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Silencer_RPMs

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What is "System"
« on: October 23, 2007, 08:53:52 AM »
ok when you hit ctrl+alt+del it shows a list. in processes theres something called "System" not "System Idle Process" but just system. what is it? If you can point to an article that'd be cool. thanks
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2007, 09:46:03 AM »
It is the root controller for the Admin account according to process explorer...in other words without it a bunch of stuff won't run.... ;D
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2007, 09:52:05 AM »
patio its at 100% in another comp that i have. no matter what i do even if i get into Safe Mode. Stays constantly at 100 no matter what i do. any way to fix it?
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2007, 10:11:14 AM »
Depends on what Tab you are viewing in Task Manager...in one of them the CPU % is always at 100% or all processes need to add up to that total.
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2007, 10:21:23 AM »
nah man its just that single process that takes up everything. everything is really slow. i've tried everything i can think of. no viruses on the comp or anything of that sort.
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2007, 11:37:57 AM »
DLoad and install Process Explorer...then spend some time in the Help file....you can view each single process and what other processes are running off it/ dependent on it etc.
There are 4 or 5 graph views you can use that may clarify things...i'm not convinced anything is wrong yet.
How does this machine run ? ?
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2007, 12:04:55 PM »
The klez worm, some trojans and backdoors cause it, ZoneAlarm can, try unplugging USB devices...
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2007, 08:12:44 AM »
the machine runs REALLY slow like it takes 1 hour to load up. and i already checked for viruses. no zonealarm on it and it has NO usb devices connected to it
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2007, 08:20:05 AM »
HDD could be dying.
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Silencer_RPMs

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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2007, 11:23:59 AM »
hmm. well its been dying for a long time now. any way i can check to be sure?
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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2007, 11:38:56 AM »
Quote from: Silencer RPMs on October 24, 2007, 11:23:59 AM
hmm. well its been dying for a long time now.

So have we all. Are you being facetious, or are you really saying that your hard drive has been showing symptoms of failure for a while? If that is right, you are wasting a lot of time.

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any way i can check to be sure?

You mean you can't quite believe it? Hardware-failure-denial is a familiar sight on this type of forum. Start in safe mode and run chkdisk /r c: from the command prompt.





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Silencer_RPMs

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Re: What is "System"
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2007, 11:44:46 AM »
1)hard drive has not been showing signs of failure. just having problems with the "system" in processes

2)I already did chkdsk /r.

I've had many hd's go bad on me so I'd think I would know.
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