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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 4:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Irritating hourglass.....
>
>
> This is a followup to a question I asked about a 18 months
> ago - and which
> didn't get satisfactorily answered. Today, I may have got a partial
> solution - but I'll lay it out again and see if it rings
> bells for anyone
> else.
>
> Once every so often (I'm talking months here) some unknown
> process starts up
> on my W98SE system. This is indicated by the hourglass icon
> which appears
> for a few seconds, then disappears, then returns for a few
> seconds, then
> disappears...and so on, ad infinitum, for hours at a time.
> It's not random,
> but a very predictable and rythmic cycle.
>
> It's pointless trying to do anything while
> this........whatever it is is
> going on, as the CPU is kept busy with the mystery process.
>
> (I should say before I go any further that this is not a
> result of FindFast
> being installed or any similar add-on junk, as I keep my
> system very lean
> and mean. And this problem has persisted through several
> Windows installs
> and rebuilds. It's not GoBack indexing files, as I'm not
> currently running
> it, neither is it due to any viral activity)
>
> So I thought I'd have another go at running PrcView to try
> and reveal what
> my computer was doing behind my back. I've tried several
> times in the past
> to use this app, but, being a bear of little brain, I've
> never been able to
> understand just what the heck the thing was telling me.
>
> This time, either I've got more intelligent (unlikely) or the
> new version of
> PrcView that I just downloaded is more user-friendly, as the
> prog seemed to
> make more sense.
>
> I started off 'killing' all of the harmless running processes, but the
> hourglass still kept flickering on and off. Finally, I had
> no option but to
> begin despatching 'serious' files. I began with Msgsrv32, and
> that was it -
> the hourglass activity stopped immediately.
>
> Only trouble was, so did most other Windows processes, which
> necessitated a
> reboot. However, after rebooting, Windows seems to be
> behaving itself, and
> the hourglass activity has stopped.
>
> I straight away did a google search for msgsrv32 and turned
> up a number of
> references on the subject, most of which stressed the
> importance of the
> application, referring to it as the 'air traffic controller'
> of Windows.
>
> So what I did by 'killing' it may have been simply to 'shoot
> the messenger',
> and maybe the real culprit is still lurking about. I'd be
> interested to
> hear if anyone else has had similar experiences.
>
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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