On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 23:10:09 -0400, John Sproule <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I was using the system monitor to look at how many resources my system might
>be running in the background, and I stumbled upon a strange pattern of CPU
>usage.  Immediately after I reboot, my system shows relatively low CPU usage
>(10-15%).  When I start up Internet Explorer, my CPU usage drops to only a
>couple of percent while the IE window is open, but when I close IE, my CPU
>usage goes up to about 71% and stays there.  I can't figure out why this
>might be.  I tried taking a look at the processes running with System
>Information, but I couldn't see any new process added after opening and
>closing IE.  There is no internet activity going on after I close IE (no
>lights blinking on my router).
>
>I'm running Win98SE and IE 6.0.  Any thoughts on what might be going on
>and/or how I might investigate this more?
>
>John
>
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I have noticed similar behaviour on my own machine running WinME, it seems that the system monitor works in reverse (i.e. the less you have running, the higher the reading.), I have no idea why this is so and have long since ceased to worry about it.
Hope this helps, BarryKeith

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