G
Guest
What can I do to Correct this?
I run win XP SP2
I run win XP SP2
T
Tom Swift
S
Steve C. Ray
Maybe its because you are running a operating system that doesn't exist. XP
SP2 isn't available to the public. It will be released about the third
quarter of 2004.
System Idle means that the System is at idle, doing nothing, just waiting on
you to do something.
SP2 isn't available to the public. It will be released about the third
quarter of 2004.
System Idle means that the System is at idle, doing nothing, just waiting on
you to do something.
S
slow
ok i run win xp pro and system idle process is always
running i think msidle.dll has something to do with it. i
need to turn it off it is slowing down everything email
me with an answer
running i think msidle.dll has something to do with it. i
need to turn it off it is slowing down everything email
me with an answer
S
Steve C. Ray
The System Idle Process is exactly what it says. The system is at idle,
doing nothing, just waiting for a command.
doing nothing, just waiting for a command.
E
Eric
What can I do to Correct this?
Basically, its using 50 percent of your CPU resources because nothing else
is.
"System idle process" is basically just a loop function in the kernel that
keeps the CPU active when nothing else is using it.
You can basically look at the percentage of CPU resources being used by the
"idle process" as how much CPU resources you have free. In fact, if you
look at the bottom of the process window you will notice that the "CPU
Usage" percentage almost exactly indirectly correlates with the the
percentage of the "idle process".
The fact that you are seeing the "idle process" running at a low 50 percent
indicates you have many applications runnings. If you are having a
performance problem, you might want to consider what applications you really
don't need to run at startup.
On a new computer with a fresh WinXP install, the "idle process" should be
well over 95 percent. I have quite a few applications that run at startup
(Norton Antivirus and Firewall, various media loading helpers, Easy DVD/CD
Creator helpers, Roxio Drag to DVD/CD, a v.92 modem-on-hold utility) and the
"idle process" still shows a fluctuation between only 96 and 99 percent.
Perhaps Microsoft should have put the "idle process" in a different window
to avoid confusion.
The higher the number it is reporting, the better.
-Eric
Basically, its using 50 percent of your CPU resources because nothing else
is.
"System idle process" is basically just a loop function in the kernel that
keeps the CPU active when nothing else is using it.
You can basically look at the percentage of CPU resources being used by the
"idle process" as how much CPU resources you have free. In fact, if you
look at the bottom of the process window you will notice that the "CPU
Usage" percentage almost exactly indirectly correlates with the the
percentage of the "idle process".
The fact that you are seeing the "idle process" running at a low 50 percent
indicates you have many applications runnings. If you are having a
performance problem, you might want to consider what applications you really
don't need to run at startup.
On a new computer with a fresh WinXP install, the "idle process" should be
well over 95 percent. I have quite a few applications that run at startup
(Norton Antivirus and Firewall, various media loading helpers, Easy DVD/CD
Creator helpers, Roxio Drag to DVD/CD, a v.92 modem-on-hold utility) and the
"idle process" still shows a fluctuation between only 96 and 99 percent.
Perhaps Microsoft should have put the "idle process" in a different window
to avoid confusion.
The higher the number it is reporting, the better.
-Eric