the ASH processes are used by Avast! antivirus - I've never had mine eat up
all the resources though.  Maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling Avast!
(?)

Good luck -

Tony Mayer



>Hi,
>
>I've got a problem that I can't identify.  Every so often (not predictable
>that I can see), I get a process (ashMaiSv.exe) running that uses 99% of the
>CPU.  I can't find it on the hard disk and I have no idea what it's
>connected to.  I would guess (because of the "Mai" that it's connected with
>email (Outlook Express), but I don't see how.  (I also have another process
>(ashDisp.exe) that doesn't seem to cause any CPU problems.)
>
>I can't run anything with the process there, so I end it and things seem to
>go back to normal.  I was also wondering if it had any connection to the
>evry-so-often problem I have with Outlook Express, which means that
>periodically IO try to open it but it never appears and I can't get it open
>at all.  "Msimn.exe" (or something like that) appears in the running
>processes and if I end it, then OE seems to open normally.
>
>I have a Sony VAIO only a few months old running WinXP.  Anybody know
>anything about either of these problems?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve

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