system idle process. cpu = 99 ?

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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
 
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.

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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
>
 
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%

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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
>
 
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
> >

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