system idle process. cpu = 99 ?

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Guest

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
 
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Detlev Dreyer

Matt320 said:
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?
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"Idle" means that your CPU is just sitting around. Equals 100% minus current
CPU usage.
 
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Ken Blake, MVP

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
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"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%
 
G

Guest

thank you

Ken Blake said:
"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%
Click to expand...
 

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