My laptop is running slow as molasses.  It is really aggravating.  
When I go to Task Manager and click the Processes tab, I see GhostTray.exe has an ENORMOUS CPU utilization - between 97% and 99%.

Now, Ghost is not currently (to my knowledge) doing anything .  No backup or restore is in progress.

Now, I have a couple of theories:
1) Ghost is checking things in the background.  I have been doing some changes lately so Ghost is very busy (I doubt that).
2) I've upgraded my Office to 2007 and accepted Windows' "Search Desktop" feature, which does indexing.  This indexing is somehow driving Ghost crazy.

If the truth be told, I
a) don't really know what GhostTray.exe is.
b) I have no idea why I"m seeing so much GhostTray.exe CPU usage.

Thanks.

I rebooted this computer.
And the computer is running normal.
GhostTray.exe is still in the Task Manager, but now it is showing 0 to 1%.  The indexer is ABOVE GhostTray.exe at maybe 5%.

It is important (I think) to note that it is hard to fathom why GhostTray.exe would show 99% because of the indexer.  (I have no doubt that the indexer can be a hog, but I don't think we've grasped the problem yet.  For some reason, GhostTray.exe was, well, sucking up all the processor ticks, making my computer run horrible.  Now GhostTray.exe is sucking very little and the computer runs fine.  The indexer, overvalued as it may, be is unchanged.

Thank you for assisting me in this analysis.
David

Nope.  Ghost does a full system backup (or incremental) every night at 2am.
No specific files or folders are specified.
btw: System rebooted, GhostTray.exe using 0% - 1% CPU - instead of 97% - 99% and the system is working again.

The question (for all you researchers) is: What got into GhostTray.exe to suddenly "frantically gulp interminably" every tick of CPU it could get it's hands on.

If you're as busy as me, this mystery will go into the "interesting, but no time to find out" bucket.

Thanks

I understand - more.

I am using Ghost 10 (maybe 9) - not 12.  Can't check now.
I've set up a second monitor which is running Task Manager.
Again, GhostTray.exe is hogging the whole machine.
A backup is NOT underway.
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However, I moved the cursor over the Ghost tray icon and it says "scanning disks".
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So, I now need to change the focus of this entire post to:

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO CONTROL DISK SCANNING IN GHOST 10?

By control, I mean
 when it happens
 how much resources it uses
 how do you monitor it
anything like that, that allows me to control my CPU.
I know there are ways to chagne the priority of a task - you can do that in Task Manager.  I'd like to learn a little more because I use that technique.

I could be wrong, but I don't think a backup is happening now.
Ghost, for some reason, scans disks under its purview.
I have not employed install triggers.
I am not backing up specific folders.
I can delete and reenter my jobs.
And, there is a miniscule chance I'm wrong about what I wrote above.  I'll double-check soon.

Sounds like a VSS/Ghost issue.  Check your XP event error logs and make sure you have all the Microsoft updates.  Also run LiveUpdate for Ghost 10.

How Volume Shadow Copy Service Works
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/2b0d2457-b7d8-42c3-b6c9-5...