Windows XP system using more than 50% of the CPU

Hello

Recently, my windows XP works very slowly, with system interruptions take up more than 50% of CPU, most of the time. I've updated all the drivers yesterday, the problem disappeared for a few hours then reappeared again.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Start your machine in a "Clean boot" State and see if you still have your problem (I bet you won't):

"How to configure Windows XP to start in a"clean boot"State
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353 >

If the problem goes away in the clean boot state, then use MSConfig to find out which program or service is causing the problem:

"How to solve configuration errors by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310560 >

There is a lot of trial and error, but finally you have to narrow down the cause of your problem.

HTH,
JW

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