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I'm running 2003 with sp1. &nbsp;I'm referring to the system process which is staying at around 28% - 35%, however, it will spike up to %80-%85. &nbsp;I'll check out the utility. &nbsp;I'll eventually add another processor, however, I thought maybe it was a configuration issue.
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I'm running 2003 with sp1.  I'm referring to the system process which is staying at around 28% - 35%, however, it will spike up to %80-%85.  I'll check out the utility.  I'll eventually add another processor, however, I thought maybe it was a configuration issue.

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I just added some exclusions. &nbsp;I could of sworn I did that I along time ago, however, the exlusions were no longer there. &nbsp;Let's see how this works.<br />
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I just added some exclusions.  I could of sworn I did that I along time ago, however, the exlusions were no longer there.  Let's see how this works.



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I had the processor scheduling within the performance tab set to programs not background services. &nbsp;Once I changed that everything worked perfectly.
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I had the processor scheduling within the performance tab set to programs not background services.  Once I changed that everything worked perfectly.

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ah...good find...thanks for the points!
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My system process is causing high utilization. &nbsp;The server is a domain controller (not the global address catalog) and file server. &nbsp;We only have 80 users. &nbsp;It has a 2.8 Xeon and 2 gigs of memory. &nbsp;Any suggestions?
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My system process is causing high utilization.  The server is a domain controller (not the global address catalog) and file server.  We only have 80 users.  It has a 2.8 Xeon and 2 gigs of memory.  Any suggestions?

system process causing high cpu utilization

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).