annoying process running in background

[T5]

I have an annoying process running in the background but i just cannot find
out what it is. I can't locate it in task manager, it is not my antivirus I
have just checked my processes and all I have is system idle running 79%
cpu, so what could it be, it is driving me mad.

 

[Bob T.]

If system idle process % goes down, another process may rise, that should
tell you the process you're looking for.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

This works in Vista, and should help you identify what's going on:

Process Explorer by Sysinternals:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ProcessesAndThreadsUtilities.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org