>>>>You can troubleshoot cpu usage problems by going to the admin tools located in Control Panel.  Find the area called "services" and experiment by starting and stopping various services to see if the computer stabilizes.
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> [Unless I am mistaken, I have already done that via the Task Manager's Services tab.  Also, if one of the listed services is hogging CPU cycles it is not "admitting" it.  I have come to believe that my culprit is under the radar of the services monitor or is programmed to hide the CPU usage that it is actually taking.  Yet, though this sounds like a malicious invader, virus scans and scans for spying software fail to find it.]
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> [Thanks for your response.]

I don't see it in here but I believe you are talking about XP.  Under
Task Manager for XP, there is not a Services tab.  There is a
"Processes" tab.  There may be some services that run without being
listed in the Processes.  IMO, you should give it a try to look at the
services.

Tony Mayer

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