spooler hijacking CPU

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System: Win XP SP2, P4 processor, 2 gig RAM



Problem: with fresh boot and no applications loaded other than task
manager . the indicated CPU usage is approximately 50%, constantly.
Disabling hyperthreading will result in indicated CPU usage of 100% without
loading any applications. In either case applications can be loaded but
they are slow to load and perform and this loading/processing time is
proportionate to the indicated % CPU usage.



Abnormal activity is associated with spoolsv.exe (MS print spooler) although
this activity does not adversely affect the print jobs I have tried so-far.



When spoolsv.exe is disabled on start-up, the indicated CPU usage after
boot appears to be normal with little or no activity other than System Idle
Process.



Can I get the print spooler and registry back to normal without a total
reinstallation of Win XP?



John C Reynolds

(change addy best to west)


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