Hello, this has been a question of mine for a while now, and I hope you guys can shine some light on it.
I've noticed that when I return to my computer after some period of time (e.g. 30 mins), I notice it is clicking away for no reason. XP turns the screen off, whilst it is doing this (don't ask me why, i've tried changing the power settings, etc, but i've had no success). Anyway, whenever i move the mouse, the 'clicking' stops right away. I decided to do CTRL+ALT+DEL to see what processes were occurring. I noticed down the bottom something called 'System Idle Process' was running. So, just a couple of questions really: Does anyone know what this is? the purpose behind it? you get the idea. I just can't help to get a little suspicious as to why my computer should be working away when i've got no programs running, and when there has been no mouse or keyboard activity after a certain period of time.
I hope someone can throw some light on this.
TIA.
Matt.