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What is System Idle Process
At times my disk drive starts working for no apparent reason while I am
on-line. When I check CPU usage, very often the System Idle Process is working. What does this mean?? Mel |
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MB wrote:
At times my disk drive starts working for no apparent reason while I am on-line. When I check CPU usage, very often the System Idle Process is working. What does this mean?? It's much like zero. A place holder or label. It means the system is idle. If you want to know the details, the kernel is looping while the process ready queue sits empty. |
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Mel;
System Idle Process is exactly what it sounds like. It is the % of processing power you have waiting for something to do, doing nothing. If you are having problems, this is not the cause. Follow this link: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm -- Jupiter Jones http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "MB" wrote in message ... At times my disk drive starts working for no apparent reason while I am on-line. When I check CPU usage, very often the System Idle Process is working. What does this mean?? Mel |
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Brian wrote:
MB wrote: At times my disk drive starts working for no apparent reason while I am on-line. When I check CPU usage, very often the System Idle Process is working. What does this mean?? It's much like zero. A place holder or label. It means the system is idle. If you want to know the details, the kernel is looping while the process ready queue sits empty. Which means, to be specific, that the System Idle Process is not the source of your disk drive activity. To find that out, keep your Task Manager active, if minimized, with the Processes tab selected. On that tab, click twice on the CPU column, so that it is in a descending sort of % CPU usage. Next time that unexpected disk drive activity occurs, restore the Task Manager and see what is active that might be writing to the drive. One pretty good source for deciphering those arcane process names can be found at: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm -- OJ III [Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading. Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.] |
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