How long should it take to install software...1.5 hours and still running CPU useage 50%

Get spynomore and tell me what it found. It won't remove the problems but i can remove them for you for free if you ask

I suggest CPU-Z from CPUID.com, or Belarc Advisor.

1) CPU-Z,

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

2) Belarc Advisor,

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

I use CPU-Z.

For guidance in downloading, installing, or running either program above, post back in a Comment.

For additional questions please post in a Comment.
Regards,
joecoolvette

The CPU is runnimg with a useage of 45-60% as soon as the laptop has booted up because Kapersky is upgrading the virus definition file and is running a virus check on the files stored on the hard disk. When Kapersky has finished these tasks then you will see a drop in CPU useage.
NOTE as you install more programs and as your data files increase so will it take longer for Kapersky to carry out the virus scan.

Most likely, you will need to reinstall the burning software.

Try to use hardware/software analyzing system, or try to analyze you sytem to yougamers.com, if didnt work re installed you CPU.

The 50% useage of the CPU is the problem not a fan issue. You have a memory glitch or IRQ setting causing this. Go back to basics look for a Video problem or shared memeory - does this board have onboard video, does it have onboard audio, have you installed a add in video/audio card? Check your bios settings, look at shadow memeory useage.

maybe. That's a lot of cpu useage. You didn't state the OS you are using. Is it Vista? That can be a cpu hog. Do a Ctrl/alt/delete and choose task manager. Click on the PROCESSES tab and you will see a list of all processes running. Click on the CPU heading once or twice and it will order all the processes based on useage. The top one should give you a clue as to what process is using the machine. Sometimes the browser running on a particular web site can just **** the machine to its knees. Anyway, that should give you a pretty good clue as to what is using up the cycles. You can then google on that process name if you wish to find out what it is doing. You could have some spyware running that is giving you trouble.

Maybe you want to think about getting a tankless heater.The gad unit works real good.But the electric water heater i want to think you should check the thermostate.Maybe it is struck and not cutting off every time.

pentium 2? the minimum required for xp is around 233mhz. I would recommend atleast 500 mhz for faster useage. and more than 128mb ram.