System Monitor Shows 100 Percent for Kernel Processor Usage Item (178563)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

This article was previously published under Q178563

SYMPTOMS

If you use System Monitor to monitor more than one occurrence of "Kernel: Processor Usage," the second and following occurrences of "Kernel: Processor Usage" show 100 percent processor usage.

RESOLUTION

As a workaround to this behavior, use only one occurrence of "Kernel: Processor Usage" in System Monitor, or use two separate occurrences of System Monitor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/16/2004
Keywords:kbprb KB178563