WHY 100% CPU USAGE ALWAYS???

[jr]

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Thanks "R.McCarthy" for the suggestion below.

I checked my CPU Usage and discovered that it was always at 100% all the
time!! I'm sure that cannot be right. So I checked the Processes tab and
discovered that the culprit seemed to be "SPOOLSV.EXE" . When I stopped that
task the CPU Usage dropped to about 4%!!!! And more importantly, every
application seemed to work much faster with little or no delays, which was
my problem in the first place. YIPEE!!

However the problem returned the minute I opened MS Word and SPOOLSC.EXE
reappeared in the Taskmanager.


Any suggestions anyone.


JR



..>>>>>>>>>>>>
"R.McCarthy wrote.....

You should use Taskmgr, Processes (TAB) and add a few columns
to watch your system. From your description, it sounds like Priority
or CPU Usage that is causing the lag. This assumes that you've done
normal operations to eliminate Malware/Viruses/Trojans.
Along with normal data fields - I would add/monitor the following:
Mem Usage
Peak Mem Usage
CPU Time
Handles
Base Priority
and possibly I/O Writes to monitor disk activity.
Once TaskMgr is open & set to Processes (Tab), Click View,
Select Columns. After you get the fields set, you might slide their
headings next to each other to make viewing/monitoring easier.

"JR" <NOSPAMNOSPAM-js@trc.ie-NOSPAMNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:s38ze.2136$R5.492@news.indigo.ie...
> Hi,
>
> Just bought new Dell with XP home. Every program I run on it, even
> Internet
> Explorer is slow "to react". What I mean is that when I click a button to
> either open a
> program or click a button in the toolbar of an already open program, it
> seems XP has
> a long pause to think things over, with no apparent disk activity during
> the
> pause, which is usually about 15/20 seconds. Extremely annoying!
>
> I posted this message last week and people made a few suggestions about me
> getting more memory or having unnecessary programs running etc. However, I
> have loads of memory on the machine (512) and have disabled all
> unnecessary programs in Startup.
>
> Can anyone offer an explanation or more hopefully a solution (apart from
> my
> going back to my old machine running Windows 98, 64k memory with no delays
> whatsoever)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JR
>

 

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From: "JR" <NOSPAMNOSPAM-js@trc.ie-NOSPAMNOSPAM>

| Thanks "R.McCarthy" for the suggestion below.
|
| I checked my CPU Usage and discovered that it was always at 100% all the
| time!! I'm sure that cannot be right. So I checked the Processes tab and
| discovered that the culprit seemed to be "SPOOLSV.EXE" . When I stopped that
| task the CPU Usage dropped to about 4%!!!! And more importantly, every
| application seemed to work much faster with little or no delays, which was
| my problem in the first place. YIPEE!!
|
| However the problem returned the minute I opened MS Word and SPOOLSC.EXE
| reappeared in the Taskmanager.
|
| Any suggestions anyone.
|
| JR

Are you using an Epson printer ?

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Ran into a similar situation a few days ago. Turned out a
number of print jobs to a shared printer were stuck. I was able
to cancel most of them but one needed to be manually deleted
from the spooler. That said, you might want to try the
following:

In Control Panel, open "Printers and Faxes".
Right click each of your installed printers and see if there
are any documents listed.
If so, on the toolbar click Printer and select "Cancel All
Documents" from the drop down menu.
If any documents remain you can try the following:
Go to this location:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS
Delete any files that are present.

Note: Just to be on the safe side I deleted, reinstalled and
tested the printer. So far no problems.

Nepatsfan

JR wrote:
> Thanks "R.McCarthy" for the suggestion below.
>
> I checked my CPU Usage and discovered that it was always at
> 100% all the time!! I'm sure that cannot be right. So I
> checked the Processes tab and discovered that the culprit
> seemed to be "SPOOLSV.EXE" . When I stopped that task the
> CPU Usage dropped to about 4%!!!! And more importantly,
> every application seemed to work much faster with little or
> no delays, which was my problem in the first place. YIPEE!!
> However the problem returned the minute I opened MS Word and
> SPOOLSC.EXE reappeared in the Taskmanager.
>
>
> Any suggestions anyone.
>
>
> JR
>
>
>
> .>>>>>>>>>>>>
> "R.McCarthy wrote.....
>
> You should use Taskmgr, Processes (TAB) and add a few columns
> to watch your system. From your description, it sounds like
> Priority or CPU Usage that is causing the lag. This assumes
> that
> you've done normal operations to eliminate
> Malware/Viruses/Trojans.
> Along with normal data fields - I would add/monitor the
> following: Mem Usage
> Peak Mem Usage
> CPU Time
> Handles
> Base Priority
> and possibly I/O Writes to monitor disk activity.
> Once TaskMgr is open & set to Processes (Tab), Click View,
> Select Columns. After you get the fields set, you might
> slide their headings next to each other to make
> viewing/monitoring easier.
> "JR" <NOSPAMNOSPAM-js@trc.ie-NOSPAMNOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:s38ze.2136$R5.492@news.indigo.ie...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just bought new Dell with XP home. Every program I run on
>> it, even Internet
>> Explorer is slow "to react". What I mean is that when I
>> click a button to either open a
>> program or click a button in the toolbar of an already open
>> program, it seems XP has
>> a long pause to think things over, with no apparent disk
>> activity during the
>> pause, which is usually about 15/20 seconds. Extremely
>> annoying! I posted this message last week and people made a
>> few
>> suggestions about me getting more memory or having
>> unnecessary programs running etc. However, I have loads of
>> memory on the machine (512) and have disabled all
>> unnecessary programs in Startup. Can anyone offer an
>> explanation or more hopefully a
>> solution (apart from my
>> going back to my old machine running Windows 98, 64k memory
>> with no delays whatsoever)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> JR