What is this.It runs intermittently sucking up cpu processes up to 98%.Described as percentage of time the processor is idle.I find it in proceeses in task manager and can't end this process.Is this part of an app like norton.It renders my system to a crawl then goes away.
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system idle process in task manager (Processes)
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No, its not really a process. Its the way windows shows when the processor is not being used or otherwise "idle".
The higher it is the better. Means you have nothing sucking down processor power.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
The higher it is the better. Means you have nothing sucking down processor power.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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Very PROFESSIONAL...
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