any help appreciated (WME)

[davestones]

My system takes an absolute age to boot for some reason, and when it does only 22% system resources are left... also my CPU load is constantly 100% according to several different diagnostic tools...

does anyone know hwat might be up? the following is info from msinfo32 that u might or might not find useful...

**STARTUP PROGRAMS**

*StateMgr c:\windows\system\restore\statemgr.exe
HPDJ Taskbar Utility c:\windows\system\hpztsb04.exe
IntelliPoint c:\progra~1\micros~1\mouse\point32.exe Startup
IrMon irmon.exe
LoadPowerProfile rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,loadcurrentpwrscheme
LoadPowerProfile rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,loadcurrentpwrscheme
MSConfigReminder c:\windows\system\msconfig.exe /reminder
MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD c:\program files\netropa\multimedia keyboard\mmkeybd.exe
NAV DefAlert c:\progra~1\norton~2\defalert.exe
New.net Startup rundll32 c:\progra~1\newdot~1\newdot~1.dll,newdotnetstartup
NvCplDaemon rundll32.exe nvqtwk,nvcpldaemon initialize
NVIEW rundll32.exe nview.dll,nviewloadhook
nwiz nwiz.exe /install
ScanReg c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun
SchedulingAgent mstask.exe
SystemTray systray.exe
TaskMonitor c:\windows\taskmon.exe
TCASUTIEXE tcaudiag.exe -off
Tweak UI rundll32.exe tweakui.cpl,tweakmeup
UpdReg c:\windows\updreg.exe

There is also a list of loaded modules a mile long...

I am by no means a computing newbie but am a bit stumped why my resources should be so low at atartup and why my cpu load is always so high.

incidentally my system is:

dell dimension 8100 128mb RAMBUS ram, 20gb hd, P4 1.4ghz.

[POBrien]

Try test and elimination.

Go to start/run type in msconfig and click ok. Move to the startup tab and uncheck 1 item. Reboot. Continue through the list until you identify the resource problem.

POBrien

[jdharm]

Do you know how that New.net Startup rundll32 c:\progra~1\newdot~1\newdot~1.dll,newdotnetstartup got there? The websites I have seen about it say it is usually installed without your knowledge and is a huge security issue, running arbitrary code from the mothership:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/NewDotNet.html>http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/NewDotNet.html</a>

Josh

[i]Sorry folks, I'm an idiot. Moose out front shoulda told ya. [i]

[TonyKlein]

It usually comes with P2P programs, very often Kazaa.

The best thing to do is go to Control Panel &gt; Add/Remove programs, and uninstall "New.Net (domains)"

Unlike is the case with many other 'foistware' programs, the New.Net uninstaller works fine.

[davestones]

ok ive found the problem. the software used to monitor my IR connection for my nokia 7650... cpu load dropped immediately and resources ate now at 82% at bootup... cheers.

incidentally yes i did know about new.net. i installed it voluntarily, a couple of people i know have decided to have new.net domains for some reason and the sites didnt work without the plugin =p