cpu use sticks at 100% when I open a file???

[rdlaing]

My cpu use hits 100% and stays there when I try to open mp3 files I just downloaded from kazaa lite.

I did a virus check and no problem. It seems like the finder is getting hung on opening a music application. everything sloooooooows down and I have to restart to bring the cpu usage back to normal

I checked the task manager and all applications are closed/ended all tasks, but still the cpu stays 'stuck' at 100% usage.

could a corrupted file do this, and how can I tell if a file is corrupted so I can delete it?

any help?

THANKS

windows xp
asus a7v333
athlon xp 2100
wd 80 gig 8 meg cache HD
512 megs ram

[Colonel Sanders]

What are you using to open the mp3? Is this on all mp3 or jst the one, of course if it's just the one delete it and re-downlaod (preferably a different file ).

What else do you have running? Lastly, I'd try waiting for up to an hour (geeze!) to see if Windows will recover from this. Are you using the windows task manager to check the CPU usage?

Do you have any hard-ware monitoring installed? I'd D/L MBM5(mother board monitor 5) and so you can read your temps.

Any my final Q, have you change *any* hardware since you installed windows?

Logan

[rdlaing]

I have mbm to monitor cpu usage

it's not any particular file -- it actually spikes to 100% when I open the download folder -- then sticks there

new problem, just began after I started using kazaa lite. I think it might have to do with the fact that I changed the 'download to' folder to a central download folder I have on the desktop instead of the folder kazaa uses. I'll try to change it back and see what happens.

temps climb to 60c when at 100% - normally I'm at about 50-54 depending on ambient temp

[Lance1]

In Kazaa, disable sharing of files with other Kazaa users. If other users are downloading files out of Kazaa from your computer, it’ll slow your system down and possibly spick your CPU usage.

Lance.

[rdlaing]

thanks for the reply

it's not the sharing that is eating up the cpu usage, but only when I open the download folder.

it doesn't make any sense.

thanks for the suggestions --

[Colonel Sanders]

I wouldn't trust MBM5 to montior CPU usage, if XP has a CPU usage in the taks manger, use it!

Perosnally, it sounds like you will need to re-fromat, but we need some more info before your re-format.

Logan

[rdlaing]

just for the record, I think this problem was with a corrupted file I had downloaded. The file manager would get stuck or something.

I used a workaround for a while -- ending then restarting the explorer process from the task manager then restarting it and the cpu usage would drop. Finally I think moving the corrupted file or putting it in the recycle bin or something fixed the problem.

thanks for the help

[Markoman01027]

Open up MSCONFIG and remove any unnecessary programs that need to be running in the background at startup.

Download Spybot-Search and Destroy and remove any Spyware it finds on your system!

My cousin had something similar to this. He removed some programs in MSCONFIG and I believe it fixed the problem. Also try minimizing the services that are running in the background.