When you open task manager, have you checked under processes to see which
application is using the CPU time? You can sort by CPU to see the most
active processes. You can then kill a hog process and make a not of what it
is.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> I see is a rotating hourglass. The only action I can take is
> to open the
> Task Mgr. but this does not show a 'not responding' or other
> msg. On the
> rare occasion I do get a window saying do you want to end this program
> clicking on 'yes' closes the window and we go back to the
> turning hourglass.
>
> Les Barnes

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