Constantly higher than 50% even when idle CPU usage. NT kernel & system?

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  What he does?

  Is there some settings for switch/reduce background tasks?

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• Qosmio F50 - 10Z - fan cycling on and outside, even when idle

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  It's not easy to say what's the reason of this problem, I so a few questions:
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  What operating system do you use?

  First of all, you should try to update the BIOS. You can find it on the Toshiba site:
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  Also, make sure that there is enough free space a tower the specifications that the air circulation is not blocked.

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  You have said not much was however to be sure, you can try these methods.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
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  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
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  To see everything that is in charge of startup - wait a few minutes without doing anything - then right click on the task - bar
  The task manager - take a look at stored by - Services - process - it is a quick reference (if you have
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  Tools that should help you:

  Process Explorer - free - find out what are the files, registry keys and other objects processes have opened, the dll
  they loaded and much more. This exceptionally effective utility will show you even owned by each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you
  opening of session. Autoruns also shows you the full list of registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-
  start the settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL real-time activity.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

  WhatsInStartUP - free - this utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows
  starts. For each request, the following information is displayed: Startup Type (registry/Startup folder).
  The command - line String, product name, file Version, company name, location in the registry or the file system,
  and much more. It allows you to easily disable or remove unwanted programs that runs in your Windows startup.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

  There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
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  Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not. The window Watcher says it all, reporting of any window created by all running programs, if the window is visible or not.
  http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
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  Hope these helps.

  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• MJB: FF 3.6.6 falls down repeatedly, even when idle

  [My apologies, I clicked on the incorrect URL and close the previous thread by mistake.]

  I have FF 3.6.6 to random crashing when I am still doing nothing. I have two websites open normally, none of them use Flash or Adobe plug-ins. A self-actualization of content every few minutes, but it's the text and graphics of JPG/GIF base (managed by JavaScript I presume). The other site does nothing if I don't take no actions. But several times a day, FF just stops silently.

  I'm running on linux Mint 9 KDE edition.

  Subject: accidents indicates the URL is not valid. ~/. Mozilla/Firefox/crash reports / there is no; ~/. Mozilla/Firefox / contains a single file called. profiles.ini - nor could I find a folder with this name in one of the directories related to FireFox.

  One of your modules could be the culprit too. Try running Firefox in questions to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode with all disabled add-ons. If that solves the problem, see Troubleshooting extensions and themes and problems of hardware acceleration to resolve common Firefox problems and possibly troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to solve common Firefox problems

• Windows 7 hard drive stolen when idle and during programs execution system

  I can hear my hard drive C beating away when my system is idle, and even though my system is running programs.

  Think it might be Firefox that uses the hard drive much - checked, uses the hd a little, but not more than usual, but I can still hear the hard drive clicking suite. So I close Firefox. Still ongoing.

  Tried to switch browsers Chrome, and even has a lot more use of the disk by cycle Firefox did. But no matter whether Chrome is open or not, I can still hear the beating of hard drive.

  Tried to use IE as my main browser, still no luck.

  I checked on the Windows Task Manager, but no 1 process shows a lot of the use of the disc. I tried then to resource monitor and 'System' appears at the top of the list of processes sorted by use of the disk. But there are a lot of sub-thingos (forgive my ignorance of jargon) ongoing enforcement under 'System', while originally the beating of disc?

  I disabled the process that has been suggested on the forums, without any change in the use of Windows Media network share drive.

  Then I saw a thread in which someone talked about disabling Marvell / RAID drivers remains other manufacturers (where the system has no installed RAID array) slow down its use of the disk.

  I have no RAID array on my PC either and noticed a Marvell driver under the heading 'System' using SysInternals Process Explorer.

  I also noticed that some other drivers stray, maybe one of them is originally the use of disk problem?

  It is terribly random - will start and continue for 30 to 40 minutes and then stop for hours, then start again.

