System process using 99% of my cpu

[Ricardo]

I have a "System Idle Process" in my machine that's taking 99% of my
processor...

Later in this newsgroup someone say to me that it's a system housekeeping
process and when I use the computer, the process will stop, BUT IT WON'T!!!!

I can't use my computer 'cause , for example, to open work it takes 1 hour!!

What can I do???


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[R. McCarty]

It's just simply a process to occupy the Processors "Idle" time.
It should drop whenever a foreground application needs CPU
time. Whatever is causing the lag, it isn't System Idle Process.
First examine your System and Application Event logs & look
for Red Icons (Denotes errors). The most common things you
are likely to find are Service errors. It's important to resolve all
of these errors before moving to the next steps.
When errors are present (especially System), XP is not running
normally.
It would also help to know your core system specifications, like
Memory size and CPU speed.
Also have you done the usual compliment of Malware check &
removal tools ? (AdAware, SpyBot, CWShredder & HiJackThis)?
If you have instances of this, it most definitely would cause delays
with normal system operation.
For all cases of system problems, a Chkdsk C: /R isn't a bad
idea to eliminate disk inconsistencies/errors.
Unfortunately, your problem description doesn't provide enough
details to give you a more specific answer(s).

 

[Ricardo]

thanks...

I'll do the checks...

It's just simply a process to occupy the Processors "Idle" time.
It should drop whenever a foreground application needs CPU
time. Whatever is causing the lag, it isn't System Idle Process.
First examine your System and Application Event logs & look
for Red Icons (Denotes errors). The most common things you
are likely to find are Service errors. It's important to resolve all
of these errors before moving to the next steps.
When errors are present (especially System), XP is not running
normally.
It would also help to know your core system specifications, like
Memory size and CPU speed.
Also have you done the usual compliment of Malware check &
removal tools ? (AdAware, SpyBot, CWShredder & HiJackThis)?
If you have instances of this, it most definitely would cause delays
with normal system operation.
For all cases of system problems, a Chkdsk C: /R isn't a bad
idea to eliminate disk inconsistencies/errors.
Unfortunately, your problem description doesn't provide enough
details to give you a more specific answer(s).

I have a "System Idle Process" in my machine that's taking 99% of my
processor...

Later in this newsgroup someone say to me that it's a system housekeeping
process and when I use the computer, the process will stop, BUT IT
WON'T!!!!

I can't use my computer 'cause , for example, to open work it takes 1
hour!!

What can I do???


[]s...

 

[Richard Urban]

Oh boy. Are you in trouble! Your computer is f***ing off 99% of the time,
doing nothing, waiting for you to give it a command to do something. Or
maybe, YOU are lazy 99% of the time by not instructing the computer to do
anything!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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.

If no other process is consuming large amounts of CPU time, look
elsewhere for the problem. How much RAM do you have? How fast id the
CPU? Are the motherboard jumpers or BIOS settings correct for both?
How large is your swap file? Is it fragmented? How much free space
is there on the system partition? If the system partition badly
fragmented?

Bruce Chambers
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[Mike D]

Suppose you car is idling in the driveway. You put it in gear, step on the
gas, and it takes an hour to start moving. I think you'd call a mechanic
that wouldn't bitch at you, just because you got the terms wrong.

Mike D.

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.

If no other process is consuming large amounts of CPU time, look
elsewhere for the problem. How much RAM do you have? How fast id the
CPU? Are the motherboard jumpers or BIOS settings correct for both?
How large is your swap file? Is it fragmented? How much free space
is there on the system partition? If the system partition badly
fragmented?

Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH

I have a "System Idle Process" in my machine that's taking 99% of my
processor...

Later in this newsgroup someone say to me that it's a system housekeeping
process and when I use the computer, the process will stop, BUT IT WON'T!!!!

I can't use my computer 'cause , for example, to open work it takes 1 hour!!

What can I do???


[]s...

 

[Steve Shattuck]

I have a "System Idle Process" in my machine that's taking 99% of my
processor...

Egads Batman, my system is Idle 99% of the time. What can I do to make it
slower by adding unnecessary programs to stop my machine from being so lazy?
I recommend the Office Indexing Service, it's worthless and eats CPU cycles
as well as hard drive accesses.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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I have a "System Idle Process" in my machine that's taking 99% of my
processor...

"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%

Later in this newsgroup someone say to me that it's a system
housekeeping process and when I use the computer, the process will
stop, BUT IT WON'T!!!!

I can't use my computer 'cause , for example, to open work it takes 1
hour!!

What can I do???

You haven't given enough information to provide any real answer.
All I can do is assure you that your problem has nothing to do
with System Idle Process.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, I'd just pop the hood and reconnect the throttle linkage.

Bruce Chambers
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