smokeykurt

thank you for the information. my apologies for the long delay and response. I created the dumps and was able to figure things out..turned out to be java related...just removed the java i had..which also attached a running service with it which apparently was the issue.. disabled that service. now running a different version of java, and services.exe is sittin at 0% usage the majority of the time just wanted to say thanks, better late then never

I havent done something like that before, could you possible give me a brief walkthrough, or a link to information for me to figure it out? thanks for your time thus far bud

My services.exe has recently started spiking and using from 20-80% of my cpu randomly. Virus and adware check came up clean. I generally use Zone alarm firewall, and a script blocker addon for firefox. at this point i don't thinks its virus related. i was searching google and found a message board with this posted: "Hi, follow my guide here: http://www.msfn.org/board/get-cause-high-cpu-usage-caused-apps-t140264.html and look which dll is causing the high usage. André" which lead me to this message board..the link just takes me directly to the homepage, and i cant seem to find it. if anyone has any help or suggestions i would sincerely appreciate it. Also, my apologies if this topic has been covered, i looked briefly through the forums and didnt find what i was lookin for. Feel free to ask for additional information concerning my issue, or any info you think might help and i'll respond back as soon as i can, If this helps: Windows xp home edition P4 2.4 1 gig ram 256mb nvidia geforce 6200 its a dell dimension 4600..i know its nothing great, this comp is just used for work related activities. I'm wondering if theres a service thats just plain messin up..and if i can remove/repair it or whatever to drop the cpu usage back down, that would be wonderful. Normally this comp has a system process idle of 95-99%...when it starts spiking its considerably less sincerely, Darcy