Originally posted by: lxskllr
System Idle Process? That's telling you how much your computer *isn't* being used. If it's at 99%, then you have 1% cpu activity.
Originally posted by: Arcadio
What could be the problem? The System process uses 99% of CPU. I thought a format/reintsall would fix it, but it is still occurring after restoring (using the HP manufacturer full restore option).
Originally posted by: Roguestar
It's probably just running benign background tasks. It may say that "system" has 99 percent usage, but on the task manager graphs is your CPU actually at 99% utilization?
Originally posted by: Arcadio
Originally posted by: Roguestar
It's probably just running benign background tasks. It may say that "system" has 99 percent usage, but on the task manager graphs is your CPU actually at 99% utilization?
It's running all the time. The computer is running super slow because of it. The whole format/reinstall took 3 times longer than usual thanks to whatever is causing it.