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 ...

For the past few days I've been noticing severe hits on my machine's usability.<BR><BR>Specs:<BR>Compaq Presario 732 (notebook)<BR>AMD Athlon 4 1400<BR>256 MB RAM<BR>XP Pro w/SP1 (and recent security ...

In simple terms, CPU utilization is the current percentage of CPU resources consumed by all programs. If you notice that some programs are using more of your CPU cores and hogging system resources, ...