This usally happends when a program gets hungup...(not respawning) try running defrag and using good spyware and adware removers. if explorer.exe is hanging usallly a virii or its time to format the computer. i hope this help you


SPYWARE REMOVER(spybot s&d)--http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
SPYWARE REMOVER(Ad-aware)--http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
GOOD REGISTRY/JUNK FILE REMOVER(system mechanic)--http://www.iolo.com/sm/4/download.cfms




-Buckweat420-

I have a similar problem, im using windows 2000 pro with a 700mhz cpu and 256 mbs of ram and a 128 MB nvidia geforce mx4000 im pretty sure i have all the latest drivers. and after about 10-20 mins. online my svchost pegs out and never goes down, and my internet activity goes for about 3-5 mins just fine then no activity for 30-60 seconds in a non stop repetitive cycle untill i restart (i always have to impropely shut down when it happens my system hangs when i try to properly restart) i had almost exactly the same problem with xp which is why i switched to 2000. it never happens when im offline so i figured it was spyware or a virus connecting to host and executing it. i have a antivirus\firewall i got recomended from microsoft.com its called ez trust ez armor i think. and fully upgraded spybot search and destroy and adaware. all they found was something called agobot which i figured was the problem. I had to registery edit to get it off and deleted all its files, but i still have the same problem...plz help ive been plagued with this problem forever.

ps. someone suggest a good free firewall cos the one i have only deteced the very most basic activities such as IE. and my earthlink connection along with other things as equally obvious.

well maybe i didnt get it off, adaware deteced the agobot (win32.backdoor.agobot to be exact) again and now its telling me the file is in stystem32 called "enigma" but the file isnt there??? ive tried searching with all hidden files shown and nothing. it truly is an enigma, at least to a novice like me.

I just installed the program weather watcher. Somehow it always makes my CPU use 100% (as I see it in Task Manager), as long as it is running. I don't know why, I have try to close everything and just leave it running in tray, weather data is updated hourly, there shouldn't be anything running all the time. I guess I don't really need to know how it makes CPU run at 100%, I just want to know is it okay to leave it like that ? If not, is there anything I can do about it? I like the program alot tho but...

i also faced the same problem with ie. i have to close the ie when it happened.

as i know, for pc, nowadays the speed of motherboard is slower. when you desige the cooling system, we do not need to consider the 100% usage of cpu. so leave it as 100% usage is not a good idea.

Hi Im actually having the same problem too.... i installed XP to two different HDD already and they are both doing the 100% cpu... also one of them is new out of the box. Cant seem to figure out what the problem is.... I have

ASUS A8N SLI
AMD 3200
ATI X800 GT Powercolor
1GIG RAM
Windows XP Pro SP2

Let's not dig up 2.5 year old threads. Closing thread-- please open a new thread to discuss your issue.