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detecting a consuming cpu process

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My system seems to be blocked (at session startup) by a cpu-consuming process. In task manager, performance tab, the cpu is idle, but I found no explanation for the system to be blocked (the pointer becomes a sandclock when going down onto the "Startup" bar Any idea on that, please? thanks thanks santiago

Name: wanderer
Date: October 23, 2005 at 14:55:30 Pacific

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corrupt registry entry - download and run a regleaner bad startup program - use msconfig to stop all startup programs and load one at a time until you find the culprit. spyware loading - check with spybot/adaware Golly gee wilerkers everyone! Learn to Internet Search

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