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How to know what process is running when svchost.exe uses up 99% of CPU?

We have a Win 2003 server as domain controller. Its CPU utilization reaches 99% for 10 minutes pretty much from 5pm till 5:10pm almost every day. When it happens, I can see the process "svchost.exe" uses up about 99% of CPU. What could be wrong? Is there any way to know what specific process (other than svchost.exe) is using up the CPU?
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On newer OSs, it is a lot easier to trace this. On an older OS, you can use Process Monitor to get a better look at what the machine is doing.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx
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open a CMD prompt and run tasklist /svc
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seth2740 has a point there - you must identify the cause of the problem and eliminate it, if possible.
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Thank you for the amazing work.