Need to get CPU usage down from constant 100%

[biffo]

Hi,

I'm having problems with the running system processes on my computer. I'm using Windows XP home, and have been fiddling about with the running processes recently because the CPU usage was constantly at 100%. I managed to get it down to the about 5% and fluctuating between nothing higher than about 50%. But I fiddled about with it again to get rid of some running processes I didn't think I needed any longer. Since then my CPU usage is running at 100% again, and I have no idea what I have enabled or disabled in terms of my running processes. However there is one way I can overcome this problem, and that is that everytime I log in to Windows, I have to End Process on my DellMMKB.exe file, this gets the CPU usage down rather than it staying at 100% and running very very slowly.

How can I overcome this problem, so that when I start up Windows I don't need to End Process on the DellMMKB.exe file. In my running systems processes, what processes do I need to have enabled and disabled?


Many thanks

Biffo, the Godfather of making mistakes in life. Although, his Tek-Tips answers and questions are no mistakes.

 

[ShadowHelix]

Click start, then run, and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab and see if it is in there. If it is, just unselect it and press ok (you probably have to reboot).

Do you have anything running such as Seti@home or anything else that takes your CPU's idle time and uses it?



-Arrian

 

[ShadowHelix]

You have 2 options. You can either disable it or fix it.

1.)Click start, then run, and type in msconfig. Go to the startup tab and see if DellMMKB is in there. If it is, just unselect it and press ok (you probably have to reboot).

2.) go to

http://www.netropa.com/download/mmkbd/download.html

and download the file called 'Dell0116a.zip', follow the instructions on the page.


DellMMKB.exe is a keyboard driver that hadles hot keys such as 'open mail' and 'open internet browser'.



-Arrian

 

[ShadowHelix]

Sorry bout the double message. I accidentally clicked Post when it wasn't finished yet.

silly me


-Arrian