What is System Idle Process?

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#1 ZeroPunctuation
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My apologies if this is in the wrong board. In the windows task manager i went to processes and the very last thing on the list is
System Idle Process, what is that exactly? and why is it using 90-98 CPU ? im not sure exactly what its doing and why the number is so high, is it supposed to be that high ?
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#2 Nentindoh
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Don't worry, it's normal.

See http://www.answers.com/System+Idle+Process?cat=technology&y=0&x=0

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#3 cell_dweller  Moderator
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Basically it tracks how much of the CPU's time is being utilized and issues the HLT instruction to cut the processor's power usage. (HLT is an assembly language instruction....don't worry about what that is :P)
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#4 ZeroPunctuation
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So my PC is not doing much? Im assuming its good thats its not working so hard.
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#5 cell_dweller  Moderator
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So my PC is not doing much? Im assuming its good thats its not working so hard.ZeroPunctuation
Yup, it's just idling really. It's nothing to worry about :)
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#6 D9-THC
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I just use it to let me know how long my computer has been running without a reboot.
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#7 zombidude
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Idle process shows how much of the CPU is putting its feet up and having a rest :)
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#8 ZeroPunctuation
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Alright Thx for answering my questions guys.
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#9 ice_radon
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Take a screenshot of your entire system list and I will tell you. Mine idles around 1-4%.