Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 05:45 PM |
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O/T - Notebook Issues!
I am having a 'mare with my work Notebook. I have put a request in to get it sorted but they are not exactly on-the-ball 
At random times, it decides to run 100% CPU for anything from 10 to 100minutes! 
Stops me doing anything for ages when it goes. I have tried checking to see what services are running and at most they use 25-30% CPU, so I am
thinking it may be a web service or similar running in the background. Only seems to happen when I go on to a network (although not 100% sure). I have
updated my virus checker and Malaware software and booted up in safe mode then checked for 'nasties'. I found nothing
Does anyone have any ideas or know of a freeware package I can get to check what is running?
The machine is running Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Intel i3CPU running @ 2.53Ghz (sometimes!!!) Has 4GB of RAM
Cheers guys.
JB
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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mookaloid
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 05:50 PM |
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I have a pc which does a very similar thing - very similar spec and win7 64 pro too.
I think it might be something to do with outlook but I can't get to the bottom of it either
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Slimy38
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 05:54 PM |
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When you check what's running, make sure you check the box marked 'show all processes'. By default Windows 7 only shows you your own
processes and not system processes.
Traditionally a Windows 7 resource hog is the search indexer, it can go a bit peculiar and chew up CPU. It's meant to only take full CPU if
nothing else is using it, but as you can probably guess it's not very good at knowing whether you've gone for a cuppa or it's 4:59
and you have a document to finish before you leave for the pub.
See what 'all processes' gives you first, don't forget to click on the % column to show them in order.
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iank
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 06:01 PM |
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Virus checker's can sometimes do this, Mcafee will lock out everything while it upgrades its signature files and engine if you let it.
My work machine did the same thing, but stopped recently, as presumably someone in IT got their finger out and fixed the problem.
If your checker has a "log window" or some such watch it when the thing starts to grind.
[Edited on 10/7/12 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 06:15 PM |
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Yep, checked for all processes and ordered them, but still no joy!
Is there any way of turning off the search indexer?
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Slimy38
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 07:05 PM |
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If you go to control panel, programs and features, and 'turn windows features on and off', you can turn it off there. However, you lose
all search options.
It's better to limit the search indexer to only particular places, if you go to 'indexing options' you can see where it's
looking. You should be able to see how to turn off locations. Pay particular attention to any searching that involves Outlook, it seems particularly
prone to causing trouble there.
When you looked at your processes, what were the actual CPU hogging processes? Do you know what each of them are or are there any that you don't
know about?
[Edited on 10/7/12 by Slimy38]
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Slimy38
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 07:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Virus checker's can sometimes do this, Mcafee will lock out everything while it upgrades its signature files and engine if you let it.
Bl**dy Mcafee, always causes issues even when it's running perfectly. Unfortunately it is the 'standard' antivirus for most
companies. I tend to force an update now when it's convenient to me, that normally keeps it quiet for a week or so.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/7/12 at 09:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
If you go to control panel, programs and features, and 'turn windows features on and off', you can turn it off there. However, you lose
all search options.
That's not quite true, you can still search (with the thoroughly broken Windows 7 search engine) but it can be very slow without indexing.
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