Strange problem with XP

Schleppel · 18 May 2008 at 21:55

The last few days my install of windows xp has started to slow down after being on for about an hour. It seems to have started some time last week. Normaly the pc is on 24-7 and I have had no issues.

I had a look in task manager and my cpu usage is going from about 20 to 70 percent every second. The two possess which seem to be causing this are explorer and system idle task.

Here is a srceen grag after the pc has bee turned on

And here it is after an hour.

The mouse jerks across the screen and other programs slow down, videos stutter and the whole system feel slow. restarting the comp clear it for a while.

ns400r · 18 May 2008 at 22:36

Post an image of the Processes tab.

Burnsy2023 · 18 May 2008 at 22:52

It's probably indexing or something. Like has been said, what processes are running?

Burnsy

Antar Bolaeisk · 18 May 2008 at 23:12

Also have you scanned for any viruses/malware etc.

Mine slowed right down and exhibeted heavy hard-drive activity, one scan later I was minus a virus and all was back to normal.

Schleppel · 19 May 2008 at 12:26

Here are my processes. The only ones using the CPU when the pc is left alone are explorer and system idle process. How do you turn off indexing ? I will see if it has an effect.

Ethics · 19 May 2008 at 12:28

To turn it off go to my computer, right click the drive and go to properties. You can also do it via stoppign the service.

Maybe some sort of AV or windows defender?

How is windows update configured? i had a case once where it was set to check for updates, and would hammer the CPU most of the time.

Burnsy2023 · 19 May 2008 at 14:48

Is that a screen shot of the processes when you're getting the processor spikes?

Burnsy

MarcLister · 19 May 2008 at 17:13

On that processes shot explorer.exe is at 22%. That might be the culprit, would indicate something like indexing or something like that I reckon.

Schleppel · 19 May 2008 at 22:27

Yeah the process shot was taken at the same time. Explorer spikes from about 10% to 40% and the memory usage goes up and down at the same time. It's very strange I have installed no new software and the system has never done this before. I have to restart if I want to play game or watch tv or video.

BigBoy · 19 May 2008 at 23:03

are all your hotfixes and patches uptodate?

brendy · 19 May 2008 at 23:06

Run services.msc and stop then disable system index service. see how it goes.

Schleppel · 19 May 2008 at 23:14

It's got worse. It tried looking at the nvidia display manager and it was flickering in time with the CPU usage. So I unistalled the driver. Then when I tried to reinstall it, it wont. Keeps coming up saying it had detected another installation running. I can't find that. As for patches and hot fixes, I have strong suspicions that this all started after windows updated it self last time, about a week ago.

Schleppel · 19 May 2008 at 23:46

Ok managed to fix that, got them reinstalled but the problem persists. If i bring up the nividia control panel it "refreshes" every second and I can't change any settings.

Antar Bolaeisk · 20 May 2008 at 09:41

Try disabling the nVidia control panel either via services.msc or through msconfig and see what happens.

Schleppel · 20 May 2008 at 11:43

I have tried all of the above but it's still playing up. Here are 3 screen shots. One at start up, one about 30mins later and one an hour later.

The longer you leave to on the worse it gets. And I can't change any graphics driver settings either.

Schleppel · 20 May 2008 at 13:06

And 2 hours later

Burnsy2023 · 20 May 2008 at 14:20

Bloody hell!

Burnsy

bledd · 20 May 2008 at 14:26

probably a virus or crapware running or maybe a really kift driver

do the standard...

disable system restore
ccleaner slim
nod32 av trial
spybot s&d
adaware se

uninstall things you don't need, that's a lot of processes, i've got 32 on a work laptop which is running quite a few things..

indexing isn't explorer, it'll be a part of an svchost or have it's own exe (i've removed it, so can't check)

ns400r · 20 May 2008 at 16:46

Give this a try, it may help identify all the processes linked to the problem Explorer.exe.
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5915743.html

Code:

