I'm not even running the CPU at full capacity-
I've been running this same setup with/XP for 4 yrs -

this is a new problem - it always worked fine before{ - unless I used the via voice recognition program - then it would bog down a lot}.

Hi Mike,
Ok so if the CPU and having the high numbers at idle is not the problem-

I wonder what could be causing the system to fluctuate from normal to very draggy and slow reactions.

processes running-
i'm logged on to my profile and hubby is still logged into his.

2-csrss.exe= system
2- explore.exe = me/hubby
3- svchost .exe= sys
1-svchost .exe = network
1- svchost .exe = local
2- winlogon = me/hubby
2- wpabaln.exe = me/hubby
2-aircfg
2 explorer
lsass
services
smss
spoolsv
system
task manager
thunderbird mail
firefox browser


all are normal priority except winlogon is at High { can I change that to normal?}
and csrss is at high

daughter wonders if it might be because of the Linux on the other hard drive?
that wasn't a problem before though.

yes I had mcafee " full protection " since august - plus spybot none of those installed yet.
new hard drive from last summer too

no printer s or much of anything even loaded yet - just the basics - email & firefox browser