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Dale · 09-03-2009, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by dilligaff_2k4:

Thanks Jim,

I'll keep digging, so far coming up empty. Have shut off everything in start up & have scanned using CCleaner, MalwareBytes, Hijackthis and and and.

But obviously something went south.
The Shark screen saver is also running in super slow-mo.

Guess I will have to do w/o my two fave' savers until
I get to the bottom of it.

Assuming you are running Windows XP - you probably know this already, but:

Press Ctrl/Alt/Delete simultaneously. This brings up the Windows Taks Manager.

Clicking on the Performance tab will show you CPU total load, but what you wanto to do is:

Click on the Processes tab. Make sure "Show process from all users" is checked.

Click on the column header that is for CPU percent (Often shown as "C..."). That sorts CPU users - with 00% at the top. Now click that column header again, and the sort will be with the biggest users at the top.

[If you don't have a CPU column, then click on View at the top, go to Select Columns, and add CPU Usage]

That should show you what process is using a lot of CPU.

09-03-2009, 09:10 PM	#6
Dale Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Western Missouri Posts: 960	Originally posted by dilligaff_2k4: Thanks Jim, I'll keep digging, so far coming up empty. Have shut off everything in start up & have scanned using CCleaner, MalwareBytes, Hijackthis and and and. But obviously something went south. The Shark screen saver is also running in super slow-mo. Guess I will have to do w/o my two fave' savers until I get to the bottom of it. Assuming you are running Windows XP - you probably know this already, but: Press Ctrl/Alt/Delete simultaneously. This brings up the Windows Taks Manager. Clicking on the Performance tab will show you CPU total load, but what you wanto to do is: Click on the Processes tab. Make sure "Show process from all users" is checked. Click on the column header that is for CPU percent (Often shown as "C..."). That sorts CPU users - with 00% at the top. Now click that column header again, and the sort will be with the biggest users at the top. [If you don't have a CPU column, then click on View at the top, go to Select Columns, and add CPU Usage] That should show you what process is using a lot of CPU.