02-24-2005, 04:30 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Task Manager weirdness
So I left my taskmanager running when I went to work this morning, and when I got home my PC was asleep (monitors off etc...). However when I woke it up the taskmanager showed this:
<img src="http://telusplanet.net/public/markus_e/images/taskmgr.JPG"> Doesn't that seem kinda odd? Why would there be regular peaks if the system was idle (there was 0 network activity BTW). I very much doubt this is a spyware deal, it's probably a normal windows thing... can any one explain it?
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02-24-2005, 07:00 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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I'd say that you probably have some process in the background running while the pc is idle. It's hard to tell without knowing what processes are running/what software you have installed on the pc.
Generally, it could be something like background defragging, MS indexing service, virus scanner or something. |
02-25-2005, 05:08 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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not really sure if its a "windows thing" for i left it up for about an hour befor looking at this and the only spike in usage was at the start when i loaded the task manager. The rest of the time it was jumping between 0 and 2% useage. Thats with microsofts antispy beta and avg running.
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02-26-2005, 03:09 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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here's the BEST thing to do when diagnosing that issue. i gaurantee first off, as everyone above says, it's your processes thinking on its own. do the following:
start > run > type "msconfig" > click on "startup" tab > click "disable all" button > click "apply" > click "ok" > restart computer > leave computer idle for the night and check task manager again > after diagnosing and confirming the issue, reenable startup settings in microsoft configurations aka msconfig. |
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