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kstater7 · 12-10-2007, 10:38 PM

Hello, this is my first post here and hopefully I won't have to make many more even though this site is great.

I usually can fix my own problems with computers, but right now I'm stumped, so I hope you guys can help.

Whenever I open a media program (WMP, etc.) it runs fine at a normal CPU, but when I close the media program the CPU spikes up to 50 and hovers there until I end the process with the task manager even though the actual window of the program has closed. Also, if I open two of the programs then close them both, they will both use up nearly 50 CPU a piece, leaving nothing extra.

The media programs that I have experienced trouble with so far are WMP, Zune and Winamp. The process WLXQuickTimeControlHost.exe also seems to jump to that 50 CPU mark whenever I even touch a folder containing a .mov or .3gp file.

I am currently running XP w/ SP 2, all of the softwares mentioned are their latest versions.

I recently added 1 GB of RAM to the 1 GB I already had, this was before the problem started to occur, but I found it odd that the programs only spiked to 50 CPU.

EDIT: The only real thing I've tried to do is run a reg scan, but it didn't help.

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks

12-10-2007, 10:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
kstater7 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 OS: XP SP 3	Media Programs Spike CPU After Closing Hello, this is my first post here and hopefully I won't have to make many more even though this site is great. I usually can fix my own problems with computers, but right now I'm stumped, so I hope you guys can help. Whenever I open a media program (WMP, etc.) it runs fine at a normal CPU, but when I close the media program the CPU spikes up to 50 and hovers there until I end the process with the task manager even though the actual window of the program has closed. Also, if I open two of the programs then close them both, they will both use up nearly 50 CPU a piece, leaving nothing extra. The media programs that I have experienced trouble with so far are WMP, Zune and Winamp. The process WLXQuickTimeControlHost.exe also seems to jump to that 50 CPU mark whenever I even touch a folder containing a .mov or .3gp file. I am currently running XP w/ SP 2, all of the softwares mentioned are their latest versions. I recently added 1 GB of RAM to the 1 GB I already had, this was before the problem started to occur, but I found it odd that the programs only spiked to 50 CPU. EDIT: The only real thing I've tried to do is run a reg scan, but it didn't help. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks Last edited by kstater7 : 12-10-2007 at 10:41 PM.