cpu usage

Hello Everybody, i have recently installed windows 7 Ultimate x64, i have noticed that when i do a simple task such as open IE the CPU usage jumps to 30 - 40 %, I feel that this is not right. Does anybodyhave any suggestions or advice regarding this subject?. PC specs: AMD Phenom II X4 940...

Hey everyone, I just recently purchased windows 7 ultimate 64bit, and i have ran into this problem for quite some time. When downloading things or streaming videos, my computer becomes very slow and choppy even though my cpu usage is low. I usually notice this problem when my pc has been on for...

I am somewhat baffled by this..... Whenever I try to play a game on my Win 7 laptop (older Toshiba Tecra S3, 1.86Ghz, nvidia Go6600, 1 Gig RAM) I see the screen flicker and then nothing happens. I open up the Task Manager and see that the rundll32.exe is pinned @ 100% (or close to) and...

Hello Forum, When I'm viewing an online video or streaming Internet radio, more often than not my CPU will spike to 100 percent and slow considerably and stay there until I pause the video or audio. I've only experienced the problem for the past week. It is the same whether using IE or Firefox...

Hello, Recently i replaced my connection and now every time i use my internet connection i get svchost.exe using 25% of my cpu... Here some photos about my problem: I have Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit, If you need more information about my system let me know and i will provide photos. Thanks in...

Hi all! I am having problems while copying data from one drive to another, to and from external usb drive (or even 2 gb flash drive) and even over the network (wifi or lan both) .. the windows gets very very slow .. 100% cpu usage .. the process svchost uses it all .. if i try to open windows...

Hello! It happens randomly every time when processor uses approximately 50-100% of its self-power. I already have read info about disabling all sound effects, but it has no effect for me To partially reduce that effect I set 'low priority' to all process that consumes more that 10%.. Also...

I installed windows seven a month ago it worked good for a few weeks now my computer starts running 80% cpu and 80% ram constintly without any programs open. computer specs asus G51vx Intel(R) COre(TM)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz 2.00GHz 4 GB ram 64 bit windows 7 home

Hello all, I have one question about Windows 7. I`m currently using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, on HP 6830s notebook. Whenever Im listening music or watching movie (whether Bsplayer, windows media player or any other program) if some process is running behind (example: Listening music on winamp...

I've been using windows 7 ultimate 64bit for a few weeks. It's all good except; When i try to get in hardrives, folders etc. it waits 2-3 seconds each time. Forward-backward-shortcut any attempt on opening a folder makes me wait 2-3 seconds. When i check it on task manager, each time i click...

As the title says, I just got done installing 7 64bit (after like a 5 hour install) and now the OS is slow to respond to anything I request of it. XP ran perfectly on this rig My specs: Harddrive: WD Caviar Blue Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusc 7.1 CPU: Pentium D 940 Presler...

Hi everyone! i just got my copy of WINDOWS 7 today and i did a full reboot. I notice that i cant run any of my software due to my 100% cpu usage.. i barely got any software on it, -Avir anti virus -Win rar - ableton live 7 so there is barely anything on there..my windows 7 is slow...

I have a Dell M6400 Laptop. The spec is quite hefty at Q9300 Quad Code 2.53 Ghz, 8GB Ram, 1GB Nvidia FX 3700M Video. I am running Windows 7, and have recently bought 2 new games, DragonAge, and Modern Warfare 2. When on Battery Power I can run both games in full 1920x1200. The run...

everyone says how fast windows 7 is but it seems just as fast if not slower than xp (my previous version). Its alright here and there but theres just so many small things that seem to take so long to do. I brought up my task manager to see my cpu usage and it jumps from around 10% (what it is...

Computer stats Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit Gigabyte Socket 775 Mobo Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 CPU Nvidia 8800GT 4 GB DDR2 Ram MSI TV Anywhere PCI TV Tuner Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS I have recently beginning with last Thursday been experiencing after a good 4-7 hours of the computer being on a massive spike...

I have a Win 7 64 bit desktop system - Opening taskmanager I see that with no programs running, no windows open the CPU usage meter is sitting at about 25% - what's going on? My previous XP Pro machine would idle at a few percent CPU usage at most. system: Gigabyte GA EP45-UDR3 Intel...

so i just upgraded to 64bit 7 from 32 bit vista. updated my 8800 gt's drivers installed firefox and a few gadgets when my screen would flash black and start bar would become a solid color then the monitor turns off and says no input. after a few seconds it comes back on (my cpu's core usage also...

Hello. I'm using Windows 7 professional and i'm facing problems when i start unpack 2gigs+ .rar files my cpu usage is around 0-20% but while after running unpack my cpu usage goes 70-100% and all my usb ''unplugs'' from windows. Used programs: Winrar, 7-zip and Free RAR Extract Frog but all...

Ok, so I recently upgraded to Windows 7, about a week ago. Since then I have been getting BSOD's when I am not using my computer, generally when it goes to sleep for a while. I work 12 hour days and every time I come home the computer is either off or has the "Windows recoverd from a BSOD"...