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Detecting Sources of Sporadic CPU Spikes
I watch TV (live or recorded) in Media Center and browse the internet... This combination occassionally spikes CPU usage to 100% on my AMD64 X2 5000+ (Dual core 2.6 ghz)
This has been an issue with both 32 bit and since upgrading to 64 bit. The issue causes my video to stutter or freeze. I know the CPU spikes at these time because I see it on my desktop gadget
I do run Carbonite in the background... but nothing else I can think of other than what comes with the OS
It seems like any time I run Task Manager to detect the issue the problem doesn't arise (there must be some corollary to Murphy's law for this).
Is there a tool to report on CPU hogs when CPU utilization spikes? Any other diagnostic methods to consider?