Task Manager

Every so often, I find my system a little slow even tho' I'm not doing much. When I look ta what's going on via Task Manager, I sometime s find Word or Powerpoint processes running & taking 50-60 % CPU when I'm not even using them. I can kill them easily enough but why are they starting for no...

My laptop of almost 4 years running Windows 7 recently started having freezing/shutdown problems. In the beginning, everything worked for about 10 minutes before freezing. Once it froze, upon hitting ctrl+alt+delete I would get the message: "Failure to display security and shutdown options" on a...

For some reason this program is running thousands of times in task manager. It is destroying my PC, even using only 1% of my cpu. Is it malware? Malewarebytes doesn't seem to be able to find it as it only rarely happens. Help me Pl0x

Hi! something weird happend today i logged on my steam account and then i can see that im in a game called csgo and when i go to task manager then i can't see the file called csgo.exe so i can't even close it and im really scared if my steam is hacked because i have alot of exspensive skins on...

Today I started task manager and saw this process syshost ............ i tried to end the program message poped-up that unable to terminate the program ...then i went to it's location which is C:\Windows\Installer\{A4D6E64C-F511-4F97-F321-32B8D1F5A2D1} ............ i tried to delete it and...

Every 2 or so minutes I get a blue screen that pops up on my desktop, I can stop it by starting task manager and closing all "Form 1"'s. This makes me think its a virus, as it does not actually affect my system. Besides it being annoying...

Yesterday I found a process in task manager and I didn't know what it was. It had a weird name and no description. I went open file location and it brought me to a folder with a few files in it. I opened the file named "d" in notepad and I saw username password and a url. It was hashpower.co and...

So, I had barely any money and I really wanted Fallout 4 so I decided to get it the dodgy way (very bad idea, I'll stick to G2A in the future) and after having my PC off overnight and when I turned it back on, all was fine until when the windows lock screen came up. When it came up, my CPU fan...

My computer, starting today, has started making strange sounds like those listed in the link below. I couldn't find anything downloaded in the Programs and Features on my computer. I ran CCleaner and still nothing was done. Task manager doesn't show anything running but itself. I have no clue...

Hello everyone, I am finding that my antivirus McAfee (which I only use because it is free through my work) takes up a TON of memory and bogs my system down. I am trying to determine which services I can and cannot safely disable. Here is a screenshot of them. Thank you!

I was stupid enough to download something that wasn't legit. It planted alot of scams on my PC but I've managed to remove them all except one. I can see it's running when I open task manager, and it's named "Search". When I right click it and open it's file location if sends me to my system 32...

Every now and again when I open my task manager and check processes I see this "From Microsoft Background Task" and it has the windows logo as its little logo. Whenever I click on it (just a normal left click) it closes itself and doesn't come back... I'm scared this is a RAT or Bitcoin miner or...

Laptop is HP Pavilion DM4-2153ca Just did a fresh Windows 7 install (from scratch, didn't use recovery) However I've been having the fans running constantly since then, for no reason, when the laptop is at idle. Task manager shows absolutely nothing special, at least not that I know of. I also...

Hi, My new Asus zenbook ux305f is experiencing problems in terms of the smart gesture, its also getting slower and its getting showing up with this on the task manager, thanks for any tips. Also I have windows 10. http://imgur.com/r6lU7Az

My box has been slow for a few days so I checked Task Manager to see if anything odd was there. I found this: 32eb1265e8375b8f7a547293a6a207e9.exe It can't be stopped, removed, or touched in any way. Does anyone have info on what this is? Thanks...Larry M.

Hey guys, So I got my PC built by a friend of my dad around 4 months ago. At first, when i opened the task manager, it had a process called Ground.exe. When I right clicked it to find it's location it would direct me to roaming folder but there was no ground.exe there... Fast forward, I...

Hello... For starts I make this post to ask how I can fix this issue I've had for around 3 weeks. I have searched and searched but my laptop is almost impossible to use. Everything is laggy, I managed to get to task manager and noticed my disk was always at 100% and for some reason it shouldn't...

Ive been running google chrome for a number of years now, around 10 months on my current machine. Recently it started to crash and i had to go into task manager and restart it. I had enough so uninstalled it, reinstalled it and its still happening. Read somewhere it may be the extentions i am...

yesterday suddenly my net speed reduced so I checked in the task manager what was the processes which was consuming all the net speed . then I came to know that it was the service host local system which was consuming my 4.4 mbps of speed. so i stopped every program under the service host local...

