Kernel CPU time, in simple terms, is operating system overhead. Ideally you want to see the red line much lower than the green line. But sometimes, higher levels of red line are unavoidable. The undesirable condition would be the red line at a high level continuously.
You can usually find answers to basic questions with Google and Wikipedia. If you're up for it, a discussion of what an operating system kernel is and does is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computer_science%29 Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Sharp Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: SysInternals Process Explorer Does anyone where use this utility? It's a marvellous program, but I was hoping someone could help me out with a basic question. On CPU percentage graphs I often see an area shaded in red underneath the usual green. I think it represents kernel cpu time, but can someone please tell me what this actually means (if it's the case...) Thanks, Rob -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
