Is your computer freezing or freezing due to 99% CPU usage? It can happen because some particular application is consuming a lot of background processing power. After receiving recent updates, many users are blaming System Process Down as the main culprit behind this issue. Idle system process runs on the CPU thread when no other activity is running. It generally has a lower priority and should consume significantly less CPU power from your system. But due to some bugs, it behaves abnormally. Try these fixes on your computer and the problem should be solved in no time. But, before moving on to the main solutions, we suggest that you look for these solutions in the beginning to try a simpler solution for your problem.
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Idle system process This mainly works when no other heavy tasks are performed on the computer, ie the computer is in an idle state. Consuming 80-90% of the processing power per Idle System Process generally means that the system is idle and 80-90% of the free processing power is available. But when you try to run an application, Idle System Process usually stops and the application consumes a lot of processing power. This is just a regular process. But, if you are seeing that the Idle System Process consumes unnecessary processing power and freezes your computer then go for these solutions.
Create a system restore point on your system. In case something goes wrong, you can restore your computer's files and settings very easily.
Initial solutions-
1. If this problem occurs for the first time on your computer, a simple one start again can solve your problem.
2. Check if your Windows is up to date or not. If this problem is triggered due to an error or some corrupted system files, Windows Update provides bug fixes for your system. After updating Windows, check if the problem persists or not.
If any of these solutions didn't work for you, look for these solutions:
Fix-1 Clean Boot Your Computer-
1. Press Tasto Windows + R have lunch Running. Now type "msconfig"And then click"all right". System Configuration window will open.
2. Now in the System Configuration window, click on “general"Tab and then" deselect the box next to "Load startup items". After that, make sure that "Charging system services"It simply came to our notice then checked.
3. Now click on "Services"form. Next, check the "Hide all Microsoft services"And then click"Disable everything”On the System Configuration window. Now click on "Request"And"all right”To save the changes on your computer.
Four. Restart your computer.
After a clean boot, your computer will boot up with only the necessary drivers for your device. Then after reboot, check if the Idle System Process still has high CPU usage or not.
Fix- 2 Disable startup processes-
Disabling the startup of unnecessary applications on your computer can solve this problem.
1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open the Task Manager window. Above Task Manager, Go to the "To boot“tab.
2. Now repeat the same step for all unnecessary applications you see in the same window. Close the Task Manager window.
Restart computer and after reboot check if Idle System Process still has high CPU usage or not.
Fix-3 Clean the disk with Disk Cleanup-
In a hurry Disk Cleanup It will download temporary files and corrupt files from your system. This can solve your problem-
1. Press Windows + R have lunch Running. Now, copy paste this command "cleanmgr / lowdisk"On Run and hit Pay in. Disk Cleanup window will open.
2 inch Disk Cleanup - Drive Selection window, from the option "Unit:Select the drive where you installed Windows.
3. Now, in the "File to delete:”, Check all the options in the list. Then click on "all right”To start the cleaning process on your computer.
Disk Cleanup The process will take a few minutes to clean the junk file from your system.
Once the cleaning process is complete, start again your computer. After reboot, check if Idle System Process still consuming a lot of processing power or not.
If you want to learn more about disk cleaning methods, you can read this article.
Fix-4 Run disk fragmentation-
1. Press Windows key + E open File Navigator window. Now in the left pane, you should see the list of drives on your computer. The right mouse button on the drive where Windows 10 is installed and then click "Property".
2 inch Local Drive C: Properties window, go to "Instruments"Tab and then in the 'Optimize and defragment the drive' option, click on"Optimize”To optimize the unit.
3 inch Optimize Drive window, select the drive where Windows is installed, then click "To analyze”To scan the drive. Click on "Optimize”To your computer disk.
After defragmenting the drive, close the Optimize Drives window on your computer.
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Depending on the size of the disk, the defragmentation process may take some time.
Restart computer to save the changes. After restarting your computer, check if Idle System Process still consumes much CPU power or not.
If you want to know more about disk defragmentation processes, you can read the Windows 10 defragmentation walkthrough.
Fix-5 Update USB Drivers on Your Computer-
Updating the USB drivers on your computer may fix the problem. Follow these steps to update the driver on your computer:
1. Press Tasto Windows + R have lunch Running. Now type "devmgmt.msc“And hit Pay in. Device Administrator window will open.
2 inch Device Administrator window, expand "Universal Serial Bus control devices"And later the right mouse button on the first USB controller and click "Update Driver".
3. Now click on "Automatically searches for updated driver software".
Wait a moment, as Windows will find the latest driver for your computer and install it.
4. If you see a message that says "The best driver for your device is already installed" click on "Check for updated drivers in Windows Update".
The latest device driver will be installed along with the Windows update.
5. Repeat this step 2 to 4 again for the other "Universal Serial Bus control devices".
Once the improvement process is finished, start again your computer. After reboot, check if Idle System Process still consuming a lot of processing power or not.
Fix-6 Run Driver Verifier on your computer-
If this problem occurs due to some drivers, Driver Checker can identify and fix the driver problem on your computer.
Before proceeding any further, you need to enable minidump (DMP) files. Follow these steps to create minidump files.
1. Press Tasto Windows + R have lunch Run and then write "sysdm.cpl“And hit Pay in.System Properties window will open.
2 inch System Properties window, go to "Advanced"form. Under, Startup and Recovery option, click on "Settings".
3 inch Startup and Restore window, uncheck "Restart automatically"Option and then under 'Write debugging information'section, click on the drop-down menu "Small memory dump (256 KB)"option.
Now copy and paste "% SystemRoot% Minidump" His 'Small dump directory:'section. Now click on "all right”To save the changes.
Four. Restart your computer.
After restarting your computer, run Driver Check on your computer and your problem should be resolved.
