Mark Romero wrote: > > A few months ago one of the programs that I use (Lightroom) started to > have long periods where it would stop responding. It wouldn't crash, > but it would just keep my CPU pegged at 100% and the program would stop > responding. This would happen at random times. >
When I see unexpected behavior like this from an application, the first thing I normally do is check the Windows Event Log for serious errors, especially those related to the disk drive(s) in the system. Next, I would run "chkdsk" and some other diagnostic tools (e.g. the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool). Next, I would run a Microsoft Security Essentials "full scan". If all of the above are OK, you might want to see if the application and/or Windows have any more available updates. -- Joe Mistachkin