Image Name                   PID Modules                                      
========================= ====== =============================================
System Idle Process            0 N/A                                          
System                         4 N/A                                          
smss.exe                     492 ntdll.dll                                    
csrss.exe                    540 ntdll.dll, CSRSRV.dll, basesrv.dll,          
                                 winsrv.dll, GDI32.dll, KERNEL32.dll,         
                                 USER32.dll, sxs.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,           
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll                      
winlogon.exe                 564 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, AUTHZ.dll,          
                                 msvcrt.dll, CRYPT32.dll, MSASN1.dll,         
                                 USER32.dll, GDI32.dll, NDdeApi.dll,          
                                 PROFMAP.dll, NETAPI32.dll, USERENV.dll,      
                                 PSAPI.DLL, REGAPI.dll, SETUPAPI.dll,         
                                 VERSION.dll, WINSTA.dll, WINTRUST.dll,       
                                 IMAGEHLP.dll, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,       
                                 MSGINA.dll, COMCTL32.dll, ODBC32.dll,        
                                 comdlg32.dll, SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll,      
                                 comctl32.dll, odbcint.dll, SHSVCS.dll,       
                                 sfc.dll, sfc_os.dll, ole32.dll, Apphelp.dll, 
                                 WINSCARD.DLL, WTSAPI32.dll, sxs.dll,         
                                 cscdll.dll, dimsntfy.dll, WlNotify.dll,      
                                 MPR.dll, WINMM.dll, WINSPOOL.DRV,            
                                 rsaenh.dll, UxTheme.dll, SAMLIB.dll,         
                                 cscui.dll, xpsp2res.dll, msv1_0.dll,         
                                 iphlpapi.dll, drprov.dll, ntlanman.dll,      
                                 NETUI0.dll, NETUI1.dll, NETRAP.dll,          
                                 davclnt.dll, MPRUI.dll, NETUI2.dll,          
                                 netmsg.dll, wdmaud.drv, msacm32.drv,         
                                 MSACM32.dll, midimap.dll, wldap32.dll,       
                                 COMRes.dll, OLEAUT32.dll, NTMARTA.DLL,       
                                 CLBCATQ.DLL                                  
services.exe                 608 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, msvcrt.dll,         
                                 NCObjAPI.DLL, MSVCP60.dll, SCESRV.dll,       
                                 AUTHZ.dll, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,            
                                 USERENV.dll, umpnpmgr.dll, WINSTA.dll,       
                                 NETAPI32.dll, ShimEng.dll, AcAdProc.dll,     
                                 Apphelp.dll, VERSION.dll, eventlog.dll,      
                                 PSAPI.DLL, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,          
                                 wtsapi32.dll                                 
lsass.exe                    620 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, LSASRV.dll,         
                                 MPR.dll, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll, MSASN1.dll,  
                                 msvcrt.dll, NETAPI32.dll, NTDSAPI.dll,       
                                 DNSAPI.dll, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,         
                                 WLDAP32.dll, SAMLIB.dll, SAMSRV.dll,         
                                 cryptdll.dll, ShimEng.dll, AcGenral.DLL,     
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, OLEAUT32.dll,          
                                 MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll, SHELL32.dll,       
                                 SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll, UxTheme.dll,       
                                 comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll, msprivs.dll,     
                                 kerberos.dll, msv1_0.dll, iphlpapi.dll,      
                                 netlogon.dll, w32time.dll, MSVCP60.dll,      
                                 schannel.dll, CRYPT32.dll, wdigest.dll,      
                                 rsaenh.dll, setupapi.dll, scecli.dll,        
                                 ipsecsvc.dll, AUTHZ.dll, oakley.DLL,         
                                 WINIPSEC.DLL, pstorsvc.dll, psbase.dll,      
                                 mswsock.dll, hnetcfg.dll, wshtcpip.dll,      
                                 dssenh.dll                                   
svchost.exe                  776 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, ShimEng.dll,        
                                 AcGenral.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,         
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, msvcrt.dll,            
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 NTMARTA.DLL, SAMLIB.dll, WLDAP32.dll,        
                                 rpcss.dll, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,          
                                 xpsp2res.dll, termsrv.dll, ICAAPI.dll,       
                                 SETUPAPI.dll, WINTRUST.dll, CRYPT32.dll,     
                                 MSASN1.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, AUTHZ.dll,         
