Programs run slow and processor speeds spike

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I am having problems running programs on my VAIO XP sysytem. My processor runs at nearly 100% at times and I get very choppy action. I have 512 megs of ram and a 1.5 P4 chip - The problem seems to get worse the longer I run the program. Is there anything specific that causes this type of problem??:confused:
 
I have a p4 sony viao 1.6...my programs are slow when i use pc-cillian(came with the viao) and my system idle process constantly runs at 100...
 
I will try shutting the PC chilling off - I also increased my page file size to 768 - 1536
 
You can start taskmanager and in the processes tab you can see what is causing the high CPU-usage. Some versions of Norton Firewall for example sometimes cause 100% without reason.
 
well, the cpu-usage is from the programs running, but like I said it seems to get worse the longer I use the programs.

Someone mentioned something regarding memory dump once - any suggestions?
 
Do use any image editing software?
Such as psp,or adobe p/s?

If so thats where the problem might lay!!
I was getting memory dump errors, then found that if
i put my swap file on a drive other than the one that photoshop was installed, every thing was fine!!no more mem dump errs;) ;) :D

hope this helps
 

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