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Windows XP is a relatively solid OS with programs running in separate 
areas of memory so that if a program has a problem, it can be shut down 
through task manager without affecting other running programs. In task 
manager you can find which program is causing the excessive CPU usage by 
clicking on CPU at the top of the listing of processes till the list is 
structured on CPU usage from highest to lowest.

Let us know what you find and the members can likely be of more 
assistance. If the problem process is "print", please give us details on 
the printer and driver.

Tom Mayer

Jdoby wrote:
>  print.  Task Manager shows 100% usage.
>
>  Running Windows XP Pro, AMD 2400, 1 gb of ram, 40 gb harddrive
>  7 gb occupied.  What can I do to avoid the hangup.   Thanks
>   

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