Please help. Im running WinXP with a 32mb video card and 512mb RAM. I have an Athlon 750 and way to often the cpu is running at 100% even when I have barely any windows open. I check the active processes and most are minor little things like aim and zone alarm. Ive set the paging file to a decent size and have windows set to give priority to foreground applications but it still often runs slow when cpu is 100%; nowhere near what youd expect a 750 with this much memory to run. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Ths sound blaster live card has a memory leak, update the driver at soundblaster.com. And try Windows update. Best geuss.

well depending on what bios u have, you will need to change a few things to basically tweak yer system make sure yer cas latency is set to 2 (this doesnt always work with crappy ram) this is taken from another xp user who had the same prob, this is what i wrote : ...this involves changing bios settings tho, as the high cpu usage is because yer ram has not been configured properly. i had the same prob and this is what helped me to have 0-2% cpu usage on idle. change yer rams cas latency to 2 (if it doesnt work, then u'll need to clear the cmos to get the machine booting again..and then leave it at cas 3) make sure dram timing is set to SPD fast R-W turnaround is enabled make yer AGP aperture size double to what the MB of yer vid card is..so if you have a 32mb card, make agp aperture size 64.. disable things in the bios you dont need, such as usb if u dont use the ports, or onboard sound or video. make yer dram clock to whatever mhz yer ram isrunning at..ie 66, 100 or 133mhz cpu L2 cache ecc checking - disabled i cant remember anything else at the moment, so please feel free to mail me if this doesnt help

It seems that explorer is what is taking up all the cpu. Ill try these suggestions. DOnt have a soundblaster live tho.

That fixed it. Thanks

What was the final fix Dave?

i have the exact same problem, please dave what is it that u did...i need to know!!!