Laptop has very high CPU usage?

Question

Ok, for some reason, my laptop has high cpu usage even when its running one or two programs that use very little resourses. I have used CCleaner to disable all my unwanted start up programs and use all of its tools to speed up the pc, but yet, it has still the high usage. I have defraged the hard drive and checked the task manager for processes that might be using high CPU resourses, but i dont seen to find anything. RAM is normal but CPU usage is through the roof!
Im running a HP pv6 entertainment laptop with a dual core 2.1 amd processor (so it should be normal) and 4 gb of ram. Im running windows 7 home premium 32 - bit system.
Any help would be great :)
Thanks.

Answer 1

CTRL alt Del

and go to your process tab.

See what's using up your CPU so much.

It might actually be a virus. Try scanning your computer with malwarebytes (it's free)



www.malwarebytes.org



and see if the virus is taking up so much CPU usage.

Hope this helps.



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Answer 3

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Laptop has very high CPU usage?

Ok, for some reason, my laptop has high cpu usage even when its running one or two programs that use very little resourses. I have used CCleaner to disable all my unwanted start up programs and use all of its tools to speed up the pc, but yet, it has still the high usage. I have defraged the hard...

Answer 4

Hey Daniel;



Here are other things that may be plagueing your system:



1. You could also have some malware stealing CPU power.



Are your windows updates current? Many updates resolve malware issues.



2. Not all defrags are created equal. I have found the on-board windows defragmentor is not necessarily effective under some situations. You may want to try a good 3rd party defrag and see what happens. The one I use is the top rated defrag tool for 2011 and has a free trial so it costs nothing to rule fragmentation out entirely:



FREE DEFRAGMENTER TRIAL:



http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag/defragmentation-center/





3. Free tools like SpyBot Search and destroy and Adaware also help remove debris that can tax your CPU:



ADAWARE:



http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php





SPYBOT SEARCH & DESTROY



http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html





4. Viruses can also seriously overburden a CPU



AVG FREE ANTI-VIRUS



http://free.avg.com/us-en/download





5. Registry errors are also a candidate. I would do this as a last resort though as changing/deleting the wrong registry items can make things worse.



PC TUNEUP:



http://www.lavasoft.com/products/lavasoft_registry_tuner.php



Hope this helps



Cheers!

Answer 5

To fix this issue follow the steps given below:

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL

Click on Processes Tab

Now check the which program is consuming maximum resources

Right click on it and click on End Process

This will fix the problem for sure.

Answer 6

2 things right off turn on auto update on windows and go into options on VZ access manager and do a manual update on that too. try a defrag but the rest looks ok unless I missed something oo and check to see if you are only user logged on also