RE: Services running high and CPU usage high

Sorry to intrude on your discussion but perhaps you could help me. I'm
having similar CPU usage problems which cause intermittent lockups in
explorer. I'd like to "untick[ed] non essential Start Up programs and
Services" as you described but don't know how. Way back in WinME I could
access programs that launch on startup using Start/run/msconfig (?) but that
doesn't work on my Win2000. How can I modify what launches when I sart
Win2000 and how can I identify what actually needs to do this (i.e. what
Win2000 needs?)

"Johncobb" wrote:

Hello everybody,
Lately my HD is spinning like crazy and fans too.
I looked in Task Manager and I can see that services are running very high
and CPU usage is high also even when I do not perform any tasks.
I scanned my computer for viruses and it seams that it is clean.
A few weeks ago I installed Spybot and BitDefender but I uninstalled them
soon because I thought that they may interfere with eachother.
I ended unnecessary processes - now running 30.
I have also unticked non essential Start Up programs and Services - that did
not help.
To me it looks like there is something running in the background but how can
I detect it ??? It must be hidden somewhere.

My computer parameters:
IBM ThinkCentre
CPU 3 Ghz
RAM 2 GB
HD 233 GB (194 GB free space)
WIN2000 Pro with SP 4.
AV software- Avast.

I have this problem for the last few weeks and it is driving me crazy. I
spent countless hours trying to find the cause.
Please provide any suggestions.
Thank you in advance.
John
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