If i go on task manager and select show processes from all users, there is a ton of "makecab.exes" http://imgur.com/5GVSCVw What are these? Ive ran malware and everything, nothing.

When i load my laptop the screen is black, so i go to the task manager and run "explorer.exe" and it works, but every time i load my laptop, i have to keep doing it. is there a way to set it to happen everytime?

For some reason every time i try to open Google Chrome it goes as if it is going to start up giving me the white screen but then forcibly shuts down. I have tried to re-install but alas to no avail. I have also tried to run as admin but still nothing. When I am on the task manager my cpu when...

Hi Google chrome isn't working I have tries uninstalling but is says close all of the Google chrome windows even when I boot up the system. I have tried ending chrome.exe in details because its the only one in task manager but it says access denied. I have tried setting internet explore as...

Plugin-container.exe is appearing for no reason. I never installed firefox on my PC and it still shows in my Task Manager. It sucks my CPU up to 60% or 80%. I dont know what to do.

Iam having windows server 2008 r2.. in taskmanager, more than 50 taskeng.exe process are running Server getting slow Help in this issue Is there any chance to stop taskeng.exe (Task scheduler).. If i stopped, Any problem in that???

I just got this model, and installed windows 8.1 on it. Now the laptop seems to run pretty slow, so i opened Task Manager and saw my HDD is under 100% load by "Service Host Local System", which i assume is the consequence of downloading and installing windows updates. The HDD is 1TB 5400RPM, is...

Hi all, I make sure to keep my PC protected with the minimal MSE and scan every once in a while, don't access any malicious sites and that has kept me malware free for years. Something odd is happening, I'm getting a random 'X' icon on my taskbar that I have no idea what it is. It goes away as...

I'm running windows 8 with Norton Internet Security - never had a virus - ever. However, I understand that viruses are getting better at "hiding" these days and I wanted to ask a question. Can anyone describe why "dllhost.exe" (which usually runs with ComSurrogate or conhost.exe) will disappear...

I've accidentally downloaded a virus that disabled my task manager and continuously eats up my RAM/CPU. I went to one of my friends with the situation and he told me to get Avast (which is an antivirus program). Once I got it I ran a full system scan and deleted all the problems it found. my...

last night ran spybot and malwarebytes and Kaspersky on my friends machine. I also looked through task manager and the running services. i'm far from an expert but there were no obvious issues to tell how someone got my friends email. my friends " friend/ex" (who also maintains her system for...

All of a sudden my cursor started spinning in a circle ctrl-alt-delete does absolutely nothing when that comes up it says task manager is unresponsive.

I pressed the standby button last night and when turning the laptop back on it just stalls. The screen comes on but im unable to interact with anything. I managed to get to the task manager via the keyboard but once on there i am unable to click anything still :/

I have had this problem awhile now. Whenever I load into my OS. Maybe like 20 minutes later I see Conhosts.exe and cmd,*32 pop up. Then they keep multiplying into the hundreds until I restart my computer. There not causing performance issues, but this can't be normal. I thought it might be...

So in task manager I have a process called laxpshawlucy.exe. I might just be paranoid but I want to actually make sure this isnt something that's going to harm my computer. In properties the original filename is stub546845.exe. The file is located in my SysWOW64 folder.

About Tablet lists the Processor Type as QuadCore but ES Task Manager list a Dual Core. Is this a technical problem (the tablet can't access all the hardware) or is this only an input cheat (Someone altered the Proccessor type and typed QuadCore manually to make the tablet look better for sale)

I will preface this by saying I know very little about computers so please be clear and precise with directions I have an ASUS notebook. It came to us installed with Windows 8. Without warning or reason, I cannot swipe the side of my keypad to move between apps like I normally do. From what I...

HI, i recently received a used Lenovo Y-40 on Ebay. It looks and feels perfect except when i go to task manager, the Disk is very sensitive and can jump to 100% easily making the laptop very frustrating to use. I have googled this issue and have tried -malwarebyes to check for viruses -disabling...

hello guys, when i turn on my pc today, core usage showed 100%. but when i open taskmanager it stopped. Then i closed the task manager and core usage has increased again. i have avg 2015 virusguard. after a few mins virus guard detected a virus and deleted.Then it stopped.But after i restart my...

Hi! For a couple of months now my computer has been running at a speed equivalent to that of a snail... This happened overnight: one day all was well the next it couldn't perform the simplest of tasks. When i turn my computer on and go in the task manager it says that my cpu is being used at...

