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"System Idle Process" is the placeholder for "CPU not being used"; if the
graph shows 3%, then System Idle Process should be about 97%. If you sort
the list by CPU, you'd generally like System Idle Process to be at the top
of the list.
David Gillett
On 5 Apr 2007 at 14:41, Ray Parrish wrote:
Date sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:41:40 -0700
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From: Ray Parrish <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] explorer.exe using 98% of CPU
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> Hello,
>
> When I investigate Task Manager Processes I see "System Idle Process"
> taking up 99 % of the cpu but if I click on the Performance tab only 2
> or 3 % of the cpu is in use. My computer runs normally and responds
> snappily so I'd give a look at the performance tab before taking the
> numbers in Processes to heart.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
> David Gillett wrote:
> > On 3 Apr 2007 at 17:46, Dollie wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I have a Dell Pentium III and in Task Manager, Processes, explorer.exe
> >> is using almost all the cpu, the curser jumps around like it gets
> >> stuck. I am trying to get AVG Anti-virus and Anti-spyware on it to
> >> see if there is a problem and it is taking forever. Does anybody have
> >> any ideas?
> >>
> >
> > When I have a runaway process on my machine, I right-click on it and lower
> > its priority to "Below Normal" or even "Low". It can still sometimes hit
> > 98%, but it gets out of the way of the processes I'm using to try to
> > diagnose the underlying cause....
> >
> > David Gillett
> >
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