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Old 12-19-2004, 09:17 PM   #1
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system idle process

okay so everytime i open up my task manager i see this thing called "system idle process" and its pratically eating up 99 percent of my cpu. whats going on here? thanks for your time everyone.
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Thats basically the "free capacity" of your CPU. If its 99%, then it means that everything else is using about 1%. Its nothing to worry about.

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Old 12-19-2004, 09:22 PM   #3
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It's not eating anything. It plus all processes = 100%. Idle means just that.
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thanks a bunch people i was all worried for nothing. have a happy holiday
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