System Idle Process

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Meadock

I can't for the life of me figure out why the System Idle
Process in windows task manager is using all of my CPU.
I've shut down everything i can possibly think of that
would be running in the background. How can i fix this?

Andrew
 
Andrew;
There may be nothing to fix.
System Idle Process is exactly what it sounds like.
It is the % of processing power you have waiting for something to do,
doing nothing.
In this case about 20 % of your power is being used, can be quite
normal.

If you are having problems, this is not the cause.
Try these:
Run an updated virus scan.
Or Scan for Viruses online:
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=IRLFIZTYMWPAZTJWUFJ
Run Disk Cleanup checking all boxes except "Compress old files"
Run Defrag.
If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it)

This may apply if you recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q815411
 
Lol...i feel like such a dummy. I probably should have
been able to figure that out. I think my problem is
bandwidth--not my CPU. Thnx.

Andrew
 
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