Take a look at this screen shot of task manager:

How can this be?

There is one process using 9 percent of the CPU, something System Idle Process is reflecting accurately. However in the bottom container of task manager, it clearly states that the CPU usage is at 36 percent — how is this possible?

I’ll tell you how — System interrupts.

What does this mean?

It most likely means I have a malfunctioning driver, and the only way I can figure out which driver is causing the problem is to remove each driver, one by one, and checking the system performance accordingly.

But there is a problem — All drivers I have are supposedly “vista” compatible, and they’re the most recent drivers from the manufacturers website. So I’ll either have to deal with CPU load being constantly high, or I’ll have to remove the malfunctioning drivers, and in turn removing whatever functionality that driver adds.

haxed.net is back, however without any posts. I made the mistake of clearing the database without backing it up. but it’s ok — I’ll just start over -.-