Guest Matt320 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that cpu usage and if so is this right? i have a dell laptop with xp pro sp2 and all updates. thanks, matt320
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: system idle process. cpu = 99 ? "Matt320" <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 > on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that > cpu usage and if so is this right? "Idle" means that your CPU is just sitting around. Equals 100% minus current CPU usage. -- d-d
Guest Matt320 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: system idle process. cpu = 99 ? thanks, sorry that mekes sense now! " blonde moment ", thanks again, matt320 "Detlev Dreyer" wrote: > "Matt320" <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 > > on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that > > cpu usage and if so is this right? > > "Idle" means that your CPU is just sitting around. Equals 100% minus current > CPU usage. > > -- > d-d >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: system idle process. cpu = 99 ? On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:38:00 -0700, Matt320 <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 > on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that > cpu usage and if so is this right? i have a dell laptop with xp pro sp2 and > all updates. thanks, matt320 "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% -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Matt320 Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: system idle process. cpu = 99 ? thank you "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:38:00 -0700, Matt320 > <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 > > on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that > > cpu usage and if so is this right? i have a dell laptop with xp pro sp2 and > > all updates. thanks, matt320 > > > > "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% > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 18, 2007 Posted August 18, 2007 Re: system idle process. cpu = 99 ? On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:14:00 -0700, Matt320 <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > thank you You're welcome. Glad to help. > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:38:00 -0700, Matt320 > > <Matt320@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 > > > on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that > > > cpu usage and if so is this right? i have a dell laptop with xp pro sp2 and > > > all updates. thanks, matt320 > > > > > > > > "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% > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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