HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ingeborgdot]

I am working away on my computer and it hasn't been restarted for awhile so I restarted. When it got past all the startup and started loading the icons it took forever and ever. I looked at the load it was putting in the computer and it is 100% most of the time to all 4 cores. It does go down periodically but I can't get it to stop. I have run a virus check, antispyware checks, disc check. I have my computer running in best performance mode and it is still choppy. Quad core, 4gb or ram. I have had this thing for a year and a half running great. What could it be? I know it could be a thousand things but does anyone have any idea of what to check. Checking the windows task manager in working set memory svchost.exe is kicking mys arse. System idle was almost non existent. Right now for the first time it is at 96 for system idle as I am typing. I will keep on checking but I don't know where to go from here. Could it be memory? Help.

 

[Aberforth]

Obviously this is some kind of spy ware or shell extension problem. Some shell extensions have thread leaks and they take lots of processor power. Download ShellExView ( http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html ) and disable all unwanted shell extensions, usually they are right-click and explorer.exe hooks. Also remember to check browser extensions using HijackThis ( http://www.trendsecure.com/por...alytics/hijackthis.php ) and windows startup items (run> msconfig.exe) .

 

[Billb2]

Originally posted by: ingeborgdot
I am working away on my computer and it hasn't been restarted for awhile

How long is "awhile"?

 

[ingeborgdot]

I had not restarted for about a week, maybe a little less but no longer than that. I like to restart about once a week just to revitalize.

 

[ingeborgdot]

DcomLaunch - DCOM Server Process Launcher was the svchost.exe that was causing the most problem.