Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and look through the process.  Which ones are taking up alot of memory.  If they are not something required for the CPU to run and you don't need it then close them

I have it turned on.
Image name: system
user name: system
uses 99% of the CPU
I have already closed some things I dont use and it is still the same :(
I have scaned the computer with norton antivirus and I have program named ad-aware6.0 scaned my disc.

Do you mean "system iddle proccess" "SYSTEM"?

if so this is perfectly normal.

also what speed of proccessor are you using?
are you using any disk managment software? defrag etc
are you on a lan?
is the harddrive led alight often?

if the answer to all these is no then;

write down all the new software you installed
since you last remember it being ok (including drivers
and uninstall them one by one till it drops to 00-03

then if that doesnt work

goto command promp and type "netstat -a" without the
quotes and tell me what you see as you could be under
attack from a hacker using your pc to do ddos etc

also press F8 during boot and choose "SAFE MODE"
and see if its still happening.

get back to me with these answers and well fix it for you
(hopefully) :)

This is for Win2000 but take a look any way.

How to Break Down the System Process
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295714

BEGIN ARTICLE

The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q295714

SUMMARY
This article describes how to break down the System process when you are monitoring the computer's performance.

MORE INFORMATION
When you are monitoring the computer's performance to determine the cause of a bottleneck, or to determine why the computer stopped responding (hangs), the monitoring results may reveal that the System process consumes a large amount of processor time. This issue is usually caused by a device driver that is running in the context of the System process. To break down the System process, use the procedure that is described in this section.

NOTE: If you restart the computer during this procedure, the results are not valid.
Start performance monitoring by selecting the Thread object, %Processor Time counter, and only the instances of the System process.
Note the threads that are using large amounts of processor time.
Click the System process in the Process window, and then use the Process Viewer tool (Pviewer.exe) to examine the parent process for the thread.

NOTE: Process Viewer is located in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit or on the Windows 2000 Support Tools CD-ROM.
In the Thread window, click the thread number that corresponds to the thread that you identified in step two.
Note the start address in Process Viewer.
At the command prompt, run the Process and Thread Status tool (Pstat.exe) to view the running processes and the loaded module list.

NOTE: Process and Thread Status is located in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit and in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit.
Compare the thread start address to the loaded module list.
Identify the location of the thread against the module list.

Usually, this location is a device driver.
Contact the vendor of the device driver for additional support.
For more information refer to the "Mapping a System Thread to a Device Driver" topic (page 79) in Inside Windows 2000, Third Edition.
Last Reviewed: 10/11/2002

COPYRIGHT NOTICE. Copyright 2002 Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 U.S.A. All rights reserved.
 
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The Crazy One

It is not "system iddle proccess", it is "system" "system"
processor: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4 Genuinelntel ~1991 Mhz
I have not defragmentet my computer. It is time I do so.
I use wierless lan in school, but no lan at home and my computer is not conectet to the internet right now, (I am using a different computer now).
The harddrive led is not always on, it just comes and goes. It is not frequently on. It turns on when I order the computer to

I am running the computer in safe mode now and "system" is using 0% CPU so it is a driver problem!?
Thank you very much, but what to do now?

press the "windows logo key" and "break" to get to system then
goto hardware then device manager,then dbl click on the hardware then driver tab then remove


reboot and all the drivers should reinstall, if any havent
dbl clck them and reinstall the driver

are all your drivers passed the xp logo test?

some nvidia beta drivers can cause this

Thank you very much I will do this :)

ok, glad to be of help
thanks for the points
good luck