cpu usage

I have a rather large Excel file (around 100 MB) and it is very slow when I make changes to it or save it. The task manager shows that my CPU usage is upwards toward 100%. It says that "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources".

Hi, I have a laptop (HP Probook 4430s), with Windows 7 as the OS. The problem I face now is lagging in some programs when I use them. For example : a) When I use the putty(already sshed into the server), and then type commands the words get stuck/hang for a while before it continues to...

Hello members and for those that have just joined or are just visiting, to Windows 7 Forums. What Browser do you use? Comments on why, are welcome, but not necessary. Out of my own curiosity, I made a little comparison of the top 3 browsers, Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer10, ie; CPU...

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Hi, Since a week I have been experiencing BSOD randomly and also experiencing system freezes with the cpu usage hitting 100%. Even while I am trying to just delete a file I have experienced BSOD...!!!! Don't know whats happening. Even my Kaspersky antivirus is acting weirdly because earlier I...

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Hello to everybody, i will try to explain my problem the ebst i can and if you can pls but pls help me :( Days ago i installed google earth on my windows7 and the cpu usage is always high and i have unistalled yet the program. I have done a clean install of windows and the problem stays, i...

I was running windows 7 ultimate 32 bit on my intel dual core 3ghz computer with 6 gb ram, a msi p4n sli xe motherboard and a radeon hd 6950 graphics card, I ran the windows upgrade compatibility checker and it said I can use the 64 bit version without problem, I installed the OS with a custom...

hi, I have just been informed by brother that the BSOD happened after "setup.exe" - "googlechromeinstaller" was hogging 99℅ of cpu, in task manager, when for some reason decided to create dump file rather than ending proccess! (he,s a nugget of a boy) should i uninstall chrome? also when system...

Hi all: I have tried searching and found nothing on this, and although I am sure there is something I am sure my search terms were poor. So if this is discussed already, if someone could just point me in the right direction of the thread I would appreciate it. I use my system for media...

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Hello everybody, got genuine OEM Win7 Home Premium (64bit) and a Pavilion dv7 laptop. Almost everytime, when I have certain folder opened, explorer.exe starts loading my CPU (13% usually... sometimes it can rise even further !)... explorer loads stays, until I terminate the process via task...

G'day everyone, Just a quick question. I've noticed that when I leave my pc for some time and the screen savers come on, then the screens go blank (my machine doesn't sleep or hibernate) when I use the pc again I can see that during the time the monitors had turned off, the CPU usage was at...

So, since yesterday evening, I've been having these really strange lock ups. I will be playing/using the computer and then Windows Explorer will lock up- as in, I cannot right click on the Desktop, I cannot open new programs, I cannot close programs. However, for a short time afterwards (1-3...

Hello People! I am not sure how to describe the problem, so i am not even sure how to search around if this would be a common happening. From a day to the other, the computer turned extremely slow. CPU usage is really little even down to 2/3%, hard disk is not doing anything. Obviously no AV...

Okay, I need some help. Usually, I am good with computers, but this time I screwed up. I got a virus on my pc. So far, all it seems to do is take FOREVER to log in, give me a black screen after logging in for 5 minutes, remove SP2 (still in windows 7 SP1) and make the CPU usage 100% (I am...

Unlike everybody else here, I have a different problem with COM Surrogate. I noticed something wasn't right when I got random freeze-ups playing audiosurf which is sensitive to CPU usage. I opened task manager and saw about every 15 seconds, there is a spike in the CPU usage. I checked the...

Hi i'm new here, and im in need of help. For a few weeks now explorer.exe has been misbehaving. It does not do it after bootup but it always starts using 10-15% of my i7-2600 devided over several threads/cores after i have played a game of league of legends. I have tried the folowing: -...

i added an SSD to my computer. not sure if related, but later i started to see the above executible running about 20% of my cpu, causing my cpu temperature to go up, then the computer turns off; not sure if due to hi temp (63 degrees celcius). i have never seen this executible use cpu before...