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In many situations my Windows 7 box becomes unresponsive, but the Task Manager shows 0 CPU utilization for all processes.
Obviously it is the kernel/Windows itself that is sucking all the cycles and not reporting what activity is sucking cycles. How can I find out where the cycles are going (short of using WinDBG or other kernel debugger)?
Tyler Durden
Posted 2013-10-11T15:10:50.853
Reputation: 4 710
1Are you running Task Manager as Administrator (so you can see all processes)? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-10-11T15:15:45.090
Why are you against using a kernel debugger? – Ramhound – 2013-10-11T15:53:56.427
This could be a sign of failing hardware... – MonkeyZeus – 2013-10-11T16:05:24.990
Yes, I am running task manager as administrator. I am hoping for a simple way to find out why the kernel is hanging. My sense is that using a kernel debugger is way too complicated. – Tyler Durden – 2013-10-11T16:14:40.013
use xperf to capture the CPU activity: http://pastebin.com/pgE11HRD
– magicandre1981 – 2013-10-11T17:02:59.260