system idle process opening and closing

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Guest

when I open windows XP the hour glass remains on. I noticed in the task manager that the system idle process is opening and closing automatically. When I log on to the internet say, the system idle process is constantly on and the hour glass disappears as you would expect. Does anyone know what makes this process open and close automatically?
 
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Lance Joiner

Here's a little info..
Idle: This is a generic process that is used when no other program or
process is requiring CPU resources. It is not a bad thing if it is
using 99% of your CPU! This process is a 16 k loop that the CPU
processes while it is not doing "anything" else. If you computer is
called upon to do any other task than nothing, the idle process allows
that to happen and the % used will decrease accordingly. You can not
disable the idle process. If it is using 97% CPU, which only means
that the other 3% is used by real programs. If your idle process is
constantly at a low rate (for example, 3%) something else, an
application or process is using the CPU.

| when I open windows XP the hour glass remains on. I noticed in the
task manager that the system idle process is opening and closing
automatically. When I log on to the internet say, the system idle
process is constantly on and the hour glass disappears as you would
expect. Does anyone know what makes this process open and close
automatically?
 

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