If you're saying that BF2 DIDN'T take up 100% of your processor before but it is now then you should do the following:
1 - Verify that there are no viruses, spyware, etc. etc. on your compiter. This is unlikely since a virus won't cause another process to use 100% of the processor; it simply runs along side it and uses processing power pushing the usage to 100%. However, it never hurts to start with a "clean" computer.
2 - End all non-essential processes, especially any recently added. Please be advised that if you start ending processes without knowing what you are doing, it is possible to make the computer and Operating System act strangely.
3 - Defrag your hard drive (twice in a row if you are using the defragger that ships with Windows XP)
4 - Purge your pagefile (virtual memory file). Actually, I purge it at every Windows shutdown (a registry setting let's you do this automatically at shutdown). The shutdown will take about 2 minutes longer but I like to start with a fresh restart when I first bootup.
If these things don't help you may want to explore hardware issues including driver issues.
cwv_8t88
Last edited by cwv_8t88 (2006-10-18 08:29:13)