Overview
What is King of the CPU?
King of the CPU : A Yahoo widget that will show on your desktop the application that is using the most CPU power at the current time
In depth
A closer look at King of the CPU
King of the CPU is a widget that will show on your desktop the application that's currently using the most of your's CPU power. The number below the name is the PID number, in case you need it.Just launch the widget and it will update the info every 5 seconds.
Verdict
Should you download King of the CPU?
King of the CPU runs on
Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 16 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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At a glance
King of the CPU specifications
- Last updated
- Nov 15, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 16 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 611
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