If I goto the task manager it says there is a process called "system idle process" and it is always at 95-100% cpu usage. However, if I look at the graph of cpu usage it shows that it is only at like ...

Hi,<BR> I'll be using my PC for a few hours normally and then all of a sudden my CPU usage will go to 100% and stay there. It is always the System (not System Idle Process) using up all of the CPU.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A. What you see is quite normal. The System Idle Process of 99 per cent means that the CPU is lightly loaded with only 1 per cent of its ...