CPU spike every 20 minutes

[Skip]

Have you went to your event viewer in administrative
tools and checked in the systems log for any errors? I
also hate to say this but, HP has a lot of problems with
there hardware drivers, and XP. Snoop around on the net
(Google search) or other message boards to see if anyone
else has this problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Skip,
>
>Thanks for the respone. The process is SYSTEM.
>I have since deleted my Norton, AOL and a host of other
>things I thought could be the cause. So far nothing.
>The problem is when this spike occurs it messes up the
>sound. ANd that fet annoying when you are trying to
>listen to tunes or play games.
>
>Any other suggestions are appreciated.
>
>thanks,
>Matt
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Go to task manager and click on process tab and see if
>>any item is using cpu at idle. If so, go to
>start>search>
>>type in the program that is using it and see what file
>or
>>program it is. It may be something you can get rid of.
>If
>>computer is acting normal, I would not worry to much
>>about it, it could be your anti-virus program or
>firewall
>>just doing scheduled checks....Good luck
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I am getting a large CPU spike every 20+ seconds.
>>System
>>>process seems to be the one taking up the CPU. My
>>system
>>>is an HP 7955.
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