Hey guys. Thanks for the responses so far. with no programs open, and all processes closed that can be (i.e only ones which cannot be stopped from task manager running) it totals 13. It is the SYSTEM process, not the SIP. I'm in my 4th year of a computing degree so have tried all the usual suspects but am still having no luck. Exact specs of system are as follows.
Homebuild PC, upgraded over time.
P41.6 Northwood, gigabyte GA-8IRXP (most recent addition), Creative GeForce 3 ti200, 256mb pc2100 RAM, 30 gig Maxtor HD (UDMA133+7200rpm), Backup disk - 8gig Seagate drive, Pioneer DVD, Sony CDRW. Running fully licenced copy of win2k proffessional with all updates on Windowsupdate currently installed. Bios has been upgraded, as have Gfx drivers.
Hope that helps!