This is another 100% CPU issue. This time I’m not working on any customer case as the issue is happening on my own Windows XP SP2 machine. So I resolved trying to troubleshoot that just for fun J . First, let me explain the scenario: Random interactive applications, like Outlook, Word, Excel, Explorer...

This is lab for simulating a real 100% CPU condition being caused by a generic Win32 application when there are no symbols available for such application. Let’s start supposing the situation is currently occurring. So, the first step is to confirm the symptoms, which we can easily do by using,...