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System spikes
Name: theoneknownasbob Date: January 1, 2003 at 13:41:45 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: p4 1.8ghz/768 MB RAM
Comment:
My CPU spikes about every five seconds. System, even when I'm not doing anything, regularly spikes to using 20-30 percent of the CPU. Any idea why?
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