Hi all, I found these forums while looking for people who were having similar issues as myself, but I've tried a few things and finally decided that I need some help.
I'm currently typing this from my new computer and the old one is having the issues. I recently thought I was having hard drives problems and so I formatted the partition that had Windows XP SP 2 on it and reinstalled. The installation took forever and after booting into the fresh install the first time, every thing was running slow and I decided to check Task Manager and see if maybe the CPU was being tasked by something.
Sure enough, taskmgr.exe was taking 50% or more of the CPU up. Even when I have nothing else open and try to do something it is extremely slow. I don't have an internet connection for the old one because I have a home network set up and, in case it might be a virus, I don't want to risk infecting this computer. However, I have a thumb drive I can put some programs on and move to the old if necessary. Any suggestions?
I'm currently typing this from my new computer and the old one is having the issues. I recently thought I was having hard drives problems and so I formatted the partition that had Windows XP SP 2 on it and reinstalled. The installation took forever and after booting into the fresh install the first time, every thing was running slow and I decided to check Task Manager and see if maybe the CPU was being tasked by something.
Sure enough, taskmgr.exe was taking 50% or more of the CPU up. Even when I have nothing else open and try to do something it is extremely slow. I don't have an internet connection for the old one because I have a home network set up and, in case it might be a virus, I don't want to risk infecting this computer. However, I have a thumb drive I can put some programs on and move to the old if necessary. Any suggestions?
