It could be Windows Update running and checking for updates. What have you got that set to? Auto, download but confirm?... What about AV updates?


>HiJos
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>>Go to - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-za/sysinternals/677683af-3f5e-42ea-8116-9c92acd2c271(en-us).aspx
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>>Download TCPView. See what is talking to what.
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>Thanks, I did as you suggested. I had the utility open and I could see my known processes which I closed one by one. Then I started on the (my) unknown ones, none of the ones I closed made any change to the usage. Finally the below mentioned stuff was remaining. I was not able to end any of these processes.
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>Process   Protocol   Local Address        Remote Address   State
>System8   TCP        deve1:microsoft-ds   deve1:0          LISTENING
>System8   TCP        deve1:netbios-ssn    deve1:0          LISTENING
>System8   TCP        deve1:netbios-ssn    deve1:0          LISTENING
>System8   UDP        deve1:microsoft-ds   *:*
>System8   UDP        deve1:netbios-ns     *:*
>System8   UDP        deve1:netbios-dgm    *:*
>System8   UDP        deve1:netbios-ns     *:*
>System8   UDP        deve1:netbios-dgm    *:*
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>deve1 is my machine name.
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>Please advise.