Hi all So at work I use a n5110 i7. Just recently, after about 40 mins the laptop will freeze up, yet you are still able to use the mouse. Trying to bring up the task manager takes about 10 mins, but there is nothing unsual in processes or applications. The processor is only at 1 or 2%, memory...

Different programs just freeze. I cannot even use the ctrl+alt+delete combination to open task manager or shut down the computer , I can only move my cursor. I have to turn my computer off by pressing the power button. Please help

Hi my Name is Jon and i've been experiencing high ram usage without an Answer.. I currently have 4 GB of ram on my laptop and i am running windows 8 . I have run Full scans With my kaspersky total security and have found nothing .. I also looked in my task manager and it says that 200mb is...

My laptop just goes black after signing in. I've tried alt+ctrl+delete to go to task manager ut nothing happens plz help and thx

hi i started my computer and logged in the first thing that came up is the reg pro cleaner i cant get past it cant go in to my control pannel only in to my task manager what do i do ??!! i have windows 8

My Haier 7G – 5H 4005 laptops screen goes blank and black but i can stil access my laptop through task manager by browsing it. Please help why my laptop is performing such a behavior

I found this program on task maneger called COM surrogate and i heard its a virus but i NEVER EVER go on strange websites or i never got a pop up from it or anything i have kaspersky protection.My friend has the same thing on his computer..It dosent eat up my CPU like others have reported...

I have no idea where the RAM is being used I have checked in task manager and nothing amounts even close to it. I have 8GB DRR3 and i am no unable to play games because of this. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Hello! Recently I noticed a grey box with some kind of letter appearing at the bottom right of my screen. I can move it, but it's not clickable. Doesn't appear straight at startup and there's nothing weird in the process list other than the usual. I tried disabling everything that I can in the...

Recently, in Task Manager, I've noticed two programs running, called Google Chrome (With no Google Chrome symbol. The regular Google Chrome has a 32 bit afterwards in parenthesis. When I go to the original file location, I end up seeing the nacl64.exe file in Program Files (x86) > Google >...

csrss.exe shows up in task manager under processes. I've read that it is the name of a critical system process but also the name of a malware program and the advice given to users is to check where csrss.exe is located by right clicking and hitting "Properties". But it will not allow this. I...

When I look at Task Manager in Windows 8.1, I see several instances of Chrome open, which from testing I see are apps or extensions. Why is it doing this and is there a way to stop it? Thanks!

I've been setting up some videos to compress in a queue using Handbrake and it's all fine, but for certain reasons I'd like to be able to limit the process to specific threads. Now I know I can go through the task manager and right-click on the process to Set Affinity (which I've been doing so...

Every time I try to install adobe flash I get a box like this:http://imgur.com/qufQr78. It will stay that way for hours and can only be closed through the task manager.

I have been getting a Google Chrome "crashed" or "Aw Shucks" message but I do not have Chrome installed. When I CTRL-ALT-DEL and bring up my Windows Task Manager I see multiple of processes with variable CPU and Memory (Private Working Set) readings, example shown below. vzssqsmwxk.exe *32...

In task manager my laptop reads my cpu clock at 3ghz but when I open Properties through my computer ('This PC' ) it says its at 2.2ghz why is this happening ? the sales person showed me the task manger and said its at 3 Ghz , was I tricked? I check both on the same power option(high performance...

I'm pretty sure I have some malware or virus in my PC: weird processes in my Task Manager (like TWO rundll32.exe, and when I click on any of them and select "Open process's path" it does absolutely nothing), a window showing files copying without me doing anything etc etc, but both Avira and MB...

Ok so on Thursday I turned on my computer and it brought me to a blank desktop backround. I thought explorer.exe isn't on so I tried to Ctrl-Alt-Del but instead that lead me to a black screen that I couldn't do anything on. So I tried Ctrl-Shift-Esc to open task manager directly, but instead I...

OK I was playing doom with doomseeker, and the program was downloading wads and pk3 for the mods to play online After that, I play online, and my PC lags. I check the task manager and some program recently installed was taking up the CPU. It is called isaxela.exe made by Anubesi somethin...

One of the great frustrations in working with computers is when a program becomes unresponsive or freezes unexpectedly. Programs are never perfect and, from time to time, you may experience these issues. It is important that you know how to force close these apps or programs so that you can...

I think TuneUp Utilities 2014 removed my taskmgr.exe file from my Win 7 laptop. Here's what happened: -My CPU was slightly slower than when I bought it so I downloaded and ran the trial of AVG TuneUp Utilities 2014. It asked me if I wanted to replace my default task manager with their better...