I'm getting so fed of Windows XP at work. Maybe it's all the stuff they have to install, but besides it takes forever to boot, it sometimes becomes unusable for 1-2 minutes with the CPU at 100%.
So instead of phoning the helpless desk I decided to investigate. Opening Windows Task Manager and sorting by CPU under Processes showed me the offending process that was hogging the CPU. It was cisvc.exe and there's plenty of articles around on this. Anyway, I've just disabled the Indexing Service and the CPU usage instantly dropped back to normal.
We'll see what that means to me and my applications in the coming days.... in the mean-time I have my computer back. Watch this space!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms689718(VS.85).aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Indexing_Service
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