Hey Guys,
My computer always seems to be running 1000 programs at once. But it's not. I say this because the CPU seems to always be "crunching", or doing some type of memory intensive work. This only happens when I am NOT using the computer, ie idle. For example, if I sit back and look at my computer for a second, eveything will seem fine - then the next second, I can hear all this noise coming from the computer like it is doing 1000 processes at once. My computer also gets very hot because of this! Also, as soon as I press a key, or move my mouse just a little, the processes stop! I am running XP, 512MB ram, 3.4 ghz... I have been on the phone w/ Dell (Inspiron) for about 2 hrs trying to get this resolved... so far nothing... any hints? I have also run a virus scan about 6 times (updated every time) and nothing...
Thanks,
Chris
