Windows xp cpu at 100

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Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Pure Capsaicin. Hi Scott, thanks for the reply, I look for the info In the Task Manager after doing a cntr alt delete in an effort to try and get out of the system hangup by stopping some applications. Perhaps it's me? Browsing will normally eat memory but not CPU. Thanks, I'll take a closer look at those applications.

Thanks Tim, I'll give that a shot. David Apr 6, at UTC. We've had 3 like this. Could be dust. I'd clean out the machines. I've seen malware do this, but I've also seen buggy updates do it, and background tasks. Lane Apr 6, at UTC. A couple of things I have seen take up a lot of CPU time. Print spooler service, usually a driver update will help with this one. The most common one I have found though is: Windows Search 4.

Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Rakesh Kumar. Thursday, February 9, PM. It has been resolved, This happen due to antivirus latest update and svchost.