On 5 May 2003, at 23:29, Ian wrote: about [PCSOFT] Irritating hourglass.....


> 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 sounds like some "pre scheduled" program running, like disk scan or
defrag, or disk cleanup.....doesn't sound like a virus program, as that
should give you some indication, that it is running. The default, may be
run every 90 days or something. Not sure where to look for this, I am
sure others will know better. Likely in the registry "run" section.

Don

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