100% processor usage problem

[Alex]

which process is running at 100%?

press ctrl+alt+del to go to windows task manager and under
the "processe tab, see which process is running at 100%.

if it is "System idle process" then that is prety normal
(according to microsoft anyway), basically means your cpu
is idle, waiting for instructions. my cpu idle process
normally sits around 90 - 98% most of the time.

"LX"


>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
> I don't know where else to turn regarding this
>problem, so I thought I would try here. I have a 1.7ghz
>P4, Via mbd, 120G Hd,128mb video card, and 1 Gig of ram.
>Within 30 seconds of my machine booting up, task manager
>is showing cpu usage at 100%. I have downloaded all
>updates from Msft and all the latest drivers. I have no
>viruses and nothing running in the background, (it even
>does it in safe mode.) I even got a msft update from
>warp2.net that is supposed to address the 100% cpu
>problem, but it didn't help. The only thing I havent'
>tried is to flash the bios. Any help would be
>appreciated. Thanks, Ron
>.
>