KBilly,
if you are running a version of NT and can see a process list, take a look at the processor hungry application while ripping a track with Music Match.
Or if you are that against Music Match, then here is a screen shot:
I've also located the lame.exe in my plug-in directory for Music Match.
I'm not sure if this is a new addition or what but I'm refering to v. 8.0