anyone knowledgable with system\handles in processes?

[okeefe58]

i recently noticed processor usage at idle was always 2,4,7, when it used to
be 0,2. loaded process explorer program and found it was system running 2,4
-when i scroll down in the lower pane for handles under system, besides the
other 100 things, there must be more than 500 "file _______\device\tcp"
handle lines listed. does anyone know if this is normal? with my limited
knowledge, the only thing i can think it would be for is for all the port
channels? awful lot of exact same lines

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

A handle on TCP indicates some process is accessing (or trying to access)
the network. So what process? Try running ethereal to see what connections
are going on. www.ethereal.com

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"okeefe58" > wrote in message
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>i recently noticed processor usage at idle was always 2,4,7, when it used
>to
> be 0,2. loaded process explorer program and found it was system running
> 2,4
> -when i scroll down in the lower pane for handles under system, besides
> the
> other 100 things, there must be more than 500 "file _______\device\tcp"
> handle lines listed. does anyone know if this is normal? with my limited
> knowledge, the only thing i can think it would be for is for all the port
> channels? awful lot of exact same lines