System Idle Process

[A Smith]

Hi,

System is running very slow even after using ad-
aware. "System idle process" is eating up 90% of my cpu.
What is this?

Thanks,

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

System Idle Process is exactly what it sounds like.
It is the % of processing power you have waiting for something to do,
doing nothing.

If you are having problems, this is not the cause.
Follow this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

 

[Ted Zieglar aka Rocky]

System Idle Process is what your system is doing when it's idle; in other
words: nothing.

Ted Zieglar
formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"

 

[JAX]

Idle is the key word there. That means the amount of resources that are
idle, i.e., doing nothing. It is waiting for something to do. If you see
something like 10%, you may have something to worry about. So far as
slowness goes, cleanup your system and run spyware removal tools.

JAX