  I don't think it's a virus, as I have Avast! and can use the shield of file to control what files Avast! analysis - strangely, although I hear the hard drive in use, Avast! does not pick up/scan all files that the disc is supposed to be using.

  Here are the various screenshots that I downloaded in the hope that someone can help me solve this problem of disk hard until it wears out and dies a lonely premature death: P - thanks

  http://CID-b92b880a2eb0b50a.Office.live.com/self.aspx/computer%20Error%20Screenies/hard%20Drive%20Usage/stray%20Marvell%20Driver.PNG

  http://CID-b92b880a2eb0b50a.Office.live.com/self.aspx/computer%20Error%20Screenies/hard%20Drive%20Usage/stray%20AMD%20Storage%20Filter%20Driver.PNG

  http://CID-b92b880a2eb0b50a.Office.live.com/self.aspx/computer%20Error%20Screenies/hard%20Drive%20Usage/dump%20Disk%20Processes%201%203rd%20Oct.PNG

  I downloaded SysInternals Process Monitor of

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  But the program is much more complex than Process Explorer and I have no idea how to use it.

  Can someone tell me please how to run a trace through the events that may help determine which of the processes analyzed in running process monitor is / are the ones that are causing high disk usage?

  An analysis more

  Restarted in safe mode (without network) and entered the resource (part of Windows 7) monitor and SysInternals Process Explorer (in Microsoft TechNet) to see if I could pinpoint the problem.

  All the time, I was in safe mode, the hard drive kept in fly! : O

  I started first of all resource monitor and saw that the 'system' with the PID of 4 remained the more intensive process of disk. Using the disc went from 100 KB/s to 1 MB/s as before when you are connected to Windows 7 normally.

  I also saw

  svschost (netsvcs),

  Svchost (secsvcs)

  Svchost (dcomlaunch)

  and like other processes

  wmiadap.exe

  wmiprvsv.exe appear. 2 wmi processes disappeared after a short while leaving svchost and remaining 'System '.

  I closed the resource monitor shot to the top of Process Explorer and found some weird-looking process:

  Under wmiprvsv.exe, there was a file called locale.nls, with no manufacturer name/description (unlike some other services/sys files having a "Microsoft Corporation" as their name)

  Under each of the svchost.exe process, out of all the files that have name descriptors (Microsoft Corporation), there was a little without name descriptors that caught my attention:

  A file that found in Windows/Globalization/Sorting/Sortdefault.nls

  A file called locale.nls (sorry don't remember the location of the file)

  A file that found in Windows/Registration/R00000000000.clb

  A file that found in Windows/System32/C_28591.nls

  All the files above with the exception of the R000000.clb one found in svchost, lsass and csrss.

  The R00000.clb file was found only in svchost.

  I noticed these files because they had no name description next to them - could all of the files I mentioned contribute to the problem of the use of disc?

  Hard drive stolen continues even after I Logout

  I have my own PC and use an administrator account (not the default "Administrator" account, but my own account with administrator privileges).

  I tried logging my regular account and another account limited, I have on the PC. Not only the disk thrashing hardcontinue while I was connected and on the screen of welcome,but he continued even after I had connected to the limited account.

  Weird Hey?

  UPDATED OCTOBER 12, 2010

  Tried to run performance monitor reports using perfmon /report in start search/run menu. Have not circumvented to André Xperf suggestion again, too complicated for me to understand, waiting for his response.

  Meanwhile, here's a screenshot of the 1 report and the complete HTML file of another taken report a few minutes later (did not know that I could save the report in HTML format at the first time, I did the screenie)

  http://CID-b92b880a2eb0b50a.Office.live.com/self.aspx/computer%20Error%20Screenies/hard%20Drive%20Usage/12th%20October%202010.html

  http://CID-b92b880a2eb0b50a.Office.live.com/self.aspx/computer%20Error%20Screenies/hard%20Drive%20Usage/Perfmon%20Report%2012th%20October%202010.PNG

  Nope,

  It was actually the power supply fan making a rattling noise that resembled the disk hard grinding/fly. This problem is solved. Thanks to all, especially to André, for your help.

