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Aug 6 2008, 12:01 AM
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New Member ![]() Group: New Member Posts: 9 Joined: 29-June 08 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 79,938 Operating System: WindowsXP |
I also have a concern with my hard drive. At times it will start to run as if a program or something is running. This happens when nothing is being executed, it draws all of my memory and brings my system to a halt until what ever is running completes. When my hard drive is running like that I've noticed that the System Idle Process is 90% and higher. I've addressed this issue in the HijackThis™ Logs and Infections Removal forum and I've attached the link. http://forums.whatthetech.com/Pop_ups_Duri...Dri_t93998.html Thank you for your time and assistance. Respectfully, Numb3rsMan |
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Aug 6 2008, 06:52 AM
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![]() Quinquagenarian Group: Tech Team Posts: 1,159 Joined: 19-November 04 From: Nebraska, USA Member No.: 18,667 Operating System: XPPSP3 |
The first thing I would do is uninstall anything from Yahoo - including any Toolbars or other browser helper objects (BHOs).
You should be able to see in Task Manager what is eating up your resources. Or the below are all enhanced Task Manager type programs that will show you what is running on your computer. Each is nice in its own way. What's Running is probably the easiest, with AutoRuns for the more experienced, and Process Explorer the most popular. With these, for example, you can see what processes are using each of those various svchost.exe images. AutoRuns for Windows |
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