@Aximilator

If you go back to my earlier post and refer to

Step 2
I'd rather see a snap shot of your actual Virtual Memory settings first (vs. just the commit charge)

Step 3
Also do install and use the Process Explorer system tray icon to monitor (at a glance) current CPU usage and the top offender. Note:
> When you first open a new program, it's normal for CPU usage to peak and the new program to take lots of CPU
> So you want to look for colored spikes in the PE system tray icon when you're running normally, then simply move the cursor to the icon and it'll report the top offender. After a couple days, should be easier to note consistent top offenders and any usage patterns

Backing up your computer usually uses as much cpu as is available. So the main culprit is likely his backup program. Also update windows, avg and then scan with avg. Next if I was you I would go to the antivirus section in this forum and read the stickies.

And of course follow the rest of LookinAround instructions.

Btw esbo thread hijacking is frowned upon try to stick to your own thread.

I will get that to you soon lookinround and i will install that stuff.

And Esbo all i know is ive had all this running in the past and it has run fine and worked great, now for no reason all of a sudden it is not working like it used to with nothing changed.

I also changed the virtual mem which helped a little.

Esbo i have already done that. And i do have servicepack3

Thanks all!

Your last picture says service pack 2 though.

Yes check memory and your swop files (one on each drive).

Actually I thought my PC started running badly when I downloaded a memory identification program from a memory retailer.

DO you have a pile of extensions installed on Chrome?

YOu look to run a fair bit of software whihc is not strictly necessary however they not be slowing the machine,
but the way I look at it is if they ain't running (or installed) they can't be doing any harm.

I installed sp3 after pics. Plus I figured it out. I uninstalled all of the programs and reinstalled them and it works sooo much better now so Im thinking one of the programs were corrupt
So thanks all!!!

You mean you did a system restore?

Sensible I suppose.

My machine has been rebooting recently I might try that myself.

Can't do any harm.

Hi Aximilator

Glad you got things sorted out.

I was also going to recommend the following re: your Pagefile, which you might still want to do to improve performance under XP

Optionally, first remove system junk files (e.g. using CCleaner or other other tool of choice. Tho you might want to check CCleaner options so as not to delete all your cookies)

Then do a normal disk defrag. When it completes, run Pagedefrag. Note that normal disk defrags do NOT defrag your pagefile.. so running Pagedefrag for XP may also help tweak performance

"CCleaner and Pagedefrag"
I use Piriform CCleaner and defraggler are the above better than my software?

"Page file" Is fine i set it a little higher, it was on the lower side.

"You mean you did a system restore?"
No, i just used "Revo Uninstaller" and i uninstalled a lot of my programs and reinstalled them. Like all the visual graphics programs i reinstalled them and it runs much better some one had to have been corrupt.

Thanks again for all your help everyone!

Hey, pretty much the same thing here. I uninstalled a program that wasn't even being used and my CPU usage went back to normal.

I just recently had this issue with my CPU sticking at 100%. AVG was the only thing eating up my processor, but it wasn't any different than it was when I first installed it a few months ago. I uninstalled one of my programs (hotspot shield) that wasn't even running (just figured it was a waste on my hard drive as I wasn't even using it) and as soon as it uninstalled...CPU usage drop WAY down...back to normal.

So it turned out that a program that wasn't even running (even in task manager it wasn't using cpu) was causing my CPU to spike...I still don't understand it. A few days ago crash doctor told me the program had crashed and couldn't fix it and after I got rid of crash doctor (it wouldn't go away, it would keep popping up on the screen when I closed it, constantly telling me the program crashed and couldn't be recovered) the CPU started spiking.

So I guess my advice is when your CPU starts spiking and sticking at 100%, check all your programs and make sure they're running right. I'm not even sure what happened to Hotspot Shield, but that one program I didn't even use (even removed it from the startup folder) was causing my system to stick at 100%.