• My laptop is often spiking to 100% CPU usage and always > 10%, with a physical memory to 25% + even though I have no programs running

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  All the processes you list, apart from mcagent, which is McAfee, are essential components of Windows. If you finish one of them outside the sidebar of your computer stops working to a greater or lesser degree. You could try gadgets on sidebar of closing in case one of them is wrong to behave.

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  Process Explorer is a chart of the CPU where you can put the mouse on a cob and it will tell you what process is using most of the CPU.

  There is an introduction to Process Explorer here.

  http://Channel9.msdn.com/events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2010/WCL314

  As for the memory of 25%, 25% of what? Computer laptop 2 GB I write this on shows 42% of physical memory used with any running application. It's Windows. It's big enough.

  In your situation, one thing I would try would be to uninstall McAfee (run the removal tool then http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507) and install Microsoft Security Essentials.

• CPU.ready.summation of measurement when cpu.usage.average max

  Hi, I'm new in powercli,

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• Allowed to 13.0a1 nightly update. It is hung. Now the > 50% CPU usage

  This morning helped the nightly update manifest. However, he hung Mid-implementation to date. Noticed CPU has increased substantially to about 85%. Tried disabling add-ons, safemode, reboot... Processor clocked constantly higher than 50% now even without launching nightly. Stakes never 100%, but extends between 50% and 92%. I'm puzzled! Ran Malwarebytes and ESET NOD (last)... nothing detected. I completely shut down and rebooted 5 x now. Same question.

  Searched with keywords "CPU usage" excessive and inactive. Found the following link

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/presentationfontcacheexe-uses-50-of-my-CPU/4200fe85-458F-4f19-b791-1fe5395304da

  Followed the instructions and it worked like a charm. CPU now idling between 4% and 12%. Candy!

• High CPU usage when more than 30 sessions disconnection/connection

  Hi guys,.
  I had this problem for a long time.
  Environment: RAC 10.2.0.5. Oracle enterprise linux 4.8. Application Java B2C with dbcp and oc4j dirver.
  
  Server type: Dell R815. 48 processors 128 G MEM for each node.
  
  This is a lot of the web application connects to the database and when one of them is down it will restart soon and try to connect to the database again. Each of them will try to get 50 connections simultaneously initially.
  
  So when it happens, the sys cpu usage % will pass to more than 70, 80, 90 percent each time.
  
  BTW, it also happens in more than 30 logout simultaneously.
  
  Could someone tell me what the problem is?
  
  
  Thank you very much.
  
  Published by: Longfei Wei on February 17, 2011 23:48

  Longfei Wei says:
  Hi guys,.
  I had this problem for a long time.
  Environment: RAC 10.2.0.5. Oracle enterprise linux 4.8. Application Java B2C with dbcp and oc4j dirver.

  Server type: Dell R815. 48 processors 128 G MEM for each node.

  This is a lot of the web application connects to the database and when one of them is down it will restart soon and try to connect to the database again. Each of them will try to get 50 connections simultaneously initially.

  So when it happens, the sys cpu usage % will pass to more than 70, 80, 90 percent each time.

  BTW, it also happens in more than 30 logout simultaneously.

  Could someone tell me what the problem is?

  The task of creating a connection and the session must be serialized, and if you start a number of connection or disconnection is trying at the same time you can end up with a storm of activity on the relevant latches that effects serious knockon. I'm a little surprised that you see that with only 30 to 50 connections, but maybe you have a couple of processors.

  I made some comments to this topic on another thread a while ago: Re: generals to have a high value of the init process (or sessions) parameter

  It is possible that you can configure the application server in order to limit the speed at which he tries to create or cancel the connection - for example, there may be configuration settings to say things like: 'create no more than 5 both', 'just wait a second between disconnections. (Oracle introduced parameters to logoff storms - but maybe they don't work in your version).

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