CPU at 100% Constantly

[Sadgirl]

Hello,

I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop. It's about 3 years old but still ok. The CPU is working to 100% ALL THE TIME, the fan is on all the time to prevent it from overheating. This cannot be good. I reformatted my HD and reinstalled XP etc which made it all sexy and new again but the CPU usage is still at maximum. I'm not one with vast amounts of computer knowledge or money, so I cannot afford to replace it. Please help!

Sadgirl

 

[Nodsu]

What process is using the CPU? You can sort the process listing in Task Manager by clicking on the column header. Click twice on the CPU column to get the hogging processes at the top.

 

[Merc14]

You can bring up the task manager by hitting ctrl/alt/del simultaneously

 

[Sadgirl]

whoa! found the little blighter. Good tip there thanks It calls itself WinXPDisableZeroConfiguration.exe. Never heard of it. When I right click over it the two options are to end process or end process tree- both warn 'loss of data and system instability'. Are they empty threats or would it bugger up my computer if i ended the process? I tried searching for it to end it that way but it doesn't come up. Any suggestions?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Take a look HERE it may help.

The process WinXPDisableZeroConfiguration.exe is part of the Belkin network card, the above link shows you how to fix it.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[Merc14]

Sounds like you have some adware or malware in your system. Here is a link to another forum discussing this executable http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-01/0623.html

Personally I use Counterspy by Sunbelt software. It is only $20 per year but you can download and use it for free for 10 days. I highly recommend it as a long term solution. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/ Good luck and let us know how you make out.

 

[Sadgirl]

Howard, you are a legend amongst men. Thankyou so much, problem solved, I can relax