hmm... problem : both explorer.exe and taskmgr.exe consumes much CPU power than it should be... like 50-50 each (thus adding up to 100% CPU Usage)
-Programs starts to slow down (mostly anything that concerns explorer.exe and taskmgr.exe) firefox and iexplorer still work properly (still fast with the core 2 duo)
-It takes around 10 seconds or slower to make explorer.exe respond (opening through files) taskmgr.exe ... a bit faster than explorer... but still slow as someone using a typewriter
-This all happened when i tried to open my storage media device. Afterwards, my computer got infected by hbq.exe (i deleted it) i defragged my computer, i've also done a few chkdsks.
-i've also scanned for any viruses, cleaned out registry from all the hbq.exe bs as well as deleting autorun.ini(s) from my drives (since that's where hbq.exe comes from, autorun.)
And still my explorer and taskmgr is still running at it's lowest. :|
Oh and also, some video playback also slows down... i'm not sure if that's related though...
PC Specs :
Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB Transcend
Windows XP Professional SP3 RC
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT
I've end processed Explorer.exe for a while... i'll just be surfing through other programs (like firefox.exe or vlc.exe or even winrar) for my daily things... need answers and solutions :|
EDIT : Oh and reformatting is not an option i'd like to know what the hell is slowing it down... if reformatting is the only option... then...i need to get an XP installer. I did view some threads about taskmgr and explorer slowing down... but it didnt really fix my problem....
-Programs starts to slow down (mostly anything that concerns explorer.exe and taskmgr.exe) firefox and iexplorer still work properly (still fast with the core 2 duo)
-It takes around 10 seconds or slower to make explorer.exe respond (opening through files) taskmgr.exe ... a bit faster than explorer... but still slow as someone using a typewriter
-This all happened when i tried to open my storage media device. Afterwards, my computer got infected by hbq.exe (i deleted it) i defragged my computer, i've also done a few chkdsks.
-i've also scanned for any viruses, cleaned out registry from all the hbq.exe bs as well as deleting autorun.ini(s) from my drives (since that's where hbq.exe comes from, autorun.)
And still my explorer and taskmgr is still running at it's lowest. :|
Oh and also, some video playback also slows down... i'm not sure if that's related though...
PC Specs :
Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB Transcend
Windows XP Professional SP3 RC
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT
I've end processed Explorer.exe for a while... i'll just be surfing through other programs (like firefox.exe or vlc.exe or even winrar) for my daily things... need answers and solutions :|
EDIT : Oh and reformatting is not an option i'd like to know what the hell is slowing it down... if reformatting is the only option... then...i need to get an XP installer. I did view some threads about taskmgr and explorer slowing down... but it didnt really fix my problem....