Zylo,
You've asked a very complex question.
The basic answer is that you've got some program running that is doing so
much work that it is consuming all of the CPU cycles.
Determining why this is happening can be quite complex. However, start by
bringing up Task Manager by hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL and going to the Processes
tab. From the View menu, select Select Columns. Ensure that "CPU Usage" is
checked.
Click ing the "CPU" column to sort the results by that column. That will
allow you to determine which process is consuming all of the CPU time on the
machine.
Determining what to do from there is highly dependent on what process is
guilty. If, for instance, you're doing graphics work and the graphics
program is taking all of your CPU time, it may very well be that everything
is working properly, and you're just asking the graphics program to do more
work than the computer is capable of doing.
-Matt
