My comp freezes at start up

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:13 pm

sometimes when i start my computer it freezes and the only think i can do is open up task manager

i go to processes and look towards the bottom and see that "System Idle Process" is eating up 80~90 cpu and i have dual core, games dont even use that much

can someone techy help me pls?

ddcc · Post by **ddcc** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:50 pm

System Idle Process is supposed to "have" most of the CPU. To simplify things, just think of System Idle Process as the "unused" CPU counter. It simply shows you how much CPU is not being used.

mN_nubcake · Post by **mN_nubcake** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:55 am

System idle process is supposed to be there. Its not eating you cpu power. It just shows you how much of your CPU power is IDLE which mean not being used.

And about the freezing.
I think the explorer.exe process has some error.
Google explorer.exe and search for sites that scan your explorer.exe for errors. but MAKE SURE you let Microsoft Certified website to scan your computer.
Hope it helps. :wink:

cin · Post by **cin** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:05 am

format and reinstall windows is what i always do when things like that happen.

and if my explorer has any probs i kill and restart the progress

ddcc · Post by **ddcc** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:35 am

Format and reinstalling windows is the most drastic step you can take. You have to make sure you backup every single file that you have in My Documents, your application settings, your address book, your mail (Outlook Express), a list of program you installed... And then you have to make sure you patch it and everything else before someone decides to scan you with nmap then exploit with Metasploit. There's always a smarter step than reinstall.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by scan explorer.exe for errors. Not sure there are "Microsoft Certified website" either. Explorer.exe loads modules, which can be dll's. These dll's might have issues that cause explorer.exe to freeze or crash, but you can't just "scan" for errors. You often need to google the name of every dll loaded, then compare your version with the latest version...

Startup freezes aren't too bad to solve. Get Hijackthis: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html, and run it. Click "Do a system scan and save a log file". Then post that log file back here.

truez · Post by **truez** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:39 am

Its very simple to fix tis -
START > RUN > msconfig
U wuld get the System Configuration Utility .. go to Start up tab .. uncheck all items that u tink u dont need......
Chk tis link out - gives detail instruction on how to use it for various operating systems,
http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/

For complete info on system freezing chk tis out -
http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/127564

Hope this helps and u fix ur comp.....

POINTER - whn u use msconfig, all tat u had on ur explorer bar (tis is the bar where u have ur time seen on the bottom right corner) will be gone... dont worry u can still access them from START > PROGRAMS.

If u have more clarifications .. PM me or reply to this thread

ddcc · Post by **ddcc** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:59 pm

Using Hijackthis is easier and better. Especially since it's hard for most people to figure out what processes are supposed to load, whether they're legit or not (depending on their path), etc. That way, they can post what's starting up, then we can all take a look.

truez · Post by **truez** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:45 am

ddcc wrote:Using Hijackthis is easier and better. Especially since it's hard for most people to figure out what processes are supposed to load, whether they're legit or not (depending on their path), etc. That way, they can post what's starting up, then we can all take a look.

Yup ur correct, never struck my kidney

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:50 pm

ty truez and cin, i killed exploere and new tasked it and did what truez said

ddcc · Post by **ddcc** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:56 pm

And did that fix it?