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Cheers guys. I'm not quick enough to grab it in task manager. The whole computer slows down so by the time I hit ctrl-alt-del and the screen comes up the slowdown is over and it's back to normal, everything looks fine (System Idle is at 99% etc). When I look at the graph it shows a very clear peak from 10% or so to 90+ for a few seconds and then down again.
I found a program called Security Task Manager that shows the graph and if you hover the cursor over the spike it shows what the process is - apparently it's the game I'm playing (Red Alert 2). But it also happens in Jedi Knight 2, Quake 3, Age of Empires ... basically any game. I'll try Process Explorer and see if I can figure out what's going on.
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