Re: What's in System Idle Process?

I didn't know there were more columns available. Thanks.

"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Added info:

Run the Task Manager, go to View/Select Columns, and turn on the following
columns: "I/O Read Bytes" and "I/O Write Bytes." This will give you
details as to which process is accessing the disk.

Although many processes will be accessing the disk, look for one with a
high total or a fast rate of increase, especially when you hear the drive
being accessed.

One further suggestion regarding Task Manager stated by Ron Martell:

In the Processes tab if you click twice on the column heading for any
column then the list will be sorted in descending order based on the
value for that column. This helps to identify which processes have
the highest values for any given item.

Suggestion: Run the undo on line 367 (right hand side):
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

SequoiaView:
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview

Hard Disk Performance Is Slower Than You Expect
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q308219


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Paul,

System Idle .... means exactly that. The system is idle 95% which is a
good thing.

Check to see what is running in the background. A great starting place
is here:
Start/Run/Msconfig/Startup

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Paul Pedersen" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My computer occasionally bogs down terribly for almost up to a minute.
Sometimes there's a lot of disk thrashing, and sometimes not.

I have 1GB of ram. Virtual memory is 1.5GB. There's more than 40GB free
disk space. The disk has been checked for errors and recently
defragmented. I keep the registry cleaned with Ace Utilities.

Calling up the Task Manager (which is difficult to do, because the
system is so slow), I can see that nothing is using any significant
processor time except "System Idle Process", which remains at 95%+. Page
file usage is around 25% or less.

I have the indexing service turned on, but that is supposed to remain
idle while I'm working.

Clearly, something is going on in System Idle Process, probably a lot of
things. But what might be causing this problem?












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