P.S., See many articles listed here: GoogleSearch:,ProcessIdleTasks There are also some done-once-after-setup work items that also operate under the Idle Task Scheduling mechanisms. System Restore and other features of Windows XP also attempt to defer some work until the system is deemed to be idle. The file placement optimization, which is done no more often than once every three days, is an example of a task that is carried out when the system is deemed to be idle.
#Rundll32 exe advapi32 dll processidletasks full
This frees up any idle tasks running in the background so that XP devotes its full attention to what you want it to do. In the Run box, type, "Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks". This will start a built in optimization routine that runs in the System Idle Process and shows up as "rundll32.exe" in task manager. and type or paste "Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks".
And regarding the various explanations, I am a bit cofused about one thing - what is the actual purpose of this command ?Ī built in file-placement optimization routineįreeing up idle tasks running in the background Uhhhh, this is really an out-dated reply, so sorry all.īut I was just reviewing the whole principle of this "rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" API and its relation to MS's Bootvis.exe program.