windows xp system idle process

Hi there I have a problem with windows XP, every thing has
slowed down, using task manager I have found the system
idle process is using between 40 & 70 % of the processor
every couple of seconds. What canI do to fix this please.

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

This is normal--the idle process is what shows as active when the processor
is doing nothing.

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> wrote in message
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> Hi there I have a problem with windows XP, every thing has
> slowed down, using task manager I have found the system
> idle process is using between 40 & 70 % of the processor
> every couple of seconds. What canI do to fix this please.