Comments on: CPU overload on Windows XP and Windows 7 dual boot

By: jinteik

jinteik — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:33:08 +0000

you too can disable some of the Windows Services that you don’t need to use and also go thru those applications in startup in MSCONFIG

By: schmidtw

schmidtw — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:18:35 +0000

Sounds like you might have some background processes going on.

I would try disabling services using msconfig. It can potentially be a long process going through one by one to determine the cause, but you’ll be happy when you find it.

Hope this helps!

-Schmidtw

By: bobupand

bobupand — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:37:12 +0000

In the XP; the Task Manager Performance tab shows about 30 to 40% used by Kernel Times, the rest is all other Applications.

By: bobupand

bobupand — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:28:13 +0000

Sorry for taking so long to respond.

PC Details:
Compaq Evo, XP Pro Version 2002, Service Pack 2
Pentium 4 – 1.80GHz
1.24 GB of Ram

In System Configuration Utility, I have disabled unnecessary start-up applications.
Non Microsoft Services that loads at start-up:
Zone Alarm Firewall (free version)
AVG anti-virus (free version)
Java Quick Starter
APC UPS Service (battery)
Magic Jack (USB phone)

By: Featured Member: Barry801 - ITKE Community Blog

Featured Member: Barry801 - ITKE Community Blog — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:24:00 +0000

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By: jinteik

jinteik — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:29:09 +0000

i actually use my duron which is 1.6ghz running on xp and it is running quite fine…but i have 1gb of ram

yes i agree with Barry that you need to tell us what you are running on your computer.