[OT] : Strange Windows XP problem

[Matthew Carpenter]

Chong Yu Meng wrote:

> Net Llama! wrote:
>
>> On 05/01/04 03:46, Joel Hammer wrote:
>>
>>> Try running knoppix from cd and see if the problem persists.
>>> At least that would rule in/rule out a hardward problem.
>>> Joel
>>
>>
>>
>> That's excellent advice.  Granted Knoppix isn't all that responsive 
>> either, since it has to load things off the CD the first time they run.
>>
>> I'd say either windoze is being windoze, or you've got a hardware 
>> problem, like the cache on the CPU is bad.  From your description it 
>> sounds like the box is swapping itself to death.
>>
>
> Thanks Lonni !
>
> Well, it's not swapping at all, as far as I can see. The delays seem 
> to be caused by spikes in CPU utilization, which is really odd -- why 
> would a mouse click cause CPU utilization to spike to 100% ? I'm gonna 
> try the Knoppix CD and see what happens. If this is a hardware 
> problem, it would give my wife an opportunity to request for a new 
> notebook.
>
> Regards,
> pascal chong
>
>
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Mouse Logger?  I guess I'm pretty paranoid at the moment, especially 
where Windows is concerned...