Task manager shows me that of the many applications running on my XP machine

the only one using significant CPU resources is "System Idle Process" taking

95 CPUs (anyone know what the units are??).

 

Is there a way to discover what this process is doing, or is a case of

shutting it down to see what crashes?

 

Jeff

"Jeff Granger" <jeff.granger@btclick.com> wrote in message

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> Task manager shows me that of the many applications running on my XP

> machine the only one using significant CPU resources is "System Idle

> Process" taking 95 CPUs (anyone know what the units are??).

>

> Is there a way to discover what this process is doing, or is a case of

> shutting it down to see what crashes?

>

> Jeff

>

 

It isn't doing anything. It's a record of how much of the time the CPU is

idle.

 

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Hi Jeff,

 

The CPU column displays the percentage of CPU usage for the process listed

under Image Name. The System Idle Process displays the CPU "power" that is

waiting to be used.......thus, it is "idle", waiting for something to do.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

--

Patti MacLeod

Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

 

 

"Jeff Granger" wrote:

> Task manager shows me that of the many applications running on my XP machine

> the only one using significant CPU resources is "System Idle Process" taking

> 95 CPUs (anyone know what the units are??).

>

> Is there a way to discover what this process is doing, or is a case of

> shutting it down to see what crashes?

>

> Jeff

>

>

>

Jeff Granger wrote:

> Task manager shows me that of the many applications running on my XP machine

> the only one using significant CPU resources is "System Idle Process" taking

> 95 CPUs ...

 

>... (anyone know what the units are??).

>

 

Percentage.

 

> Is there a way to discover what this process is doing, or is a case of

> shutting it down to see what crashes?

>

> Jeff

>

>

 

 

Break out a dictionary and look up the word "idle," sometime. ;-}

The "System Idle Process" metric is the amount/percentage of time that

your CPU has *nothing* to do. A reading of 98-99% is generally

considered a good thing, and readings above 90% are normal. Think of

it like a car's engine idling in your driveway before you place the

car in gear.

 

 

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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:34:36 +0100, "Jeff Granger"

<jeff.granger@btclick.com> wrote:

> Task manager shows me that of the many applications running on my XP machine

> the only one using significant CPU resources is "System Idle Process" taking

> 95 CPUs (anyone know what the units are??).

>

> Is there a way to discover what this process is doing, or is a case of

> shutting it down to see what crashes?

 

 

 

 

"System Idle Process" is not any problem at all. That's just the name

for what the system is doing when it's not doing anything. It's there

to make the total add up to 100%.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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