resource management

Im getting 100% CPU usage even when my comp's idling. Anyone know what the problem might be,or how i can rectify it? It's not happening all the time,but very frequently. Im using a Pentium D Dual core 2 x 2.8GHz on an x64 Windows 7 Ultimate.

I don't have any programs opened just the task manager. When I'm not moving the mouse my CPU usage stay from 0-2% but as soon as I move the mouse pointer, even though just a bit, it shoots up to 30%!!!! Why is that happening? I'm really frustrated about it. Thanks.

Since using the Win7 Beta (and now the RC), I've noticed that "wmplayer.exe" will occasionally run in the background without being explicitly started by the user. This wasn't much of a problem, but I thought it was odd. Since installing the RC, however, WMP often (>50% of the time that I am on...

Greetings, I have an interesting problem, searched the internet for solution, although haven't found any viable source. I am using windows 7 RC1 downloaded from MS, build 7100. So, my CPU (AMD Athlon X2 5200+) is running at 60-70% withouth doing anyinthg. According to the task manager, the...

I upgraded to the windows RC build 7100 recently. I have been using it successfully. I have installed all my applications and programs successfuly. I have installed all of my hardware peripherals with no problem what so ever. The problem I am having is with media players. When I installed...

Ok, with my vista, my performance index is a 4.9. when I had the beta, my performance index went to a 5.4. I thought that was really awesome, and I had assumed it was because 7 was less resource heavy, or maybe it used resources in a different way. But when I installed the RC1, my performance...

Lavasoft has released a new Anniversary Edition (AE) of Ad-Aware anti-spyware, including a free version. Some of it's features could be quite invasive though as well as a resource eater.. It may be worth closing some of the utilities/scanners and TweakGuides.com has a list of whats best to...

EDIT: Before any of the below stuff happens, it wont let me open my computer and then open any of the drives there. I double click on em and it starts loading and you can see the progress bar where it says Computer at the top of the window but then it won't open any of em. I can still go to...

Hello all, I installed Windows 7 on a new partition yesterday and everything seemed to go fine until I tried installing the Nvidia drivers for it. After searching around, I noticed the yellow exclamation mark beside the PCI standard PCI to PCI bridge in the Device Manager. Checked it out and got...

The problem i am having is this...The Server 2008 installed fine on my little home server here. Runs smooth. However when i try to play MP3s on it it will run but if i start doing anything else next thing i know my cpu usage spikes to 100 and the song slows down and gets all choppy. Just opening...

I'm trying to get my Alltel air card to work in Win Vista Ultimate RC1. My PCI to PCMCIA adapter has a RICOH chip set R5C485. Device manager recognizes the adapter and reports that the driver is installed. When I right click it in Device Manager it tells me that there isn't enough resources to...