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    WSZAve
    AskWoody Lounger
    October 21, 2003 at 8:32 am #395320

    Recently my computer has been showing 100% CPU usage constantly even with nothing running. Interestingly, it does not appear to be significantly slower. I have updated my virus definitions and scanned, used 3 different start up checking programs to see what might be starting up, and nothing has helped.
    Is there an article or something that could give a step by step approach how to isolate a problem like this , and try to solve it?
    Thanks

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    • WSHansV
      AskWoody Lounger
      October 21, 2003 at 9:40 am #732216

      If you look at the Processes tab of the Task Manager, can you identify which process or processes are using all those processor cycles?

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      • WSZAve
        AskWoody Lounger
        October 21, 2003 at 9:56 am #732228

        I assume that is the colomn CPU and the higher the number the more cycles it is using? If so they are cisvc.ece= 29 and system = 25
        Thanks

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        • WSHansV
          AskWoody Lounger
          October 21, 2003 at 10:23 am #732250

          The CPU column is the percentage of CPU time used by the process.

          Cisvc.exe is the Indexing Service, a notorious resource hog. You can find info about it in Start | Help and Support, by typing Indexing Service into the Search box.

          If you wish, you can uninstall Indexing Service: Start | Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.

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        • WSHansV
          AskWoody Lounger
          October 21, 2003 at 10:23 am #732251

          The CPU column is the percentage of CPU time used by the process.

          Cisvc.exe is the Indexing Service, a notorious resource hog. You can find info about it in Start | Help and Support, by typing Indexing Service into the Search box.

          If you wish, you can uninstall Indexing Service: Start | Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.

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      • WSZAve
        AskWoody Lounger
        October 21, 2003 at 9:56 am #732229

        I assume that is the colomn CPU and the higher the number the more cycles it is using? If so they are cisvc.ece= 29 and system = 25
        Thanks

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    • WSHansV
      AskWoody Lounger
      October 21, 2003 at 9:40 am #732217

      If you look at the Processes tab of the Task Manager, can you identify which process or processes are using all those processor cycles?

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