paperbanjo
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I don't know how long this has been going on, but it really showed itself last night and has been ever since. I called my boyfriend when I got off work last night and he complained that it took 10 minutes for Dragon Age: Origins to load something in-game.. on my computer. Now I knew some of the loading screens take some time, but 10 (literal) minutes is ridiculous. I told him to restart and when he did, my computer wanted to run CHKDSK. I told him not to because last time I did this on my computer, it completely wiped it out and I had to reinstall. (It also did the same to his - I was running it on mine to see if my computer had any issues running it and it turns out it did.)
It is still trying to run CHKDSK on every boot up.. I'm very reluctant to because of what happened last time.
That being said, it's been running real sluggish (randomly freezes up, takes a long time to load something, etc).. and when you open Task Manager, this is what you find:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/mirkaei/tm1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/mirkaei/tm2.png
It was even running higher than Firefox and as high as Dragon Age: Origins does when it is running.
The highest I have actually witnessed the memory usage at is over 200k (it has taken up 100% CPU at times), as shown here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/mirkaei/procexp1.png
I tried to change the Windows Updates, even though that service wasn't under this process, and I thought for a moment that it helped but I guess it was just coincidence because the problem came back soon.
Attached is my hijackthis log. He installed and ran Spybot last night.. says he fixed any issues that came up (I proceeded to go to bed) and also said that once he did that, the performance picked up some.. but of course when I woke up, the memory usage was still a problem.
Unfortunately ending this process also cuts off my internet.. and I also think it messed with my iTunes because when I loaded it up tonight my entire list of music was gone. Sigh. My boyfriend thinks it might be my crappy Netgear wireless card. I've had it for a month now and I hate to agree with him, but I'm afraid it may be true. I can't use the card without their dumb software installed and it's honestly the only thing that I can think of that would cause this problem.
He has also recently (a couple weeks ago) connected his 360 to my computer for xBox Live. Could that cause any issue (even when it isn't on)?
I just want to know what is causing this problem and how to fix it.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks.
Edit: I think I put this in the wrong section (wasn't sure to begin with).. move it if necessary.
It is still trying to run CHKDSK on every boot up.. I'm very reluctant to because of what happened last time.
That being said, it's been running real sluggish (randomly freezes up, takes a long time to load something, etc).. and when you open Task Manager, this is what you find:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/mirkaei/tm1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/mirkaei/tm2.png
It was even running higher than Firefox and as high as Dragon Age: Origins does when it is running.
The highest I have actually witnessed the memory usage at is over 200k (it has taken up 100% CPU at times), as shown here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/mirkaei/procexp1.png
I tried to change the Windows Updates, even though that service wasn't under this process, and I thought for a moment that it helped but I guess it was just coincidence because the problem came back soon.
Attached is my hijackthis log. He installed and ran Spybot last night.. says he fixed any issues that came up (I proceeded to go to bed) and also said that once he did that, the performance picked up some.. but of course when I woke up, the memory usage was still a problem.
Unfortunately ending this process also cuts off my internet.. and I also think it messed with my iTunes because when I loaded it up tonight my entire list of music was gone. Sigh. My boyfriend thinks it might be my crappy Netgear wireless card. I've had it for a month now and I hate to agree with him, but I'm afraid it may be true. I can't use the card without their dumb software installed and it's honestly the only thing that I can think of that would cause this problem.
He has also recently (a couple weeks ago) connected his 360 to my computer for xBox Live. Could that cause any issue (even when it isn't on)?
I just want to know what is causing this problem and how to fix it.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks.
Edit: I think I put this in the wrong section (wasn't sure to begin with).. move it if necessary.