System idle process

I use my laptop to play an MMoRPG Game and I noticed it runs extremely slower
than a few months back. I also noticed the System Idle Process is running and
using 90% of the cpu. Is there anything I can do to speed up my computer or
to stop the System Idle Process from using up all the CPU?

The idle process is running because system has nothing else it can do until
some other process such as a disk retrieval or receipt of some data over the
network completes. If you do not defrag your disk regularly maybe you
should do so to reduce the clock time required to retrieve a file from
disk.
"RuthlessIX" <> wrote in message
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>I use my laptop to play an MMoRPG Game and I noticed it runs extremely
>slower
> than a few months back. I also noticed the System Idle Process is running
> and
> using 90% of the cpu. Is there anything I can do to speed up my computer
> or
> to stop the System Idle Process from using up all the CPU?

So defragmenting the disks may fix the problem? It is on Windows Vista and it
had been defragmenting often as far as I know.

"JW" wrote:

> The idle process is running because system has nothing else it can do until
> some other process such as a disk retrieval or receipt of some data over the
> network completes. If you do not defrag your disk regularly maybe you
> should do so to reduce the clock time required to retrieve a file from
> disk.
> "RuthlessIX" <> wrote in message
> news:5199F1B2-DEB2-4F9F-99FF-...
> >I use my laptop to play an MMoRPG Game and I noticed it runs extremely
> >slower
> > than a few months back. I also noticed the System Idle Process is running
> > and
> > using 90% of the cpu. Is there anything I can do to speed up my computer
> > or
> > to stop the System Idle Process from using up all the CPU?
>

It sounds like defragging again will not resolve the issue.
Apparently the game is waiting for data to come off of either the program
file on the disk of from the paging file.
How much main memory do you have?
How big is your paging file?
Do you have a ReadyBoost flash drive/card installed?

"RuthlessIX" <> wrote in message
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> So defragmenting the disks may fix the problem? It is on Windows Vista and
> it
> had been defragmenting often as far as I know.
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> The idle process is running because system has nothing else it can do
>> until
>> some other process such as a disk retrieval or receipt of some data over
>> the
>> network completes. If you do not defrag your disk regularly maybe you
>> should do so to reduce the clock time required to retrieve a file from
>> disk.
>> "RuthlessIX" <> wrote in message
>> news:5199F1B2-DEB2-4F9F-99FF-...
>> >I use my laptop to play an MMoRPG Game and I noticed it runs extremely
>> >slower
>> > than a few months back. I also noticed the System Idle Process is
>> > running
>> > and
>> > using 90% of the cpu. Is there anything I can do to speed up my
>> > computer
>> > or
>> > to stop the System Idle Process from using up all the CPU?
>>

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:36:00 -0800, RuthlessIX
<> wrote:

> I use my laptop to play an MMoRPG Game and I noticed it runs extremely slower
> than a few months back. I also noticed the System Idle Process is running and
> using 90% of the cpu. Is there anything I can do to speed up my computer or
> to stop the System Idle Process from using up all the CPU?


"System Idle Process" is not any problem at all. That's just the name
for what the system is doing when it's not doing anything. It's there
to make the total add up to 100%.

Look elsewhere for the cause of your slowdown. These days that's often
symptomatic of malware infection. I recommend that you begin
troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
following the instructions there.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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RuthlessIX wrote:
> I use my laptop to play an MMoRPG Game and I noticed it runs extremely slower
> than a few months back. I also noticed the System Idle Process is running and
> using 90% of the cpu. Is there anything I can do to speed up my computer or
> to stop the System Idle Process from using up all the CPU?


Break out a dictionary and look up the word "idle," sometime. ;-}
The "System Idle Process" metric is the amount/percentage of time that
your CPU has *nothing* to do. A reading of 98-99% is generally
considered a good thing, and readings above 90% are normal. Think of
it like a car's engine idling in your driveway before you place the
car in gear.


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I disagree with the answers posted here. If I am on my computer I a
not idle. I don't turn the computer on to stare at the screen. I a
always doing something, whether it be surfing the Internet
sending/receiving emails, browsing myspace/facebook....my computer i
NEVER idle. I have done the same thing on this computer since I got i
and I've NEVER had Systerm Idle Process until the last two or thre
weeks. I do a disk clean up and start a defrag EVERY night when I go t
bed. The next morning the defrag is done, I restart the comptuer an
BAM!!! System Idle Process. I do not do "scan disk" daily; however,
do it regularly. I run my spyware removal, virus scan....all th
necessary things to keep a computer running smoothly...nothing seems t
work. The only thing I have changed on my computer in the last fe
weeks was to download McAfee Security Center. I have uninstalled i
this morning (just prior to typing this). I hope it changes things onc
I reboot the computer.

