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sue mccartin
December 5th 03, 01:43 PM
Are you sure messenger is the culprit? Sounds like you're
being used in a dos attack or something like that.
Download something like pest patrol and see if you've got
any spyware going that might be running off messenger and
causing that.
>-----Original Message-----
>Anyone know why Messenger periodically hijacks 99% CPU,
>requiring an "End Process" from Task Manager?
>
>Somone had suggested installing the newest DirectX, but
>this had no effect.
>
>Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
>Todd
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