Tip: Run a free scan for common Windows errors ad

re: CPU usage high Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 11:41 am Posted by John Liebson (629 messages posted) I can assure that there are more processes than only iexplore.exe running. Open the Task Manager and look at the Processes tab; that's a good place to start figuring out where the problem lies. Saying that the computer is "slower" is meaningless, as that statement contains no measurable figures. If the computer once took, say, "y minutes" and now takes "three y minutes," that might be at least a clue as to what has happened. While you are at it, please check the exclamation-mark key on your keyboard, which appears to be stuck. On Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 10:54 am, ronnie wrote: >My cpu usage is spiking unusually and staying around 54% for some reason now. The >only process that is running at the time is iexplore.exe, also my computer is running >slower than usual when starting up. Please help!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 7:10 pm Posted by ronnie (12 messages posted) Thanks for the tip, or tips. The only processes that are taking up cpu % are iexplore, dwm, taskmgr and my two anti virus and spyware apps. Oh, my ! button isnt stuck. On Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 11:41 am, John Liebson wrote: >I can assure that there are more processes than only iexplore.exe running. Open the >Task Manager and look at the Processes tab; that's a good place to start figuring >out where the problem lies. > >Saying that the computer is "slower" is meaningless, as that statement contains no >measurable figures. If the computer once took, say, "y minutes" and now takes "three >y minutes," that might be at least a clue as to what has happened. > >While you are at it, please check the exclamation-mark key on your keyboard, which >appears to be stuck. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 4:11 am Posted by John Liebson (629 messages posted) You are still not giving any useful information: How much cpu% are each of the processes using? It is only with specific data that others might be able to assist you. For example, if you report that xxx.exe is taking 22%, and others see that the same program only takes 3% on their computers, then we'd have a clue as to what might be causing the problem. On Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 7:10 pm, ronnie wrote: >Thanks for the tip, or tips. The only processes that are taking up cpu % are iexplore, >dwm, taskmgr and my two anti virus and spyware apps. Oh, my ! button isnt stuck. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 8:29 am Posted by Johnb33 (1623 messages posted) Have you scanned for malware/spyware infections using Superantispyware? Download from www.superantispyware.com. use the free version. On Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 10:54 am, ronnie wrote: >My cpu usage is spiking unusually and staying around 54% for some reason now. The >only process that is running at the time is iexplore.exe, also my computer is running >slower than usual when starting up. Please help!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 9:42 am Posted by John Liebson (629 messages posted) An ironic warning to your useful message: SuperAntiSpyware may cause a very large spike in CPU use. I have an open support ticket about the program opening two instances of calcs.exe when it runs, causing my CPU use to climb as high as 100%. This problem might be limited to my computer, of course. So far, I've received only a "we need to look into this" reply from the SuperAntiSpyware support team. I don't know when the malady started, but I have a feeling that it was after a fairly-recent program update. My weekly scheduled scan finished a few minutes ago, and I had to click several times on "kill this process" to get the two instances of calcs.exe to go away. Usually, a single click on each instance does that, but not today. On Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 8:29 am, Johnb33 wrote: >Have you scanned for malware/spyware infections using Superantispyware? Download >from www.superantispyware.com. use the free version. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 10:02 am Posted by Johnb33 (1623 messages posted) not sure on where you got this calcs.exe file but this doesn't run when i scan with superantispyware. Most likely you are infected as well??? On Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 9:42 am, John Liebson wrote: > >An ironic warning to your useful message: SuperAntiSpyware may cause a very >large spike in CPU use. I have an open support ticket about the program opening two >instances of calcs.exe when it runs, causing my CPU use to climb as high as 100%. >This problem might be limited to my computer, of course. > >So far, I've received only a "we need to look into this" reply from the SuperAntiSpyware >support team. I don't know when the malady started, but I have a feeling that it >was after a fairly-recent program update. > >My weekly scheduled scan finished a few minutes ago, and I had to click several times >on "kill this process" to get the two instances of calcs.exe to go away. Usually, >a single click on each instance does that, but not today. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 10:14 am Posted by John Liebson (629 messages posted) Oh, pflugal and other assorted curses: The file is cacls.exe, which I seem to have a propensity for misspelling. It is a required Windows file, in \Windows\System32, and is used by, among other programs, SuperAntiSpyware. It controls ACLs program, according to the property sheet, whatever ACLs program might be. When I reported the problem to Super, I included a link to an on-line report about cacls.exe, complete with a quote from one of Super's own employees. Super does use the file, but it is supposed to release cacls.exe, not start and keep two instances in memory. No infections on this computer, according to Avast, Comodo Firewall, Spybot, nor SuperAntiSpyware scans. The only infection is the user.... Worst example of that: Several years ago, I was writing a major and very complex fire service training manual about Class A Foam and Compressed Air Foam. Now, one would probably think that, given the subject, I'd have no problem in typing "foam"; however, I had to add an automated correction entry in WordPerfect to change my typing of "faom" to "foam". Megasigh. On Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 10:02 am, Johnb33 wrote: > >not sure on where you got this calcs.exe file but this doesn't run when i scan with >superantispyware. Most likely you are infected as well??? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: CPU usage high Monday, July 7, 2008 at 6:29 am Posted by Mune (30 messages posted) First, a couple questions: What was the last event which happened on your computer when this started happening (assuming that this problem started happening suddenly)? I mean, things like 'I installed an antivirus program' or 'I was browsing a website' would be helpful. However, if you are here asking us what's going on, my guess is that you haven't been able to pinpoint what may have happened to cause it in the beginning. Just try and think back and see if you can remember anything occuring just before the problem started, even something like a Windows update being installed. If you haven't run any anti virus/adware/spyware scans, I recommend doing so. Computer infections are certainly a popular cause of high CPU usage. Last thing I should mention is that when you referenced your antivirus software, it sounded like you may have multiple antivirus programs. If this is the case, remove one of them, as you should never have more than one antivirus program installed on a computer, as this can also cause problems like high CPU usage (among other problems). [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum