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KevinD1226
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Programs go unresponsive
Well im not too sure where to post this but anyway, Lately my internet explorer has been going unresposive and my CPU usage goes up to 100% and stays there when I try to multi task by playing a game and trying to browse on IE... I used to do this before but I havent had any problems like this before... Also lately ive been getting alot of blue screens that says WIndows had to shut down to prevent further damage to my computer... Im wondering... has leaving my computer on day after day like 3-4 nights in a row cause this problem? It also says to check my BIOS to make sure I have the latest version which I do, and when I run the Dell Crash Analysis Tool it comes up with my McAfee drivers as the reason for my computer crashing but I find that hard to believe.
KevinD1226
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Posted March 28th, 2007 17:00
The most demanding program is usually the game that I would be running but even before that wasent a problem and I could run the game and IE at the same time without any slowdowns or programs going unresponsive... I also have spy sweeper so ill use that to clean out my spyware and probably run a disk defragment as well... any other thoughts on why my computer may be doing this are appreciated.
Message Edited by KevinD1226 on 03-28-2007 01:52 PMKevinD1226
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Posted March 28th, 2007 20:00
Bump :smileyhappy: I just realized that my system idle process also uses alot of my cpu along with my game... I guess you can say those are my two most CPU demanding processes.
Message Edited by KevinD1226 on 03-28-2007 05:00 PM- Hi,I have seen this all too many times. I just had one on my bench a couple weeks ago, took out McAfee and all the problems went away. I gave up on Norton and McAfee over three years ago.Most computers that I install I recommend this combination:* Avast! or AVG Anti-Virus (both can be found free in their websites) I prefer Avast! becasue you get a lot more configuration and it still checks for trojans.* Turn on Windows Firewall* Download, install and learn to run Spybot Search & Destroy (free)* Windows Defender, free from the Microsoft website.With these running and weekly updates of Spybot, I have had excellent results in protection.ZoneAlarm is good too as mentioned on one of the other replies.5150Guy :-)
KevinD1226
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Posted March 29th, 2007 00:00
I used the spy ware program that he mentioned and according to it I had about 350 traces of spyware and since then my internet explorer has done pretty good... I also did a vrius scan, disk deframenter, and disk cleanup and so far it seems to be doing good.tommyo1954
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Posted March 29th, 2007 11:00
Good morning; a bit late in this reply.... just got up. Glad you made some good headway. That was a lot of spywares you had there; some of them can hog up system resources quite a bit, as well as other troubles too....glad you got rid of it. Plus a good defrag is always beneficial too.This link above is for SpywareBlaster (free too). This is one of my favorites because it runs silently in the background and blocks a lot of stuff from infiltrating the computer to begin with. And it works fantastic too....There's nothing to do... nothing to run... it runs silently doing its' job of blocking spywares. If you'd like to try it, simply install it.... then click the proper link to check it for all its' newest updates... then click the " enable all protection ". That's it; nothing more to do other than check it periodically for new updates.Take care... happy surfing..KevinD1226
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Posted March 29th, 2007 19:00
Thanks for all the help. I really apreciate it.KevinD1226
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Posted March 29th, 2007 21:00
Theres actually 1 more thing... when I open the windows task manager and i clikc on the processes tab and the click on CPU to sort it, is it normal for the system idle process to be at 99? because ive never noticed it but that kinda seems a bit high.- Uh-oh, it should not be that high. Not steady anyways, unless AVG is doing a scan. That is one of the reasons I didn't like AVG as much as Avast!, you can't schedule scans, so they interrupt your work. The "system idle process" should be at 99% most of the time on a machine that is not running any apps. As I am typing this my CPU "system idle process" is almost steady at 99%.See what tasks are actually running (under processes tab), then google the names of them and see what turns up, you still may have an uninvited guest. If one process is taking up a lot of CPU time by itself, note the name of it and do a search, you could also post it here.Let us know what you find if there is suspicion.5150guy
tommyo1954
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Posted March 29th, 2007 22:00
Actually, that is incorrect. AVG does indeed have a scheduler which can be set by the user, or the scheduler can be disabled and the user can choose to run a scan whenever he wants.Your system idle process is perfectly normal; mine is the exact same as yours when idle. The link above is a very, very brief notation that explains it.
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Posted March 28th, 2007 12:00