CPU goes to 100% after 2 minutes

[incron]

Guys I am in a serious predicament I am due to launch a product in less than 24hrs and the server goes to 100% CPU level after 2 minutes of a reboot.

I scanned the memory for viruses - clean

I installed the newest version of Ad-Aware - whatever it is lets its load in memory and then takes it out of memory.

Every time I reboot about 2 minutes later it goes to 100% CPU

 

[ShackDaddy]

Which process is using the CPU? What does task manager say? No one can make an educated decision without knowing that.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net
TrainSignal.com

 

[incron]

Thank you everyone - I resolved the issue :

It was a service that control indexing on svr 2003 - I still don't know why ti went haywire but when I disabled the service it CPU levels returned to normal.

Is there a listing of services and processes that should be disabled - it not being used in order to provide process efficiency and speed. especially with ftp servers running 2003...???

 

[ShackDaddy]

Not that I've heard of. I would just get that thing as patched as you can, as some of the problematic services are fixed with updates.

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net
TrainSignal.com

 

[Zelandakh]

If it is file indexing on the server, disable it and don't worry. There's no definitive list since it depends what you've got installed.