System Idle at 92-98%

[Guest]

Hi~
For some reason, my system idle process is taking most of my cpu usage. I
am having difficulty opening files and folders (takes forever) and my
programs freeze while I am using them...none in particular, just most all of
them....Can someone please help?

Thanks~
MJ

 

[Dave Patrick]

system idle 90% = my pc is doing next to nothing. Check Event Viewer for
errors.


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:
| Hi~
| For some reason, my system idle process is taking most of my cpu usage.
I
| am having difficulty opening files and folders (takes forever) and my
| programs freeze while I am using them...none in particular, just most all
of
| them....Can someone please help?
|
| Thanks~
| MJ

 

[Guest]

Try using Windows Defender, or Ad-Aware to find programs running you don't
need. That kind of behavior is almost surely causes by a virus or other
malware.


Shawn

 

[Jim]

Hi~
For some reason, my system idle process is taking most of my cpu usage.
I
am having difficulty opening files and folders (takes forever) and my
programs freeze while I am using them...none in particular, just most all
of
them....Can someone please help?

Thanks~
MJ

Check your system for malware. The system idle process runs when the
computer has no work to do.
Jim

 

[Richard Urban]

Totally incorrect!

System Idle Process should be a high number. It is the % of time that the
computer is doing absolutely NOTHING, waiting for the operator to give it
something to do.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

I have run mcafee and microsoft anti-spyware this a.m. Nothing was found.

 

[jmatt]

Totalenigma2u wrote:
I am having difficulty opening files and folders (takes forever) and my
programs freeze while I am using them...none in particular, just most
all of
them....Can someone please help?

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