System Idle Process

[Justin]

What is system idle process and why is it taking up 100%
oF my CPU? and how can i stop it from happening ??????

[David Candy]

Run more programs will reduce the idle time. Try a big spell check and a =
game.

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David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/
http://www.simtel.com/pub/pd/18669.html
"Justin" > wrote in message =
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> What is system idle process and why is it taking up 100%=20
> oF my CPU? and how can i stop it from happening ??????

[Leon]

"Justin" > wrote in message
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> What is system idle process and why is it taking up 100%
> oF my CPU? and how can i stop it from happening ??????

This will explain it

http://lists.isb.sdnpk.org/pipermail/comp-list/2002-September/001342.html

Leon

[NoNoBadDog!]

System IDLE process is just that...the higher the figure the better. The
operative word here is IDLE. Perhaps you should look up the word IDLE in a
dictionary, in your IDLE time. Are you getting the drift of this, or is it
all just IDLE conversation?

Bobby


"Justin" > wrote in message
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> What is system idle process and why is it taking up 100%
> oF my CPU? and how can i stop it from happening ??????

[seanjerome]

[QUOTE=NoNoBadDog!]System IDLE process is just that...the higher the figure the better. The
operative word here is IDLE. Perhaps you should look up the word IDLE in a
dictionary, in your IDLE time. Are you getting the drift of this, or is it
all just IDLE conversation?

Bobby


\QUOTE]
It seems you did not read the question, or you did not understand it.

He was wondering why a process referencing an IDLE process was taking up so much CPU resources. We are aware what IDLE means, the question was why does a process named such take up so much computing power.

A process that freezes you computer up by taking up so much resources is cause for concern, and it's especially puzzling when the process name contains the word IDLE. Thus, the mystery.

But that irony was lost on you.

Any process, whatever the name, that siezes over 90% of CPU power is cause for concern.

And no, a higher number is not better unless you want a computer that is really good a slacking.

[seanjerome]

[QUOTE=NoNoBadDog!]System IDLE process is just that...the higher the figure the better. The
operative word here is IDLE. Perhaps you should look up the word IDLE in a
dictionary, in your IDLE time. Are you getting the drift of this, or is it
all just IDLE conversation?

Bobby


QUOTE]
It seems you did not read the question, or you did not understand it.

He was wondering why a process referencing an IDLE process was taking up so much CPU resources. We are aware what IDLE means, the question was why does a process named such take up so much computing power.

A process that freezes you computer up by taking up so much resources is cause for concern, and it's especially puzzling when the process name contains the word IDLE. Thus, the mystery.

But that irony was lost on you.

Any process, whatever the name, that siezes over 90% of CPU power is cause for concern.

And no, a higher number is not better unless you want a computer that is really good at slacking.

[Arnie]

"seanjerome" > wrote in message
...
>
> NoNoBadDog! Wrote:
>> System IDLE process is just that...the higher the figure the
>> better.
>> The
>> operative word here is IDLE. Perhaps you should look up the
>> word IDLE
>> in a
>> dictionary, in your IDLE time. Are you getting the drift of
>> this, or
>> is it
>> all just IDLE conversation?
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>>
>> \QUOTE]
>> It seems you did not read the question, or you did not
>> understand it.
>>
>> He was wondering why a process referencing an IDLE process was
>> taking
>> up so much CPU resources. We are aware what IDLE means, the
>> question
>> was why does a process named such take up so much computing
>> power.
>>
>> A process that freezes you computer up by taking up so much
>> resources
>> is cause for concern, and it's especially puzzling when the
>> process
>> name contains the word IDLE. Thus, the mystery.
>>
>> But that irony was lost on you.
>>
>> Any process, whatever the name, that siezes over 90% of CPU
>> power is
>> cause for concern.
>>
>> And no, a higher number is not better unless you want a
>> computer that
>> is really good a slacking.
> --
> seanjerome
I guess I'm getting in on this late based upon the subject.

The idle process does not chew up 'unused' CPU time. If you run
a process that uses 10% of the CPU, that's what you'll see in
task manager (or better yet, process explorer from
sysinternals.com). Now, we're talking percentages here. We'd
have to know what 100% is if your process uses 10% wouldn't we?
The idle process accounts for the other 90%. Basically, it's
nothing more than a bucket that displays time not used by other
processes. The idle process itself doesn't use any (or not much)
CPU time. It just collects time not being used by other
processes. If your process uses 10% of the CPU and the idle
process actually used the other 90%, your CPU would be running at
100% utilization - which it isn't.

- Arnie