Taskmgr missing user names

From: Douglas Little (elvis_snowman_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:17:49 -0800

I have noticed on several machines that I work on, with
windows XP pro and home, are running at 99% CPU usage,
with a System Idle process of 99% too. This does not
quite add up right, as sysidle is supposed to be 100%-cpu
usage...

Also on these machines I have noticed that all the
processes belong to no-one, except the sysidle process
which is owned by SYSTEM.

It doesn't appear to be a virus as it has happened on a
fresh install of windows, so can anyone enlighten me on
the occurence of this phenomenon...

Cheers,

  Doug-L

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