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Well after lots of wasted time I finally found what was causing my Apache service to spike to 100% CPU.

By the way, I'm running Windows XP Pro x64 but it probably isn't relevant to this issue.

It wasn't any of the following:

Firewall (XP)
Anti-Virus (AVG)
Ad-aware 2007
Xampp Control Panel

Fixes tried:

Adding Win32DisableAcceptEx in httpd.conf stopped the Apache service loading.

Reinstalling didn't help

I also tried WAMP 1.7.0 & 1.7.2 with the same outcome.

I finally realized what it was when looking through my add/remove programs.

'Diamond PortExplorer'

A windows port explorer which I had only installed a few weeks back.

Not sure why this happened but removing it fixed the spike.

So, if you have any port scanning/exploring tools or other network tools you should remove them if you are having similar problems and you have tried the above Win32DisableAcceptEx fix.

Hope that helps someone.

Danny

Hallo danfloun,

I do have the same problem running under Window XP Professional 64 bit but i did not have installed the software you described.
Does anyone have still any idea?

All hints are welcome.

Regards
Andreas