How to Lower System Idle
- 1). Right-click the task bar located at the bottom of your screen and click "Start Task Manager." Alternatively, you can press and hold the "Ctrl," "Alt" and "Delete" consecutively to launch the utility.
- 2). Click the "Processes" tab to display a list of running processes. Click the "Show processes from all users" button.
- 3). Click the "CPU" column to sort all the processes from highest CPU usage to lowest. You can now make determinations on what programs are currently utilizing a large amount of processor threads by looking at the number under the "CPU" column.
- 4). Right-click a process and click "End Process Tree." You must be careful here to only disable the executables that you are familiar with. Generally, most executables that are crucial to the functionality of the Windows operating system cannot be closed. The more processes you close, the less process utilization your system will have on idle.