PC pauses every 2 mins, for about a second

[Magnets]

What were the results of the safe mode test?

If you finally run out of ideas, try (RUN) msconfig. Go into services check "Hide all microsoft services" and stop all other services. Reboot see if anything changes....

On a side note, have you tried just re-installing the OS? As in not formatting, just overwriting the OS files with a fresh copy - It fixes many problems i get, XP seems to wear over time.

Oh and you should not run Hijackthis from the desktop, can and does cause problems. But you're log appears squeeky clean.

I tried doing the first suggestion, of disabling all non-microsoft services but it didn't fix it.

I used an XP CD to do a repair, and it seems to have fixed it!

thanks for the help everyone

[Magnets]

ARRRGHHHHHHH


I applied all windows updates, and now it's doing it again!

I'm gonna have to go through each one and find out which is causing problems

[Magnets]

Problem solved, for real this time.
Bloody KIS
Kaspersky released an update, and it causes problems. Solution is to disable "proactive defense"

I only tried disabling the Antivirus part of KIS before. I should have probably tried disabling every part of it

[j70141]

This answer is a bit late, but I had the exact same problem.

The problem started immediately after I applied all Microsoft Updates.

I disabled the Intel Matrix Storage Event Monitor and the problem disappeared completely.
It was listed in this guy's programs too. IAANTMon.exe

You can disable it in Services.