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Old June 23rd, 2007 Top | #101
 
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Default Re: "System Idle Process" Explained

Originally Posted by Mastershakes View Post
Get another screenshot as well of the CPU usage / System Idle - this time organize the CPU usage column so we see what .exe is taking the CPU - I spotted a scroll bar - so try moving it around til we find the executable taking up the processing time.

is adaware up to date?[/I]
I been pushing the system harder than what obtained the earlier observations but haven't been able to get the System Idle Process to "take over" like it did earlier.

"adaware" ???

Working on implementing your suggestions...
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Old June 25th, 2007 Top | #102
 
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Still working on implementing your suggestions.

If I can get the problem to occur again, I may try:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873289
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Lightbulb Re: "System Idle Process" Explained

The one little piece of the puzzle that seems to be missing from this thread is the reason for so many interrupts and deferred procedure calls. This can often be due to XP downgrading IDE ATA and ATAPI access from DMA to lowly PIO mode. Try using the fix given under "MORE INFORMATION" at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472

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