You're not alone. Javaw seems to be the problem. It is a real resource hog. It takes my cpu (500MHz) up to 100 all the time:
Microsoft (R) Windows 2000 (TM) Version 5.00 DrWtsn32
Copyright (C) 1985-1999 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
Application exception occurred:
App: (pid=680)
When: 2/14/2002 @ 02:32:35.067
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)
*----> System Information <----*
Computer Name: PRO1
User Name: Starchild
Number of Processors: 1
Processor Type: x86 Family 5 Model 8 Stepping 12
Windows 2000 Version: 5.0
Current Build: 2195
Service Pack: None
Current Type: Uniprocessor Free
Registered Organization: Nova
Registered Owner: Starchild
*----> Task List <----*
0 Idle.exe
8 System.exe
140 smss.exe
168 csrss.exe
188 winlogon.exe
216 services.exe
228 lsass.exe
388 svchost.exe
416 spoolsv.exe
444 CTsvcCDA.exe
464 svchost.exe
504 regsvc.exe
520 MSTask.exe
544 WinMgmt.exe
572 mspmspsv.exe
752 Explorer.exe
808 pwrupst.exe
780 CtNotify.exe
852 CTLTray.exe
856 CTLTask.exe
896 RcMan.exe
772 MediaDet.exe
932 WZQKPICK.exe
952 iM_Tray.exe
968 OSDMenu.exe
976 EAX.exe
992 VRC.exe
1068 RCenter.exe
680 javaw.exe
1204 drwtsn32.exe
0 _Total.exe
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State Dump for Thread Id 0x404
eax=070b6130 ebx=00000000 ecx=070b6148 edx=00000000 esi=77f8a117 edi=0000005c
eip=77f8a122 esp=0006fc14 ebp=0006fc38 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246
function: ZwWaitForSingleObject
77f8a117 b8ea000000 mov eax,0xea
77f8a11c 8d542404 lea edx,[esp+0x4] ss:00add1eb=????????
77f8a120 cd2e int 2e
77f8a122 c20c00 ret 0xc
77f8a125 56 push esi
77f8a126 8b742408 mov esi,[esp+0x8] ss:00add1eb=????????
77f8a12a 56 push esi
77f8a12b e8fab9ffff call RtlValidSid (77f85b2a)
77f8a130 3c01 cmp al,0x1
77f8a132 0f85949a0100 jne RtlCopySidAndAttributesArray+0x8b (77fa3bcc)
77f8a138 807e0200 cmp byte ptr [esi+0x2],0x0 ds:789f76ed=??
77f8a13c 0f85949a0100 jne RtlCopySidAndAttributesArray+0x95 (77fa3bd6)
77f8a142 807e0300 cmp byte ptr [esi+0x3],0x0 ds:789f76ed=??
77f8a146 0f858a9a0100 jne RtlCopySidAndAttributesArray+0x95 (77fa3bd6)
77f8a14c 6a0a push 0xa
*----> Stack Back Trace <----*
FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1 Param#2 Param#3 Param#4 Function Name
0006FC38 77E88787 0000005C FFFFFFFF 00000000 6D464DEB ntdll!ZwWaitForSingleObject
0006FC78 6D484FC6 00000000 FFFFFFFF 08B60508 78025147 kernel32!WaitForSingleObject
0006FCB8 6D44AD63 00734918 08B60508 0006FF14 00401501 !JVM_FindSignal
0006FCC8 00401501 08B6058C 00D6D108 0007290F 00000000 !JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs
0006FF14 004023B0 00000000 00733918 0007290F 004028A3 !<nosymbols>
0006FFC0 77E87903 00D6D108 0000042A 7FFDF000 00D6CEA0 !<nosymbols>
0006FFF0 00000000 0040276F 00000000 000000C8 00000100 kernel32!SetUnhandledExceptionFilter
*----> Raw Stack Dump <----*
0006fc14 eb e8 e9 77 5c 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...w\...........
0006fc24 40 49 73 00 48 3e 73 00 - 02 00 00 00 14 0e 00 00 @Is.H>s.........
0006fc34 14 0e 00 00 78 fc 06 00 - 87 87 e8 77 5c 00 00 00 ....x......w\...
0006fc44 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 - eb 4d 46 6d 5c 00 00 00 .........MFm\...
0006fc54 ff ff ff ff 70 6d 84 00 - 48 3e 73 00 00 00 00 00 ....pm..H>s.....
0006fc64 00 00 00 00 08 05 b6 08 - 08 05 b6 08 48 3e 73 00 ............H>s.
0006fc74 01 00 00 00 b8 fc 06 00 - c6 4f 48 6d 00 00 00 00 .........OHm....
0006fc84 ff ff ff ff 08 05 b6 08 - 47 51 02 78 48 48 73 00 ........GQ.xHHs.
0006fc94 e0 49 73 00 e8 49 73 00 - d4 4d 73 00 68 48 73 00 .Is..Is..Ms.hHs.
0006fca4 08 05 b6 08 08 05 b6 08 - c8 fc 06 00 21 ad 44 6d ............!.Dm
0006fcb4 08 05 b6 08 c8 fc 06 00 - 63 ad 44 6d 18 49 73 00 ........c.Dm.Is.
0006fcc4 08 05 b6 08 14 ff 06 00 - 01 15 40 00 8c 05 b6 08 ..........@.....
0006fcd4 08 d1 d6 00 0f 29 07 00 - 00 00 00 00 43 3a 5c 50 .....)......C:\P
0006fce4 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 46 - 69 6c 65 73 5c 4a 61 76 rogram Files\Jav
0006fcf4 61 53 6f 66 74 5c 4a 52 - 45 5c 31 2e 33 2e 31 5f aSoft\JRE\1.3.1_
0006fd04 30 32 00 62 69 6e 00 6a - 61 76 61 77 2e 65 78 65 02.bin.javaw.exe
0006fd14 00 80 fb 77 18 44 f9 77 - ff ff ff ff c0 fe 06 00 ...w.D.w........
0006fd24 78 01 73 00 78 01 73 00 - 78 01 73 00 78 01 73 00 x.s.x.s.x.s.x.s.
0006fd34 78 01 73 00 40 06 73 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 x.s.@.s.........
0006fd44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
State Dump for Thread Id 0x400
eax=069568b0 ebx=00000000 ecx=069568b0 edx=06952ec0 esi=03730dd0 edi=08b859e0
eip=00000000 esp=08befcd8 ebp=08befd04 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz ac pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000212
function: <nosymbols>  |