                                 mstlsapi.dll, ACTIVEDS.dll, adsldpc.dll,     
                                 NETAPI32.dll, ATL.DLL, REGAPI.dll,           
                                 rsaenh.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL, COMRes.dll,         
                                 Apphelp.dll                                  
svchost.exe                  836 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, ShimEng.dll,        
                                 AcGenral.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,         
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, msvcrt.dll,            
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 rpcss.dll, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,          
                                 xpsp2res.dll, rsaenh.dll, mswsock.dll,       
                                 hnetcfg.dll, wshtcpip.dll, DNSAPI.dll,       
                                 iphlpapi.dll, winrnr.dll, WLDAP32.dll,       
                                 mdnsNSP.dll, rasadhlp.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL,      
                                 COMRes.dll                                   
svchost.exe                  960 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, ShimEng.dll,        
                                 AcGenral.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,         
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, msvcrt.dll,            
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 NTMARTA.DLL, SAMLIB.dll, WLDAP32.dll,        
                                 xpsp2res.dll, dhcpcsvc.dll, DNSAPI.dll,      
                                 WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll, iphlpapi.dll,       
                                 mswsock.dll, hnetcfg.dll, wshtcpip.dll,      
                                 shsvcs.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL, COMRes.dll,         
                                 SETUPAPI.dll, schedsvc.dll, NETAPI32.dll,    
                                 NTDSAPI.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, WTSAPI32.dll,     
                                 WINSTA.dll, msv1_0.dll, WINTRUST.dll,        
                                 CRYPT32.dll, MSASN1.dll, MSIDLE.DLL,         
                                 audiosrv.dll, wkssvc.dll, cryptsvc.dll,      
                                 certcli.dll, ATL.DLL, CRYPTUI.dll,           
                                 WININET.dll, Normaliz.dll, iertutil.dll,     
                                 ESENT.dll, dmserver.dll, ersvc.dll, es.dll,  
                                 pchsvc.dll, srvsvc.dll, netman.dll,          
                                 MPRAPI.dll, ACTIVEDS.dll, adsldpc.dll,       
                                 rtutils.dll, netshell.dll, credui.dll,       
                                 dot3api.dll, dot3dlg.dll, OneX.DLL,          
                                 eappcfg.dll, MSVCP60.dll, eappprxy.dll,      
                                 RASAPI32.dll, rasman.dll, TAPI32.dll,        
                                 WZCSAPI.DLL, WZCSvc.DLL, WMI.dll,            
                                 EapolQec.dll, QUtil.dll, seclogon.dll,       
                                 srsvc.dll, POWRPROF.dll, trkwks.dll,         
                                 wmisvc.dll, VSSAPI.DLL, w32time.dll,         
                                 wuauserv.dll, sens.dll, wuaueng.dll,         
                                 WINSPOOL.DRV, WINHTTP.dll, Cabinet.dll,      
                                 mspatcha.dll, wscsvc.dll, msi.dll,           
                                 wbemcomn.dll, wbemcore.dll, esscli.dll,      
                                 FastProx.dll, wbemsvc.dll, wmiutils.dll,     
                                 repdrvfs.dll, SXS.DLL, wmiprvsd.dll,         
                                 NCObjAPI.DLL, wbemess.dll, comsvcs.dll,      
                                 colbact.DLL, MTXCLU.DLL, WSOCK32.dll,        
                                 CLUSAPI.DLL, RESUTILS.DLL, rsaenh.dll,       
                                 ipnathlp.dll, AUTHZ.dll, ncprov.dll,         
                                 sfc.dll, sfc_os.dll, browser.dll,            
                                 rasadhlp.dll, netcfgx.dll, rasmans.dll,      
                                 WINIPSEC.DLL, tapisrv.dll, PSAPI.DLL,        
                                 rastapi.dll, unimdm.tsp, uniplat.dll,        
                                 kmddsp.tsp, ndptsp.tsp, ipconf.tsp,          
                                 h323.tsp, hidphone.tsp, HID.DLL, rasppp.dll, 
                                 ntlsapi.dll, kerberos.dll, cryptdll.dll,     
                                 RASQEC.DLL, raschap.dll, rastls.dll,         
                                 SCHANNEL.dll, WinSCard.dll, RASDLG.dll,      
                                 Apphelp.dll, wups2.dll                       
svchost.exe                 1008 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, ShimEng.dll,        
                                 AcGenral.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,         
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, msvcrt.dll,            
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 dnsrslvr.dll, DNSAPI.dll, WS2_32.dll,        
                                 WS2HELP.dll, iphlpapi.dll, rsaenh.dll,       
                                 mswsock.dll, hnetcfg.dll, wshtcpip.dll       
svchost.exe                 1100 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, ShimEng.dll,        
                                 AcGenral.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,         
