Re: cpu always cycling

From: John Whitworth (j_dublevay_at_yarhooh.co.uk)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:32:53 +0100

"Fritzj." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:bcb801c4895e$8ac69de0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> in windows task manager the cpu continuosly cycles btween
> 0-7%. (xphome run zonealarm, spybot search and destroy,
> uptodate nortan antivirus 2002.) there are no applications
> running in the task manager window. have ended processes
> in the process window of task manager until the machine
> tells me it must reboot. it did not always do this. what
> am i looking for.
> thanks

0-7% is not unusual. Your PC is always performing things. From auditing, to
virus checking. Just by having antivirus etc running, the CPU usage will
increase. My CPU cycles between 0-2% when idle. I guess it depends upon the
speed of your processor as well. AFAIK, many processes can run without
showing up in Task Manager.

It sounds as though you have all of the usual sensible protection software
running, so unless you are having performance issues, I wouldn't worry.

JW

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