[Ham-Computers] Memory Hogs Question

[Herb Gerhardt]

I am running WinXP Home Ed on my laptop with a 20 Gig HD and 256 Meg of RAM.

Lately it has gotten really slow..........    I checked Task Manager and see
that when it is running OK, it runs at a CPU usage of around 20 to 55%.
When it runs really slow, it runs at a CPU usage of 100% or close to it.

The biggest users are:		services.exe		reg.exe	system idle process

Any ideas as to what I can do to lower the CPU usage and make it run faster
again?  This is an intermittent problem and exists with it just booted up in
Windows and no real programs running on the surface.  I do have a wireless
router (D-Link DI-624) that I installed recently and shortly after that is
when I noticed my problem.

Any info would be appreciated.  No I am not a computer wizard and do not
play with my Registry.

Thanks,

Herb, KB7UVC
NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator
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My NEW Email Address:  hgerhardt at wavecable.com