prevent AppleMobileDeviceService.exe from starting

generally you may access your PC's services by going start > run > and type "services.msc" without the quotations.

Locate the "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe" and right click > properties > change the drop down box from automatic to Manual, then click the "stop" button if you want to stop it.

I have a theory that this might be triggering the iTunes to continuously reopen itself if using wifi sinc.. have you experienced any issues with this?

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I don't *think* the service will start itself when you start iTunes, but i could be completely wrong. On the contrary, if you've disabled the service and then try to sync and nothing happens then you know that's your problem.

Worth playing with.

Also as a further FYI, it's easy to get carried away with disabling services and what not, once you're in you realize it can really improve a boot up process/overal computer functionality, but i encourage you to research what each service does before disabling. surely you thought about this already, though 8)

That isn't the fix though for the high cpu usage

AMS may need to be repaired (programs), may even need to go into services and restart first before launching itunes or connecting an iDevice

But there are threads and fixes for high cpu usage often found with XP.

Not sure as I don't use XP but could have something to do with winsocket ?