MSMPENG. EXE CPU use
MSMPENG. EXE is using about 100% of my CPU and causing my XP Professional system bogged down or almost stop. Is there a solution?
Please note: I have been using Windows Live OneCare (WLOC) years. Because Windows Live OneCare Support ends, I removed WLOC and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. The issue of the 100% CPU usage with WLOC exists and persists with Microsoft Security Essentials.
I discovered that ate all my CPU. a program called 'Port' paper (used with my Xerox Scanner manufactured by "Nuance"), has 2 programs "Consistently" keep running and checking for updates. I didn't really "running records" in "Task manager", while it was difficult to understand. In my research, I found that a Microsoft program called ProcessExplorer (procexp.exe). When activated, ProcessExplorer shows clearly (in the child like terms), which programs are underway and the amount of the CPU for each usage. I clicked on each file running, hit the Red check mark and "Stopped" the two processes. My CPU usage went from 90 to 100% 5-10%, depending on what I was doing.
The most upsetting sad on these 2 constantly running programs is the fact that they never gave information about "Updates" to make the program run better or to fix bugs, these files 'ONLY' informed you of "buying new programs! I forgot the exact name of the main file, but it was something like: "ISUM.exe" and the other CPU Hogs was "Agent.exe".
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See section to learn more about how to clean boot.
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http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353
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