The System Idle Process on a computer can't cause high CPU usage because the process is a measurement of how much of the CPU's resources are free at any given moment. Unlike every other process in the ...

Ever wondered what your CPU does when idle? Turns out it's still processing tasks -- but engineers designed one that takes very little power. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

According to Process Explorer, System Idle Process is at least attempting to make TCP connections. That seems terribly wrong to me. However, my Google Fu seems to be failing badly. Edit: aged XP ...

So what's likely the cause of such behavior? A bad driver? Any way to find out which? Clearly, based on how sluggish my system is the CPU is at 65% even though the process window shows only the idle ...