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by george

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On a w2k-pc with a PIII the processor is consistently at 100%. This is happening since about a week ago. Starting and switching programs take ages. From the tasklist I can't find any programs or services that are responsible for this behavior. I've switched of firewalls, anti-virus and other stuff. No luck.
It has to be some service, though. Who can point me to the needle?
TIA
George

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by mgamiet

Open up task manager. Check processes tab. Here you can see the processes that are using the CPU and memory and their PID numbers. Usually system idle process is 98% or so.
When your processor is at 100% however, you'll notice system idle will be low and another process will be high. You should investigate what that process is an what it's doing.

Good Luck!

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