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Thread ID: 57081 2005-04-23 06:58:00 System Idle Process. mht (7950) Press F1
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347859 2005-04-23 06:58:00 I am running Windows 2000 professional on an IBM Thinkpad . I have my machine set up to turn off the screen and the hard disk after a set periond of time . System standby is after 3 hours and System Hibernate after 5 hours .

Though I am on 56k dial up, I tend to leave my machine connected to the net but with my browser turned off (Mozilla) .

I have noticed over the last week or so that my machine is still churning away in the morning when I get to it . It has not gone into standby or hibernated . When I look at the processes wiht Ctnrl/Alt/Delete I see tha the System Idle Process is churning away . It currently showns over 85 hours of time .

What the hell is going on? :badpc:
mht (7950)
347860 2005-04-23 07:31:00 I am running Windows 2000 professional on an IBM Thinkpad . I have my machine set up to turn off the screen and the hard disk after a set periond of time . System standby is after 3 hours and System Hibernate after 5 hours .

Though I am on 56k dial up, I tend to leave my machine connected to the net but with my browser turned off (Mozilla) .

WHY????
HAve you got any spyware checkers installed - that would be the first place I'd start .
pctek (84)
347861 2005-04-23 07:59:00 I have Norton Internet Security installed. piedpiper (7501)
347862 2005-04-23 10:06:00 I'm with pctek. Like, why do you have these long time settings? What's the purpose?

And norton won't stop all malware. Have a look at the FAQs up top left and check the spyware one..m
mark c (247)
347863 2005-04-23 10:14:00 i havn't got Xp here but.....i think System Idle Process is ment to be churning away when the system is at idle.

have a look here (www.liutilities.com)
tweak'e (69)
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