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From: beargrass2 on 18 Feb 2010 00:09
computer slow, freezing.
From: VanguardLH on 18 Feb 2010 00:28
beargrass2 wrote:

> computer slow, freezing.

If the System *IDLE* process is 100%, what does that mean? That your host
is 100% IDLE. You'll need to look at the /real/ processes to see which ones
are spiking.
From: Andy on 18 Feb 2010 01:44
Wrong you should see 0% used if its truly idle and nothing is running .
mine spikes to maybe 25 sometimes 50% but only for short periods then back
to 0%.


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> beargrass2 wrote:
>
>> computer slow, freezing.
>
> If the System *IDLE* process is 100%, what does that mean? That your host
> is 100% IDLE. You'll need to look at the /real/ processes to see which
> ones
> are spiking.


From: VanguardLH on 18 Feb 2010 05:21
Andy wrote:

> Wrong you should see 0% used if its truly idle and nothing is running .
> mine spikes to maybe 25 sometimes 50% but only for short periods then back
> to 0%.

Did you even look in the Processes tab of Task Manager. All processes are
to total up to 100% (with some rounding error). If System Idle Process
didn't take up the slack if remaining (unused) CPU time then the total of
the CPU column would never be 100%.

System Idle Process is NOT the same as the System process.
From: John John - MVP on 18 Feb 2010 08:50
That is incorrect.

System Idle Process is not a process or service but a single thread that
runs on each processor, its sole task is to account for processor idle
time, or processor time spent doing nothing. If your System Idle
Process is at or near zero then 100% or narly 100% of the processor is
being utilized by real processes.

John


Andy wrote:
> Wrong you should see 0% used if its truly idle and nothing is running .
> mine spikes to maybe 25 sometimes 50% but only for short periods then back
> to 0%.
>
>
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