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, msvcrt.dll,            
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 NTMARTA.DLL, SAMLIB.dll, WLDAP32.dll,        
                                 xpsp2res.dll, lmhsvc.dll, iphlpapi.dll,      
                                 WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll, webclnt.dll,        
                                 WININET.dll, Normaliz.dll, iertutil.dll,     
                                 regsvc.dll                                   
spoolsv.exe                 1204 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, GDI32.dll,          
                                 USER32.dll, msvcrt.dll, ShimEng.dll,         
                                 AcGenral.DLL, WINMM.dll, ole32.dll,          
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 SPOOLSS.DLL, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,        
                                 DNSAPI.dll, rasadhlp.dll, localspl.dll,      
                                 sfc_os.dll, WINTRUST.dll, CRYPT32.dll,       
                                 MSASN1.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, winspool.drv,      
                                 netapi32.dll, cnbjmon.dll, E_FLM9HE.DLL,     
                                 pjlmon.dll, tcpmon.dll, usbmon.dll,          
                                 mswsock.dll, winrnr.dll, WLDAP32.dll,        
                                 mdnsNSP.dll, Iphlpapi.dll, win32spl.dll,     
                                 NETRAP.dll, NTDSAPI.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL,        
                                 COMRes.dll, inetpp.dll, xpsp2res.dll         
svchost.exe                 1464 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, ShimEng.dll,        
                                 AcGenral.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,         
                                 WINMM.dll, ole32.dll, msvcrt.dll,            
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll,       
                                 UxTheme.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 wiaservc.dll, CFGMGR32.dll, setupapi.DLL,    
                                 mscms.dll, WINSPOOL.DRV, WINSTA.dll,         
                                 NETAPI32.dll, xpsp2res.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL,     
                                 COMRes.dll, WINTRUST.dll, CRYPT32.dll,       
                                 MSASN1.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, escwiad.dll,       
                                 NTMARTA.DLL, SAMLIB.dll, WLDAP32.dll,        
                                 wiavusd.dll, gdiplus.dll, SHFOLDER.dll,      
                                 actxprxy.dll                                 
explorer.exe                1860 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll,       
                                 RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll, BROWSEUI.dll,       
                                 GDI32.dll, USER32.dll, msvcrt.dll,           
                                 ole32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, OLEAUT32.dll,        
                                 SHDOCVW.dll, CRYPT32.dll, MSASN1.dll,        
                                 CRYPTUI.dll, NETAPI32.dll, VERSION.dll,      
                                 WININET.dll, Normaliz.dll, iertutil.dll,     
                                 WINTRUST.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, WLDAP32.dll,     
                                 SHELL32.dll, UxTheme.dll, ShimEng.dll,       
                                 AcGenral.DLL, WINMM.dll, MSACM32.dll,        
                                 USERENV.dll, comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll,     
                                 appHelp.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL, COMRes.dll,        
                                 cscui.dll, CSCDLL.dll, themeui.dll,          
                                 MSIMG32.dll, xpsp2res.dll, actxprxy.dll,     
                                 LINKINFO.dll, ntshrui.dll, ATL.DLL,          
                                 urlmon.dll, ieframe.dll, PSAPI.DLL, msi.dll, 
                                 MLANG.dll, WINSTA.dll, webcheck.dll,         
                                 SETUPAPI.dll, stobject.dll, BatMeter.dll,    
                                 POWRPROF.dll, WTSAPI32.dll,                  
                                 WPDShServiceObj.dll, WINHTTP.dll,            
                                 mydocs.dll, PortableDeviceTypes.dll,         
                                 PortableDeviceApi.dll, wdmaud.drv,           
                                 msacm32.drv, midimap.dll, NETSHELL.dll,      
                                 credui.dll, dot3api.dll, rtutils.dll,        
                                 dot3dlg.dll, OneX.DLL, eappcfg.dll,          
                                 MSVCP60.dll, eappprxy.dll, iphlpapi.dll,     
                                 WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll, rsaenh.dll,         
                                 MPR.dll, drprov.dll, ntlanman.dll,           
                                 NETUI0.dll, NETUI1.dll, NETRAP.dll,          
                                 SAMLIB.dll, davclnt.dll, events.dll,         
                                 comdlg32.dll, MSVCR71.dll, rarext.dll,       
                                 wmpshell.dll, nvcpl.dll, WINSPOOL.DRV,       
                                 OLEACC.dll, nvapi.dll, SXS.DLL,              
                                 PDFShell.dll, MSVCR80.dll                    
DTVSchdl.exe                1988 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, USER32.dll,         
