sometime Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) For the past few days programs loading is slow and erratic. I am running windows xp pro service pack 2,(loaded at an ITmall two years ago) on an Acer Aries desktop, AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual coreprocessor 5200+ 2.7GHz, 1.75GB ram . Computer only used for Music/photos/emails/ web. I removed any unwanted programs then used CC,Cleaner,windows Registry Repair and then defragged and scanned with Malware Bytes,Superanti Spyware and panda Cloud. Still programs are still very slow to respond,and sometimes the mouse clicks dont respond, windows taskmanager shows HWDEVICE SERVICE peaking from 0to 56% cpu continually. Any ideas would be appreciated I just stopped the HWDEVICE SERVICE from loading and the cpu usage is down to 12% with using the internet and using Winamp, Stil dont know what the HWDSERVICE is. Do I need all the 47 processes that the Task Manager say I have? Edited April 25, 2013 by sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterboy Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 No idea, but I Googled HWDEVICESERVICE and there are a lot of threads about it not being necessary. Maybe you can glean some good info from the threads - good luck, mate! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomSand Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Reinstall of Windows should sort it out. Win XP SP3 can be installed. Worth checking RAM in MS-DOS for errors and using a Windows S.M.A.R.T tool to check HD for errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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