Hi there I am new to this forum as I found it on google while trying to solve my problems with CPU spikes, high memory usage and some webpages causing 100% usage.

Details are below
Acer Aspire 1680 with XP home install, using all acer drivers (apart from an updated 2200BG wireless driver cause the acer one cause BSOD when using utorrent or bitcomet)

Problems:
1: iexplore.exe using A LOT of memory right now its using 395,504k!!!
2: cpu spikes quite a lot. Causes mouse to pause momentarily, also when typing it causes letters to be missed while the spike is happening (strangly at the moment it seems ok)
3: Some webpages like hotmail, and some forums when typing a message cause 100% CPU load to the point I can't even type the message.

I ran AVG full scan and no viruses, also spybot and found nothing.


µTorrent
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Acer eManager for Notebook
Acer ePowerManagement
Acrobat.com
Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
Adobe Reader 9.1.3
Apple Mobile Device Support
Apple Software Update
ATI - Software Uninstall Utility
ATI Control Panel
ATI Display Driver
AVG 8.5
Bonjour
Choice Guard
Conexant AC-Link Audio
CPUID CPU-Z 1.52.1
CROME 1.5.3
DivX Codec
DivX Converter
DivX Player
DivX Plus DirectShow Filters
DivX Web Player
DVD Decrypter (Remove Only)
gBurner
HijackThis 2.0.2
Hotfix for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB953595)
Hotfix for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB958484)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB952287)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB961118)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB970653-v3)
Intel(R) PROSet for Wireless
iTunes
Java(TM) 6 Update 15
Launch Manager
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft Internationalized Domain Names Mitigation APIs
Microsoft National Language Support Downlevel APIs
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2007
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ATL Update kb973923 - x86 8.0.50727.4053
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
MSVCRT
Notebook Hardware Control 2.0 Pre-Release-06 Bugfix
Photo Viewer V208G2
QuickTime
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB938127-v2)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB963027)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB969897)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB972260)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 8 (KB971961)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 8 (KB972260)
Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB952069)
Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB968816)
Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB973540)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923789)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB938464-v2)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950760)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950762)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950974)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951066)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951376-v2)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB952004)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB952954)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB954459)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB954600)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB955069)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB956572)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB956744)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB956802)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB956803)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB956844)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB957097)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB958644)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB958687)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB958690)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB959426)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB960225)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB960715)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB960803)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB960859)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB961371)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB961373)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB961501)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB963027)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB968537)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB970238)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB971557)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB971633)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB971657)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB973346)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB973354)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB973507)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB973869)
Segoe UI
Skype web features
Skype™ 4.1
SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
Spelling Dictionaries Support For Adobe Reader 9
Spotify
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
TeamViewer 4
Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515/xx12 drivers.
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB963707)
Update for Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (kb973514)
Update for Windows Internet Explorer 8 (KB972636)
Update for Windows XP (KB951978)
Update for Windows XP (KB955839)
Update for Windows XP (KB961503)
Update for Windows XP (KB967715)
Update for Windows XP (KB968389)
Update for Windows XP (KB973815)
VC80CRTRedist - 8.0.50727.762
VLC media player 0.9.8a
WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software
Windows Internet Explorer 8
Windows Live Call
Windows Live Communications Platform
Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Sign-in Assistant
Windows Live Upload Tool
Windows XP Service Pack 3
WinRAR archiver
XP Codec Pack

No ideas yet?

Also my PC won't stay in standby when the battery is critcal (it comes out of standby)
and sometimes when on A/C power it won't stanby when the lid is closed.

I have checked all power settings and options and everything seems correct. Strangly this is only sometimes (probably dependent if the battery is charging and battery levels)

DAM this acer has quite a lot of problems for a fresh install only a couple of months ago and I have not installed much at all!

I don't see any security issues here.
I'm removing HJT log, and I'm moving this thread to Windows section.

I knew there wouldn't be.
Just one user told me to put it in the hijack section. I originally had it in the windows xp section.

hopefully someone can give me some insight into the cpu spikes and why this machine runs slower than it should. (when watching youtube HQ movies et) viewing webpages with flash etc

Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows logo key, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

See if the following search term results prove helpful:

spikes high memory youtube flash xp "iexplore exe" [39 hits]
- Google Search

Might also be worth your while to see whether your flash (and other apps) are out-of-date and also a potentially security risk:

Download - Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI):
http://secunia.com/PSISetup.exe


Try running in FireFox and see if you get the same issues for flash and youtube.

Acer Aspire 1680 laptop
1.5Ghz centrino (Dorthan CPU)
Intel i855GM/GME
ATI 9700 64MB
1GB DDR RAM

12GB free on C drive.

I have been using PC's for YEARS, and done all the regular windows tune up process.

The thing is its NOT just iexplore with high memory spikes, the whole computer has the CPU spikes so NOT just an iexplore issue. Switching to firefox MAY just fix the memory usage.

(for example when typing this message I have had to go back and add in letters that were missed because of tiny spikes that holt the system (and typing input)

Cheers for the advice

12GB free on C drive.

...out of?

um i think its 60gb drive, partitioned into 30 gig each.
Sorry I didn't know the total harddrive size was important?

I tried searching on google for people having similar issues

TRY THIS METHOD!!!

1) turn off automatic updates, reboot, then manually go to windows
updates and install the updates, turn on automatic updates, reboot.

or (as in my case)

2) Perform these steps:


1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the
open box and click OK.
2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".
3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account"
is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is
unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If
not, please click the Enable button to enable it.
5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic".
Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the
service.
6. Repeat the above steps with the other service: Background Intelligent
Transfer Service (BITS)

Step 4: Re-register Windows Update components and Clear the corrupted
Windows Update temp folder

1. Click on Start and then click Run,
2. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks) and
press Enter.
3. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message,
click OK.
4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands:

REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

After the above steps are finished. Sicne temporary folder of Windows Update
may be corrupted. We can refer to the following steps to rename this folder
that

1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following
command in the opened window.

net stop WuAuServ
(note, you might need to reboot before the net stop command will work)

2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to SDold.
4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following
command in the opened window.

net start WuAuServ



Hope this helps,
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