re: Explorer causing 100%/High CPU usage on mpeg files
Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 10:03 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22031 messages posted)
probably too many services
http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
also d/l & run spybot
On Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 7:23 pm, Terry Parker wrote:
>When I run explorer and have a directory with mpeg files in it, if I select the
file
>(even right-clicking to rename), all of a sudden my system (P4 2.4ghz) begins to
>CRAWL. If I have performance monitor running, in about 3 seconds it will show explorer
>using up 100% of the CPU cycles. After about 30 seconds, the system comes back and
>everything is fine (if I manage to finish the rename, for instance, the keyboard
>is slow to respond, but I can get through it, and after the rename the system will
>still be slow for another 20-30 seconds). I've searched here and I'm using DMA (this
>is a Raid 0 array). I found a "tweak" on the web about explorer and AVI files slowing
>the system down, so I removed the specified registry key, but no change. This is
>a fairly "fresh" system, and has been going through lots of XP "updates" and it
appears
>to have begun after one of these, but unfortunately I cannot be sure. Would really
>appreciate any insight, it's driving me nuts.
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