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How about using taskman to selectively disable individual applications one
at a time and see what effect that has on cpu usage --- this could help
identify the guilty application.
"philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F24D4264-17C5-4D14-918B-A3D2BA11B83F@microsoft.com...
> Hmm, that's turned out a little complicated. I got into Event Viewer but
> couldn't make much sense of it, so don't quite know what to look up at
> Microsoft.
> BUT . . . strange thing: my daughter's account, when open, shows 100% cpu
> usage on the Task Manager. If I switch her from Limited to Administrator,
> the
> problem disappears. At least, it has done so far. Touch wood.
> Does this suggest anything to you?
> I'm really baffled, and I'd prefer to put her back to Limited if I can.
>
>
> "Donna Buenaventura [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>> Try viewing the logs of her Event Viewer to see if there is an system or
>> application error. See - How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event
>> Viewer
>> in Windows XP -
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech
>>
>> If you found any error (the recent one), take note of the Event ID and
>> the
>> application that caused the error then visit
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/eventserrors.mspx then select
>> Windows XP Home/Professional to start searching for the Event ID# that
>> you
>> noted and this will allow you to find a possible solution or work-around.
>>
>> --
>> Donna Buenaventura (MVP Windows Security)
>> Calendar of Updates (http://cou.dozleng.com)
>> "philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BA734C23-7D35-48F1-8729-CC685B57A061@microsoft.com...
>> No go, I'm afraid. I've used Ad-aware and Spybot as well as anti-virus.
>> It
>> hasn't made any difference. My account is fine, my daughter's just keep
>> locking and crashing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Donna Buenaventura [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > Merry Christmas to you too!
>> >
>> > Find out if a spyware causes the slowness issue by
>> > downloading/installing
>> > Ad-aware SE from
>> >
http://download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button
>> > or
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
>> > Update the program prior running a full scan mode. If it find anything
>> > bad,
>> > let it quarantine the files. Reboot to see if there's any improvement.
>> >
>> > You might want also to reduce the startup items for unnecessary
>> > applications.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Donna Buenaventura (MVP Windows Security)
>> > Calendar of Updates (http://cou.dozleng.com)
>> > "philwil" <philwil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:F87ACCC6-D330-4B33-9A53-CDAED1B27A69@microsoft.com...
>> > Merry Christmas!
>> > Here's the prob: I've got two accounts on my pc (WinXPHome). My account
>> > (admistrator) is working fine. But my daughter's has been very slow for
>> > the
>> > past week. Files take a long time to open, even longer to close -
>> > several
>> > minutes). If she tries to open more than one window the pc locks up
>> > and/or
>> > crashes.
>> > I've done a thorough virus check, but no change.
>> >
>> > Any help?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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