CPU utilization is contantly high

look at the task manager to see what is using the CPU

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

I would see what you have in Processes in task manager.<A HREF="http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist...." target="_new">Tasklist</A>

And check <A HREF="http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm" target="_new">here</A> on the services you may have running.

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Check the bus master on your ide controller.

Goto>
Control_Panel/System/Device_Manager/IDE/Primary_or_Secondary

The "Current transfer mode" should be one of the DMA's.

Solution: Try reinstalling XP on clean install (eeek)or use "Intel Application Accelerator", I spent >4 hours last night with a minor disaster and I used it to get the CPU utilisation down. I had high CPU utilisation when heaps was happening on the desktop and it was caused by disk usage.

*Do not modify registry settings on XP unless you know a way to restore it.

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