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Cpu Redlining

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 11:05 AM

Ok for some reason it never used to happed, but my cpu goes to 100% for a couple seconds like its loading something, then all the desktop icons kind've reload themselves. This seems to happen every time i close a folder and some programs. Or if im working away it'll just happen for no reason.(just happened as im writting this)

i have done different troubleshooting, when it happens the programs dllhost.exe shows up in the task manager but then goes away after a couple seconds, and explorer.exe cpu usage goes to 80 to 100%.

i have also tried turning off vista aero, and going to vista basic theme, and turning off certain programs vista runs by default but still it happens.

i dont know whats going on here, if its just on of those things that make vista the best operating system ever :huh: (sarcasm)

has this happend to anyone else?

Please help

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Posted 08 September 2007 - 02:52 AM

How much RAM do you have?
Do you have much stuff on your Desktop?
You can try the free program Process Explorer ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysintern...ssExplorer.mspx ) to figure out what's running beneath the dllhost.exe process.
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Posted 08 September 2007 - 03:54 AM

my system does this a little, the cpu doesn't seem to max as long as yours, but the icons reloading happens fairly often, I suspect it's related to my lamer/older gaming video card having trouble keeping up with my overclocked cpu and premium ram

running xp with performance not appearance settings
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Posted 09 September 2007 - 11:20 AM

i have Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5Ghz, 2Gb ram, and a Geforce 8600M GT 265mb.

well now im think its a hardware compatibility issue but i dont know

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 12:33 PM

well in a laptop when it's idling and/or relying on battery power the cpu clocks down, that video card is not all that fast or powerful, and vista has a huge footprint

if it's only a couple of seconds then I wouldn't worry about it
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