System freezing and slow

[jay]

I have a stand alone P C using DP Pro and Microsoft Office 2007. I connect
to the Internet via DUN. I use Zone Alarm Internet Suite for virus and
spyware protection.
During the past few weeks I’ve noticed a significant slowdown in operations.
One which would normally be attributed to spyware or the such. The PC even
began locking up on me for 45 seconds at a time when nothing would work. I
took the ZA off to see if that would cure the problem and it did not. I
uninstalled it and reinstalled it and no improvements. I then downloaded
Spybot and ran it and Windows Defender and ran it with no results.
My work computer began the same actions at the same time. I thought this
significant and tried everything there too with no results. Where I was
frustrated before, now much more. Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[Newell White]

You don't say what OS you are running.

Assuming it is Windows XP, you could be suffering from svchost/windows
update syndrome. CTRL+ALT+DEL and Task Manager will show svchost.exe using
50% or more CPU time. This is not a virus, but progress - like road
improvements, sometimes things get worse before they get better!

Go to Windows Update, make sure you have the latest updating software and
all updates installed.

If that does not fix it do a websearch for svchost windows xp update cpu.
This should give you some specific remedies.
--
Newell White


"jay" wrote:

> I have a stand alone P C using DP Pro and Microsoft Office 2007. I connect
> to the Internet via DUN. I use Zone Alarm Internet Suite for virus and
> spyware protection.
> During the past few weeks I’ve noticed a significant slowdown in operations.
> One which would normally be attributed to spyware or the such. The PC even
> began locking up on me for 45 seconds at a time when nothing would work. I
> took the ZA off to see if that would cure the problem and it did not. I
> uninstalled it and reinstalled it and no improvements. I then downloaded
> Spybot and ran it and Windows Defender and ran it with no results.
> My work computer began the same actions at the same time. I thought this
> significant and tried everything there too with no results. Where I was
> frustrated before, now much more. Anyone got any suggestions?
>

 

[jay]

Sorry about that. Yes, XP Pro.
Good try, but svchost is using 4K memory.
jay

"Newell White" wrote:

> You don't say what OS you are running.
>
> Assuming it is Windows XP, you could be suffering from svchost/windows
> update syndrome. CTRL+ALT+DEL and Task Manager will show svchost.exe using
> 50% or more CPU time. This is not a virus, but progress - like road
> improvements, sometimes things get worse before they get better!
>
> Go to Windows Update, make sure you have the latest updating software and
> all updates installed.
>
> If that does not fix it do a websearch for svchost windows xp update cpu.
> This should give you some specific remedies.
> --
> Newell White
>
>
> "jay" wrote:
>
> > I have a stand alone P C using DP Pro and Microsoft Office 2007. I connect
> > to the Internet via DUN. I use Zone Alarm Internet Suite for virus and
> > spyware protection.
> > During the past few weeks I’ve noticed a significant slowdown in operations.
> > One which would normally be attributed to spyware or the such. The PC even
> > began locking up on me for 45 seconds at a time when nothing would work. I
> > took the ZA off to see if that would cure the problem and it did not. I
> > uninstalled it and reinstalled it and no improvements. I then downloaded
> > Spybot and ran it and Windows Defender and ran it with no results.
> > My work computer began the same actions at the same time. I thought this
> > significant and tried everything there too with no results. Where I was
> > frustrated before, now much more. Anyone got any suggestions?
> >

 

[Newell White]

So which process is hogging the CPU time when your system is dragging its feet?
--
Newell White


"jay" wrote:

> Sorry about that. Yes, XP Pro.
> Good try, but svchost is using 4K memory.
> jay
>
> "Newell White" wrote:
>
> > You don't say what OS you are running.
> >
> > Assuming it is Windows XP, you could be suffering from svchost/windows
> > update syndrome. CTRL+ALT+DEL and Task Manager will show svchost.exe using
> > 50% or more CPU time. This is not a virus, but progress - like road
> > improvements, sometimes things get worse before they get better!
> >
> > Go to Windows Update, make sure you have the latest updating software and
> > all updates installed.
> >
> > If that does not fix it do a websearch for svchost windows xp update cpu.
> > This should give you some specific remedies.
> > --
> > Newell White
> >
> >
> > "jay" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a stand alone P C using DP Pro and Microsoft Office 2007. I connect
> > > to the Internet via DUN. I use Zone Alarm Internet Suite for virus and
> > > spyware protection.
> > > During the past few weeks I’ve noticed a significant slowdown in operations.
> > > One which would normally be attributed to spyware or the such. The PC even
> > > began locking up on me for 45 seconds at a time when nothing would work. I
> > > took the ZA off to see if that would cure the problem and it did not. I
> > > uninstalled it and reinstalled it and no improvements. I then downloaded
> > > Spybot and ran it and Windows Defender and ran it with no results.
> > > My work computer began the same actions at the same time. I thought this
> > > significant and tried everything there too with no results. Where I was
> > > frustrated before, now much more. Anyone got any suggestions?
> > >

 

[Josh Graves]

On Oct 24, 9:58 am, jay <j...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Sorry about that. Yes, XP Pro.
> Good try, but svchost is using 4K memory.
> jay

Sort by CPU utilization in Task Manager. What process is using the
most CPU resources (not memory)?

Josh the Geek