                                 GDI32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll,         
                                 Secur32.dll, SHELL32.dll, msvcrt.dll,        
                                 SHLWAPI.dll, OLEAUT32.dll, ole32.dll,        
                                 comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll                   
WFWIZ.exe                   1996 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, SETUPAPI.dll,       
                                 ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll,       
                                 GDI32.dll, USER32.dll, msvcrt.dll,           
                                 COMCTL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, WINMM.dll,        
                                 VERSION.dll, SHELL32.dll, ole32.dll,         
                                 OLEAUT32.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL, COMRes.dll,       
                                 qcap.dll, MSVFW32.dll, quartz.dll,           
                                 devenum.dll, WINTRUST.dll, CRYPT32.dll,      
                                 MSASN1.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, msdmo.dll,         
                                 wdmaud.drv, msacm32.drv, MSACM32.dll,        
                                 midimap.dll, ksproxy.ax, ksuser.dll,         
                                 kswdmcap.ax, MFC42.DLL, UxTheme.dll          
RTHDCPL.exe                 2004 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, DSOUND.DLL,         
                                 ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll,       
                                 msvcrt.dll, ole32.dll, GDI32.dll,            
                                 USER32.dll, VERSION.dll, WINMM.dll,          
                                 HHCTRL.OCX, SHELL32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll,        
                                 COMCTL32.dll, OLEAUT32.dll, SETUPAPI.DLL,    
                                 MPR.DLL, WINSPOOL.DRV, COMDLG32.DLL,         
                                 comctl32.dll, WINTRUST.dll, CRYPT32.dll,     
                                 MSASN1.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll, wdmaud.drv,        
                                 msacm32.drv, MSACM32.dll, midimap.dll,       
                                 uxtheme.dll, KsUser.dll                      
alg.exe                      204 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, msvcrt.dll,         
                                 ATL.DLL, USER32.dll, GDI32.dll,              
                                 ADVAPI32.dll, RPCRT4.dll, Secur32.dll,       
                                 ole32.dll, OLEAUT32.dll, WSOCK32.dll,        
                                 WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll, MSWSOCK.DLL,        
                                 ShimEng.dll, AcGenral.DLL, WINMM.dll,        
                                 MSACM32.dll, VERSION.dll, SHELL32.dll,       
                                 SHLWAPI.dll, USERENV.dll, UxTheme.dll,       
                                 comctl32.dll, comctl32.dll, CLBCATQ.DLL,     
                                 COMRes.dll, xpsp2res.dll, hnetcfg.dll,       
                                 wshtcpip.dll                                 
Skype.exe                    896 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, user32.dll,         
                                 GDI32.dll, advapi32.dll, RPCRT4.dll,         
                                 Secur32.dll, oleaut32.dll, msvcrt.dll,       
                                 ole32.dll, version.dll, wintrust.dll,        
                                 CRYPT32.dll, MSASN1.dll, IMAGEHLP.dll,       
                                 comctl32.dll, SHLWAPI.dll, imm32.dll,        
                                 shell32.dll, wininet.dll, Normaliz.dll,      
                                 iertutil.dll, URLMON.DLL, comdlg32.dll,      
                                 winmm.dll, oleacc.dll, MSVCP60.dll,          
                                 SHFolder.dll, msimg32.dll, olepro32.dll,     
                                 uxtheme.dll, WS2_32.dll, WS2HELP.dll,        
                                 DSOUND.dll, MSACM32.dll, cryptui.dll,        
                                 NETAPI32.dll, WLDAP32.dll, wab32.dll,        
                                 MSOERT2.dll, wab32res.dll, wtsapi32.dll,     
                                 WINSTA.dll, SXS.DLL, SETUPAPI.dll,           
                                 CLBCATQ.DLL, COMRes.dll, xpsp2res.dll,       
                                 mswsock.dll, hnetcfg.dll, wshtcpip.dll,      
                                 dxdiagn.dll, wbemprox.dll, wbemcomn.dll,     
                                 wbemsvc.dll, fastprox.dll, NTDSAPI.dll,      
                                 DNSAPI.dll, devenum.dll, msdmo.dll,          
                                 wdmaud.drv, msacm32.drv, midimap.dll,        
                                 RASAPI32.DLL, rasman.dll, TAPI32.dll,        
                                 rtutils.dll, msv1_0.dll, iphlpapi.dll,       
                                 KsUser.dll, USERENV.dll, sensapi.dll,        
                                 rasadhlp.dll, mdnsNSP.dll, events.dll,       
                                 MSVCR71.dll

Schleppel · 20 May 2008 at 22:59

I have just unistalled all the drivers off the system and re installed them. No difference. I have howver discovered that the device manager window does the same thing, refreshes every second, like it is expanding and collapsing the list every second. Something somewhere is definitely snafu.