idle xp-home dell pc shows 100% cpu usage

[alidabiri]

what could be eating up the cpu?
how can one identify the cpu hog?

 

[markdmac]

Simultaneously press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.

Click the Processes tab. Click the CPU heading twice to sort by CPU usage sorted highest to lowest.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[alidabiri]

thanks mark
i did that
i identified the cup heading that shows an item with 99
it's AOLtsmon
i tried to end process in taks manager, it says"access denied"

 

[herbeapuce]

I can't help you much, this is what came up...

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=AOLtsmon

start up program list:

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache...ist.php+startup+list&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=1

stef

 

[markdmac]

Search for that in the registry under the run key and delete. Then reboot.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[alidabiri]

thanks so much mark.
i solved
i went to admin/services and disabled aolstmon (the one that was taking 99 in the task manager)
i rebooted, and now it shows cpu usage as 9%
we can close this thread
you're great
thanks a bunch.