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Jeff Stanton

Lately I've noticed a lot of hard disk activity on my HP laptop running XP
Pro SP2. Looking at the process list shows something called System Idle
Process running with a CPU value of from 83 to 94. Any idea what's going on
here?

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
Lately I've noticed a lot of hard disk activity on my HP laptop running XP
Pro SP2. Looking at the process list shows something called System Idle
Process running with a CPU value of from 83 to 94. Any idea what's going
on here?
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From Dictionary.com, definition of "idle"
?adjective
1. not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
2. not spent or filled with activity: idle hours.
3. not in use or operation; not kept busy: idle machinery.

The System Idle Process means nothing is happening. You need to look at the
*other* processes to see if something unexpected is running.

Malke
 
It means that the processor is twiddling its thumbs 83 to 94 % of the
time...

John
 

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