--On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:39 PM +1000 Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote: >> > What is the 'System process'? >>>> Look at the output from the Task Manager. >> Sure, there's no 'System process'. Do you mean the > 'System Idle process' aka the scheduler? >> Rob No, it's a separate process. According to Microsoft, "Most system kernel-mode threads run as the System process." See: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q263/2/01.asp It may not appear in Windows OSes other than 2000. $ ps -W PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND 8 0 0 8 ? 0 15:24:48 *** unknown *** D:\>tlist /t System Process (0) System (8) D:\>pulist Process PID User Idle 0 System 8 D:\>pslist Name Pid Pri Thd Hnd Mem User Time Kernel Time Idle 0 0 1 0 16 0:00:00.000 482:15:09.042 System 8 8 35 199 28 0:00:00.000 1:40:49.048 Alan -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/