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Old 12-26-2007   #1 (permalink)
ato_zee


 
 

Processes 8% CPU 100% why

In Task Manager in the CPU column, processes
total around 8-9%.

Yet in Performance tab CPU useage shows 100%,
and the HD light is almostly stadily on,when I am
doing nothing.

Why so much cpu useage?
And why isn't the cause shown in Processes
in the CPU column?
There seems to be no associated network activity,
I might assume it's something to do with indexing,
it's not malware scanning, as I've turned these off.
I'd like to know what's going on.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 12-26-2007   #2 (permalink)
Charlie Tame


 
 

Re: Processes 8% CPU 100% why

ato_zee@xxxxxx wrote:
Quote:

> In Task Manager in the CPU column, processes
> total around 8-9%.
>
> Yet in Performance tab CPU useage shows 100%,
> and the HD light is almostly stadily on,when I am
> doing nothing.
>
> Why so much cpu useage?
> And why isn't the cause shown in Processes
> in the CPU column?
> There seems to be no associated network activity,
> I might assume it's something to do with indexing,
> it's not malware scanning, as I've turned these off.
> I'd like to know what's going on.

Right click on any disk drive icons to get properties and uncheck "Index
this drive" - see if that stops the light.

Seems some machines are bad, some are not, no idea why.

If you find this slows searching then adjust the parameters in search
but I don't use search much so the time is simply wasted.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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