> > Is there some way you could tap into the "idle" task processing time to do this?
>
> Yes there is... We could reprogram the idle task to do some
> special task instead of idling.
It would increase power consumption and heat of some laptops. (Note
that they are laptops you can not hold in your hand if running at the
full tilt.)
Better create process with low enough priority which does such things,
but sleeps when it has nothing to do.
Pavel
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