I start windows task manager, switch to the preformance tab to see how it's going. About 50%, 60%.. 70%...

Come to think of it, I'm not running anything. In fact, the computer isn't... doing ANYTHING except whatever it does behind the scenes.

Switch to process list, scan CPU column.

Hmm a 98... what the...

Why the hell is my "System Idle Process" process using up so much CPU??