System idle process 99% of my cpu !! make it stop please ?

Question

Hey today i noticed im task bar a thing called system idle process was running and its taking up 99% of my cpu! please can somebody help me to shut it down because it wont let me just stop it manually im running xp if it helps thanks jack

Answer 1

system idle means that the system is not doing anything, so 99% on system idle is a good thing

Answer 2

system idle process is should be at 99% or 100% when nothing else is using memory, it shows that the computer is idle and not processing anything Edit: but if your cpu usage located at the bottom of the window is 99% or more look for a different program other than system idle process and terminate it

Answer 3

It's fine... good even.

the system idle processes is the amount of memory that is being unused. If you run programs which take up CPU, then you'll notice that the system idle processes goes down.



so in short, its absolutely nothing to worry about.

Answer 4

ummm lol, system idle process... is the time it takes for your computer to do something, if you delete that it would tell your computer to do nothing.... you may have a virus though. and if it doesn't feel like you have a virus than you are just fine how you are, naturally the system idle process can reach 99% of your cpu

Answer 5

ha i really hope you're joking



In case you're not, the system idle process basically takes all the cpu power thats not in use and keeps it until another program needs it.

Answer 6

That is normal. It just means that 99% of your CPU is just waiting for something to do.

Answer 7

"System Idle Process" is just what your computer is not using.

Answer 8

If your not joking, STAY CALM!! system idle process shows you how much memory is available.

Answer 9

It's Idle process.



it doesn't actually take up your usage.\

Hence the word "Idle"



-Hope this helped.

Answer 10

thats not a bad thing.... that means the unused percent of your memory.... calm down....