"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:

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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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