Hello Lorraine,

Hit the keys Ctrl + Alt + Del at the same time and this will bring up Task
Manager.  You should now see a listing of the programs/processes which are
taking place.  Select one, and choose End Task.  Make sure to leave Systray
and Explorer going.  Odds are, you either have a virus detection program
running that checks occasionally for changes, or Office Pro which has a
couple of background tasks that go.  FindFast being the main culprit.

Give That A Shot


HTH
David A. Abbe
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At 08:46 AM 1/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>  I was told to close down some programs so the defrag can run smoothly. How
>do I do that? Thanks, Lorraine Brauckhoff
>
>                          PCSOFT's List Owner's:
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>                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>

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