Found out that intelppm.sys was using Kernel the most.

I ran around trying to find a newer driver for it.  But, really could not.

Thank goodness for that, as it allowed me to dig a bit deeper into Intelppm.sys.

Found out that it is part of the “Energy Saver” commitment from Intel.

If you absolutely do not want it on and you have already taken other measures:

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Then to turn it off intelppm.sys do the following:

rem disable intelppm service, so that it no longer
rem starts "on-demand"
sc config intelppm start= disabled

rem stop any current run
sc stop intelppm

Please note that there are other “Processor Device Drivers” that serve similar functionalities:

• AMDK8.sys
• p3.sys

References

1. Microsoft
   • MSDN
     • Problems with Intelppm.sys and processr.sys under Virtual PC / Virtual Server
       Ben Armstrong [MSFT] 25 Oct 2005 12:25 AM 31
       Demoted On:- 2021-November-4th
       Link
2. SysInternals
   • Forums
     • Error message after you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than an Intel processor to Windows XP Service Pack 2 or to Windows XP Service Pack 3: “STOP: 0x0000007E”
       Demoted On:- 2021-November-4th
       Link
     • amdk8.sys and intelppm.sys
       Demoted On:- 2021-November-4th
       Link
3. Microsoft
   • Technet
     • amdk8.sys and intelppm.sys
       Demoted On:- 2021-November-4th
       Link
4. Virtualbox.org

Virtualbox – Ticket #480
Link