Windows Media Player Using ~70% of Processor?

Hey everyone.

Currently I am using Windows Media Player and whenever I play a song with it, my computer becomes very sluggish. I opened the task manager and I found it to be using about seventy percent of my processor (It's dual core too). How can this be possible?

It just started doing this too.

Anyone have any ideas at all?

Open WMP | Tools | Options | "Library" tab | "Monitor Folders" button | By default 4 folders in the Documents and Settings folder are included to be monitored for media files...

All Users --> Video
All Users --> Music
Current User --> Video
Current User --> Music

Remove all the folders in the list for monitoring, which should cut down on your processor usage considerably.

Wow, I did that and now it only spikes at about 25%. Usually it's sticking to 2-10%! Thanks much!