SP2 slows down system performance

After installing SP2 for the second time, I'm having the same problem - at
apparently random times, my sys will slow down dramatically or totally
freeze. If it's just a slow down and I'm able to open task manager, it shows
a random process using all available (90 % and above) cpu cycles - the
process in question varies; it's been msmgs, it's been rundll32, et al. If I
try to end the process, the sys usally freezes totally, forcing me to reset
with the hardware switch. As mentioned, this is my second install of SP2,
after this prob cropped up the first time, I uninstalled it and tried to take
steps to do an immaculate conception install, but it's happening again. My
hardware profile is as follows: four year old system with a Pentium III
933mhz cpu, Gigabyte motherboard, Via Apollo Pro chipset, AMI bios, 512mb of
sdram, and it's set up as a dual-boot with 98SE and XP PRO on two partitions
on a 120 gig hard drive. In case it's significant I've got Norton Internet
security 2003 and Norton Antivirus 2003 installed and running. It seems as
if other folks are having the same post-SP2 issue with their cpu's getting
hammered, but I've not seen an analysis or solution for this issue yet.

This sounds like the same problem I'm having. The system freezes after about
an hour. I haven't had any problems before this. I upgraded to sp3 (at least
I thought that was what it was 11-1). That's when all my problems started.
These are free upgrades, but we may have to pay Microsoft $95 for tech
support to fix it.
Jeff

"JasonScott" wrote:

> After installing SP2 for the second time, I'm having the same problem - at
> apparently random times, my sys will slow down dramatically or totally
> freeze. If it's just a slow down and I'm able to open task manager, it shows
> a random process using all available (90 % and above) cpu cycles - the
> process in question varies; it's been msmgs, it's been rundll32, et al. If I
> try to end the process, the sys usally freezes totally, forcing me to reset
> with the hardware switch. As mentioned, this is my second install of SP2,
> after this prob cropped up the first time, I uninstalled it and tried to take
> steps to do an immaculate conception install, but it's happening again. My
> hardware profile is as follows: four year old system with a Pentium III
> 933mhz cpu, Gigabyte motherboard, Via Apollo Pro chipset, AMI bios, 512mb of
> sdram, and it's set up as a dual-boot with 98SE and XP PRO on two partitions
> on a 120 gig hard drive. In case it's significant I've got Norton Internet
> security 2003 and Norton Antivirus 2003 installed and running. It seems as
> if other folks are having the same post-SP2 issue with their cpu's getting
> hammered, but I've not seen an analysis or solution for this issue yet.