System Idle Process

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My System Idle Process is listed in the task manager as
running at a 100 to 50 percent. Anyone know what causes
this?

Thanks in advance
 
Not enough programs running to use all the CPU. It's spending 50-100 of
it's time doing nothing. It's the System Idle Process.
 
Greetings --

Break out a dictionary and look up the word "idle," sometime. The
"System Idle Process" metric is the amount/percentage of time that
your CPU has *nothing* to do. A reading of 98-99% is generally
considered a good thing, and readings above 90% are normal. Think of
it like a car's engine idling in your driveway before you place the
car in gear.


Bruce Chambers

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