could someone please explain to me the purpose of the "System idle process"
from what i can tell, it doesnt do a great deal, it starts up at the most inconveniant times, and takes up 99% of my cpu resources.
*is it possible to kill it?
any information on it would be greatly appreciated.
it does it when my computer has just finished doing something, i go and try and start doing something else on my computer, and i can do anyfin cuz i have no resources left, so its more or less 99%.
it also comes in while my computer is idleing, but when i want to use my comoputer, i have to wait for way too long for the procvess to stop so i can do stuff
well what is its purpose though?
ikm sorry if im sounding like a daft little prick, but people have attempted to explain it to me before and ive never seemed to be able to grasp it.
what does it ACTUAlly do in/for windows?
is it removable?
Are you telling that you must wait till 'System idle process' shows 99% before running a program ?
Normally, you don't have to wait : you may launch an application while others are running.
No such thing. The system is ALWAYS running one process or another. The idle process is the process that the system runs when it isn't running anything else.
The idle process does nothing. It idles. The system is idling when that process is running. The system is doing nothing.
If you have problems getting a program to run when the system is in the idle process, then you have another problem, having to do more than likely with the task scheduler.
To diagnose, the first thing you should do is run chkdsk.
its been an ongoing problem for a while.
ill have a look at the scheduler suggestion.
my system if fine, im running a new mobo/processor/RAM on a fresh (less then 24 hours old) install of windows xp (xtra plastic, and xtra disgusting, but necessary)
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