I will say this, I know for a fact, doing disk scan, disk clean up
defrag, virus scan, spyware scan...none of this makes a difference a
all

--
Yancy Box

Hi, Yancy.

And do you turn off your car's key when the traffic light turns red? Or do
you let the engine idle until the light turns green?

That's what the "system idle process" is doing much of the day. Computers
are so fast that, even for the fastest typist writing a letter in Word, for
example, MOST of the computer's time is spent waiting for the next
keystroke. Idling. And the faster the computer, the more time it has to
idle. Even when multi-tasking a dozen applications at once, the computer
usually has plenty of "free" time when it is just idling, waiting to see if
we are going to press the Start button or do something else to interrupt it.

> and I've NEVER had Systerm Idle Process until the last two or three
> weeks.

Then you must not have ever looked for it before. Because it HAS been
idling.

In Task Manager, on the Processes tab, make sure the CPU column is displayed
and sorted with the biggest number at the top. If you don't see "System
Idle Process" at the top, then look at the bottom of this window to the box
labeled, "Show processes from all users". Check this box and watch the
display change. Don't be surprised if you see System Idle Process at the
top with a BIG number in the CPU column. At this moment, I have a
half-dozen applications running in the background, plus I'm drafting this
post, and, of course, Task Manager itself is running. Still the System Idle
Process is getting 98-99% of CPU time. The CPU is just idling, waiting for
me to "step on the gas" - to give it something MORE to do. ;^}

It's A Good Thing!

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2009 in Win7 Ultimate x64 7000)

"Yancy Box" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I disagree with the answers posted here. If I am on my computer I am
> not idle. I don't turn the computer on to stare at the screen. I am
> always doing something, whether it be surfing the Internet,
> sending/receiving emails, browsing myspace/facebook....my computer is
> NEVER idle. I have done the same thing on this computer since I got it
> and I've NEVER had Systerm Idle Process until the last two or three
> weeks. I do a disk clean up and start a defrag EVERY night when I go to
> bed. The next morning the defrag is done, I restart the comptuer and
> BAM!!! System Idle Process. I do not do "scan disk" daily; however, I
> do it regularly. I run my spyware removal, virus scan....all the
> necessary things to keep a computer running smoothly...nothing seems to
> work. The only thing I have changed on my computer in the last few
> weeks was to download McAfee Security Center. I have uninstalled in
> this morning (just prior to typing this). I hope it changes things once
> I reboot the computer.
>
> I will say this, I know for a fact, doing disk scan, disk clean up,
> defrag, virus scan, spyware scan...none of this makes a difference at
> all.
>
>
> --
> Yancy Box

Hi im Dave and im running vista prem on a acer laptop with amd 64x 2 1.9 processor's with 4 gb of ram ....

which after some time began to run like a 486 with xp on it lol

after some extensive research i found that the process wsearch windows search constantly was lookin on the harddrive for files to index to make file searching quicker ... and was a big resource hog also windows media player network service another big one... disable these two asap also look and see whats listed in msconfig goto start run msconfig list' alot of the programs that run win you start your computer even if you use the programs take them out and start them manually as needed is what i recommend other than antivirus i dont run anything else your computer may need somethings like networking support for wireless cards ect so becareful when unchecking but it can always be rechecked and restarted if you run into a problem
majorgeeks has alot of programs used to correct autostarting of programs ...
and i recommend super anti spyware for the removal of almost all spyware mcafee is the worst of all because of their price you pay for the product you pay for updates and you pay if you catch a virus even though you have already purchased the program, most of the computers i repair have macafee or norton both are worthless lol

[QUOTE=Yancy Box;858414]I disagree with the answers posted here. If I am on my computer I a
not idle. I don't turn the computer on to stare at the screen. I a
always doing something, whether it be surfing the Internet
sending/receiving emails, browsing myspace/facebook....my computer i
NEVER idle. I have done the same thing on this computer since I got i
and I've NEVER had Systerm Idle Process until the last two or thre
weeks. I do a disk clean up and start a defrag EVERY night when I go t
bed. The next morning the defrag is done, I restart the comptuer an
BAM!!! System Idle Process. I do not do "scan disk" daily; however,
do it regularly. I run my spyware removal, virus scan....all th
necessary things to keep a computer running smoothly...nothing seems t
work. The only thing I have changed on my computer in the last fe
weeks was to download McAfee Security Center. I have uninstalled i
this morning (just prior to typing this). I hope it changes things onc
I reboot the computer.

I will say this, I know for a fact, doing disk scan, disk clean up
defrag, virus scan, spyware scan...none of this makes a difference a
all

--
Yancy Box[/QUO

by the way system idle process at 100% is never a good thing it does mean your computer is running at full speed and probly not doing anything productive