for what it's worth:
i have turned off the power option to suspend the machine after 30 minutes and set up a blank screensaver after 20 minutes. i haven't had the cpu spike to 100% since making...

i have 927891 installed butstill have the issue.(btw, anyone know a quick way to id what updates are installed without having to scan thru the add/rmv pgm in control panel? like, export list somehow...