Guest Charliec Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity. Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity. Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity. Any help is really appreciated. Thanks Charliec ****************************************************** Charliec
Guest Gerry Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Charliec" <charliec@invalid.address.com> wrote in message news:i0ca93hrpsseoi4a2oqsobsaso0jv0jvkv@4ax.com... > Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is > checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and > Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity. > Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity. > > Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity. > Any help is really appreciated. > > Thanks > Charliec > ****************************************************** > Charliec
Guest Charliec Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? >On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:01:44 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: >What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? I'm using Norton Internet Security with Norton AntiVirus. You think they might be involved in this situation? Thanks ****************************************************** Charliec
Guest Gerry Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a resource hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What is your processor speed? http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Charliec" <charliec@invalid.address.com> wrote in message news:jqqa93hogll3ivbjc0ock37sngbq88dofl@4ax.com... > >On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:01:44 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: > >>What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements? > > I'm using Norton Internet Security with Norton AntiVirus. You think > they might be involved in this situation? > > Thanks > ****************************************************** > Charliec
Guest Charliec Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? The system is a Dell Dim 8300 Pen 4 @ 3GHz with 2 GB memory. I've used Norton for many years with no problems. I also run AdAdware, Spy Sweeper and Spybot on a weekly basic manually. I ran them all yesterday and found nothing more then tracking cookies, which I had them deleted. Any other thoughts? Thanks >On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:50:39 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: >I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a >resource >hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What >is your processor speed? > >http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware ****************************************************** Charliec
Guest Gerry Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? Charlie Is your computer standalone or networked? Download Process Explorer. For further information about Process Explorer see here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties, Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what each service does. You will find further information on Services here: http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies tab allow it a little time to display the information. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Charliec" <charliec@invalid.address.com> wrote in message news:enbd93l25v1hkkh4830dk3b24gghlgo1s6@4ax.com... > The system is a Dell Dim 8300 Pen 4 @ 3GHz with 2 GB memory. I've > used Norton for many years with no problems. I also run AdAdware, Spy > Sweeper and Spybot on a weekly basic manually. I ran them all > yesterday and found nothing more then tracking cookies, which I had > them deleted. > > Any other thoughts? > Thanks > >>On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:50:39 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: > >>I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a >>resource >>hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What >>is your processor speed? >> >>http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware > ****************************************************** > Charliec
Guest Charliec Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? >On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:44:22 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: >Charlie > >Is your computer standalone or networked? > >Download Process Explorer. > >For further information about Process Explorer see here: >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx > >To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image >producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties, >Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what >each service does. > >You will find further information on Services here: >http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 > >To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each >service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU >usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services >are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies >tab allow it a little time to display the information. Gerry, Thanks so much for the reply. I have a 4-port router that I have used for years to allow my laptop to access one of the drives on my desktop. Has functioned without problem for a couple of years. It is hooked up through a DSL line with the desktop as the main point. I will take a look at Process Explorer and see what it provides me. Thanks for the tip - any other thoughts are appreciated. Thanks Charliec ****************************************************** Charliec
Guest Charliec Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? I posted the message below a few days ago, received a couple of replies, but have not resolved my problem. One suggestion was to install Process Explorer to ID the active programs. I did that and it appears most of the activity is coming fome "serveral instances of SVCHOST.EXE" - what is the purpose of this program - can I safely stop it or would that damage my system. Another program is something called LUCOMS~!.exe (what is this program?) Thanks for any suggestions and/or tips. Charliec >On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:35:37 -0700, Charliec <charliec@invalid.address.com> wrote: >Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is >checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and >Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity. >Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity. > >Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity. >Any help is really appreciated. > >Thanks >Charliec >****************************************************** >Charliec ****************************************************** Charliec
Guest Gerry Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? Charlie LUCOMS~!.exe http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/lucoms/ SVCHOST.EXE You need to identify which application is generating excessive use of svchost.exe. Download Process Explorer. For further information about Process Explorer see here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties, Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what each service does. You will find further information on Services here: http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies tab allow it a little time to display the information. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charliec wrote: > I posted the message below a few days ago, received a couple of > replies, but have not resolved my problem. One suggestion was to > install Process Explorer to ID the active programs. I did that and it > appears most of the activity is coming fome "serveral instances of > SVCHOST.EXE" - what is the purpose of this program - can I safely > stop it or would that damage my system. Another program is something > called LUCOMS~!.exe (what is this program?) > > Thanks for any suggestions and/or tips. > > Charliec > >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:35:37 -0700, Charliec >> <charliec@invalid.address.com> wrote: > >> Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is >> checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and >> Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity. >> Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity. >> >> Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity. >> Any help is really appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> Charliec >> ****************************************************** >> Charliec > ****************************************************** > Charliec
Guest Charliec Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? I'm still trying to isolate this activity. Following suggestion, I looked at the 2 most active SVCHOST.exe and one says "Windows Image Acquistion" and the other says "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) / RPCSS.dll. Any ideas on what the programs are and what they are used for. I searched the link you provided but did not find information on them. Thanks Charlie >On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:11:18 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: > > >Charlie > >LUCOMS~!.exe >http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/lucoms/ > >SVCHOST.EXE > >You need to identify which application is generating excessive use >of svchost.exe. > >Download Process Explorer. > >For further information about Process Explorer see here: >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx > >To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost >producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties, >Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what >each service does. > >You will find further information on Services here: >http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 > >To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each >service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU >usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services >are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies >tab allow it a little time to display the information. ****************************************************** Charliec
Guest Charliec Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: Constant Hourglass Activity? Gerry, I hate to bother you, but I'm still trying to figure out which service is causing this constant hourglass activity. Below are 3 items that get quite a bit of activity. I fell uncomfortable killing the processes as I don't quite know what they do. Are you knowledgable on these: Svchose.exe/windows image acquistion (WIA) CSRSS.exe - client server runtime process DPCs - Deferred procedure calls Thanks for any insights you can provide, and, again, sorry to email you on this. Charlie >On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:11:18 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote: > > >Charlie > >LUCOMS~!.exe >http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/lucoms/ > >SVCHOST.EXE > >You need to identify which application is generating excessive use >of svchost.exe. > >Download Process Explorer. > >For further information about Process Explorer see here: >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx > >To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost >producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties, >Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what >each service does. > >You will find further information on Services here: >http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 > >To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each >service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU >usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services >are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies >tab allow it a little time to display the information. ****************************************************** Charliec
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