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services.exe eating a lot of CPU

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TintaLiviu

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I have Windows 2000 Professional installed on my PC.All works fine until I select one .mp3 file in Windows Explorer.When I do that, and only then, I get an increase in my CPU usage of almost 40%.(Example: from 2% to 42%).After I remove the selection from the .mp3 file CPU usage returns to normal.
I have installed SP4 with all the other updates from Microsoft Update (this was installed from the beginning-the day I installed W2K on my computer).
I looked to my Task Manager and the CPU usage is increasing in the following way: first Explorer.exe gets to 99% of the CPU, and then it goes down to zero.Services.exe go up to 34% of CPU and remain in this state until I remove the selection from the mp3 file.

If you have any idea whatsoever, your oppinion will be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Liviu.
 
I think doing steps #1-#3 from this FAQ: faq608-4650 would be advised.

There are a lot of bad things being hidden in mp3 files anymore.
 
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