I have been having computer problems for several days, I had to replace my modem last week, would drop out every few seconds, my problem I have now is that once I connect to internet, within a few minues, every thing slows down, email would take several seconds to load one small message, sometimes pc would hang up, non responsive, disconnect it runs fine,(iam using earthlonk dialup), last week I ran updated virus scan(mcafee), found one infected file in local settings, called js no close, mcafee, removed it, I defragged ,did symstem updates,nothing helps, I am running windows xp home edition, when I bring up task manager, and look at cpu usage, it shows usuage is spiking, at regular intervals from 5to 10% to 100%, the realtime graph looks like a series of narrow spikes, I have done every thing I can think of, any help would be greatly appreciated. charles betzler Best Electronics repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/