Vista Home 64Bit always busy

I am running Vista Home 64Bit. 2 days old. Nothing special installed
Office 2003. Adobe professional, Autocad. After I installed these apps
resources utilization was normal. After a day or so of continuou
operation and a few MS Vista "updates" Windows are always running a
80%+ resources, even when I am not doing anything. I see many cmd.exe*3
tasks popping up in the task manager about every second. What can thi
be? What can I try

lennyy wrote:

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> I am running Vista Home 64Bit. 2 days old. Nothing special installed.
> Office 2003. Adobe professional, Autocad. After I installed these apps,
> resources utilization was normal. After a day or so of continuous
> operation and a few MS Vista "updates" Windows are always running at
> 80%+ resources, even when I am not doing anything. I see many cmd.exe*32
> tasks popping up in the task manager about every second. What can this
> be? What can I try?

All of those programs add services. Run services.msc and see what is
running. Adjust startup options from within Adobe and Autocad.

Also, make sure the machine is virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

If the machine is clean and you are still having issues, do clean-boot
troubleshooting:

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;929135

The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...s/default.mspx - Autoruns

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Take a look in the Task Manager Processes tab. You might get a clue there.

"lennyy" <> wrote in message
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> I am running Vista Home 64Bit. 2 days old. Nothing special installed.
> Office 2003. Adobe professional, Autocad. After I installed these apps,
> resources utilization was normal. After a day or so of continuous
> operation and a few MS Vista "updates" Windows are always running at
> 80%+ resources, even when I am not doing anything. I see many cmd.exe*32
> tasks popping up in the task manager about every second. What can this
> be? What can I try?
>
>

You need to tell us the make and model of the computer and some specs,
especially the amount of memory.

If you are running Vista x64 with 2GB of memory or less the hard drive
activity is probably due to paging some contents of memory out to the hard
drive and back. If so, you can follow all the software tips the other
respondents are giving here and it won't help much. If you are running 2GB
or less, either add more memory or get a ReadyBoost certified usb thumb
drive (4GB).

Vista does extra work the first day or so because it is indexing a lot of
files but based on what you say you have installed that work should not last
more than a few hours.

"lennyy" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I am running Vista Home 64Bit. 2 days old. Nothing special installed.
> Office 2003. Adobe professional, Autocad. After I installed these apps,
> resources utilization was normal. After a day or so of continuous
> operation and a few MS Vista "updates" Windows are always running at
> 80%+ resources, even when I am not doing anything. I see many cmd.exe*32
> tasks popping up in the task manager about every second. What can this
> be? What can I try?
>
>