How can CPU be used, but not used?

[Killer42]

By the way, though this is still merely a minor nuisance, I have noticed it seems to happen when I am burning something to DVD. Um... I think this was using Roxio CD & DVD Creator, though it may also apply to the associated Drag-to-disc product.

[Denburt]

Actually, it's not hard to trace the source of the bug in Task Manager. If you pull down the Help menu, then select About Task Manager, about half-way down the subsequent dialogue box you'll see a string "Copyright 1981-2001 Microsoft Corporation". Bingo!

ROFL, isn't this the root of all evil?

[Erazrhead]

[clip] ...about half-way down the subsequent dialogue box you'll see a string "Copyright 1981-2001 Microsoft Corporation". Bingo!

Crap. You're right. I just checked and I have the same problem. heh.. Hey, remember that video a few years back that showed someone hitting Gates right in the face with a pie. Makes me feel warm all over.

Back to the Task Manager issue...I just noticed that if I double-click on the CPU usage graph it displays a larger window with the graphs. The strange thing is this action seems to reset the graph to the current system info (cpu usage), and when I go back to the normal TM window, that info has also been updated. Now if I do this repeatedly it actually starts to build the usage over time charts to the right.

What really sucks about this is I just re-installed the opsys and have been tweaking if for a couple of weeks now. I was just about to back up the disk image as my 'good to go' back up. Now I have my doubts... damn you Bill Gates for my wasted life in front of this machine! Well...that may be a bit exagerated, but I am annoyed.