instead of Task Manager, download Process Explorer and use it instead. Then click on the CPU column to sort processes by CPU usage to see what's eating your CPU
3. It's normal for some processes to run high CPU usage for bursts of time. And expect your AntiVirus to run higher usage if it's doing a scan at the time
4. You can also use Process Explorer to figure out what those processes are easier. Right click and select Search Online, you;ll easily surf for process name and find a description of what it is/doing

Thanks Mailpup... I got it now

When I see this massive CPU usage, system slowdown, I have never been that successful at speeding up the affected system without restoring or reinstalling Windows

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

80 running processes is way too many and no doubt is the cause of the slowness.

Go and read this thread HERE and post a HJT log as an attachment into this thread.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

This is my HijackThis file.
Now it is more clear what is going on,
Any suggestion?I would like to avoid by all means formating my laptop.
thanks!

Kasperky recognizes this utility as a Trojan

that link comes straight from the microsoft site so unless it's redirecting you to somewhere else then it should be ok

HJT is definitely not a trojan.

Here`s one reason your laptop is so slow.

You`re running Windows defender/Stopzilla/Kaspersky/Symantec/Spyware detector

Uninstall all the above, except for kaspersky.

For instructions on getting rid of Symantec, see HERE.

Then, once you`ve done that, post a fresh HJT log.

Regards Howard

That HJT log is a mess... All those toolbars and AOHell Yikes! Spyware plus malware galor

I was referring to Process Explorer

"I was referring to Process Explorer"...

You've got real problems. I doubt if you can avoid reinstalling Windows after doing a full format of the hard drive