System Idle Process

Thread starter littleimp99
Start date May 23, 2013

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littleimp99

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May 23, 2013

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Just wondering if it is normal that in my windows task manager it says my system idle process is using 88-99 CPU?

St1ckM4n

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May 23, 2013

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System idle process is a measure of the idle CPU%. It's not actually 'using' any processing power and is perfectly fine.

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littleimp99

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thats good to know

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