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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:56 pm
by robbro
What exactly is System Idle Process? , im guessing its when the CPU is not doing anything thats how much CPU is left? or something like that...

Just wondered cuz its taking like 90+ cpu? :S but if that was true my pc would be going really slow ? lol i dunno :D just wanted to know what its for anyway thanks if anyone can reply to this :P , Rob.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:04 pm
by Nessiah
This isnt the technical definition... more of like a comparison, but the System Idle process is the equivalent of any average human twiddling their thumbs. :)

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:08 pm
by robbro
ah thought so thanks dood :) just they give it a really weird name :P and u think wtf how can it be taking up 90% of my pc wouldnt my pc be slow as a turtle ? :O. Lol trust microsoft naming things weird ah well just bothered me thanks :P , Rob.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:12 pm
by Geekgirl
I'd be more worried if it weren't using 90% :|

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:30 pm
by robbro
why ? :P im only on msn chatting and browsing net aint much for the pc GG :) , Rob.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:23 pm
by robbro
true heh :P would a pc work if 90 of the cpu was being used ? :S prolly lag a lot like a 386 or somert :P lol

PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:05 am
by Restek
Certainly would - sometimes when a program is in the process of crashing you can see it shoot up to 100% CPU usage (and the idle drops to 0). When that happens it takes about 5 mins to open the start menu :)