This has been happening for quite some time now. Whatever I am doing in the computer, no matter how simple the task is, there are occasional "hang-ups" that cause the computer to respond too slowly for a while, then return to normal. It is only recently that I found out it was caused by a sudden increase in the CPU usage, often by the "services.exe" process. Any ideas on why this happens and any suggestions to resolve this? It's kinda annoying already. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Here are the specs of my PC: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz Memory: 2 sticks 256MB DDR Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional Video Card: Nvdia GeForce 4 MX440 If you guys need more info to help, just let me know what they are.
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Here are the common stuff that appear in the task manager: ccApp.exe ccEvtMgr.exe ccSetMgr.exe CSRSS.exe CZFMDksk.exe Defwatch.exe DLLHOST.exe (There are two of these) explorer.exe ezSP_Px.exe hpcmpmgr.exe imejpmgr.exe inetinfo.exe internat.exe iTouch.exe jusched.exe LSASS.EXE LVCOMSX.EXE mshta.exe msiexec.exe mstask.exe NTVDM.EXE wowowexec.exe nvsvc32.exe PCAlert4.exe PDSched.exe regsvc.exe Rtvscan.exe SERVICES.EXE SMSS.EXE SOUNDMAN.EXE spoolsv.exe SpySweeper.exe stisvc.exe svchost.exe (I have four of these) System System Idle Process TASKMGR.EXE UAService7.exe VPTray.exe WINLOGON.EXE WinMgmt.exe WRSSSDK.EXE Those are the processes that (I think) are already present after startup. I did not include others in the list as of writing this message (ex: firefox.exe, ypager.exe, etc.) because I'm quite sure the problem still occurs without those.
do a search for each meaning as i think the 1st 3 are part of windows. especially check this wowowexec.exe, Defwatch.exe & DLLHOST.exe
