Isn't it cuaused by spyware?

You can use task-manager(when windows) or something like that to check
if other program (spyware) is consuming your CPU cycles.
To start task manager of windows 2K, right click the task-bar. Select
"process" and then "cpu" column to sort the processes that consume your
CPU. If the biggest consumer of your CPU is NOT setiathome, check if the
cunsumer is a right program for you.

You can download softwares on the internet that will wash spyware out
from your PC, Adware, etc. Please serch it by the keyword "spyware".



ytrewq wrote:

What else is running in the background - and consuming CPU cycles?
Do you know how to "turn things off" using Ctl+Alt+Del, and use MSCONFIG to
experiment?
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"Carl A. Myrvang" <eldhannas@broadpark.no> wrote in message
news:oprt2jjpmvckzuf2@news.broadpark.no...

I read about the speed others process their SETI packets, and I think

there

may be something wrong with my system.

I have a XP1800+ CPU, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB Swapfile, running Windows XP SP1

and

SETI@Home 3.08 with graphics as screensaver. My system uses about 30 hours
CPU-time pr. packet, isn't that a bit too long?

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