flashing hour glass in XP

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When using XP I have something new going on. My mouse pointer is supposed to
be a white arrow. It now is a white arrow with an hour-glass that flashed on
and off. It stays on for about 4 sec. then off for 1 second. Seems to me
that some activity is going on with the HD or something. Nothing ever loads
just the flashing on an off of the hour-glass beside the pointer (white
arrow) Any ideas please.
Thanks pes
 
When I want to know what is going on with my PC I hold (on the left
Ctrl shift and esc. This brings up the running processes. Try this t
see what is going on. When you know - get back to the forum. Someon
might be able to help you
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guy
 
Guyf........did as you asked. In the applications window in shows 2 programs
running
1. MS. public.windowsxp.customize-Outlook... 2. MS Internet Explorer
pro...........
However in the processes window there are 51 files listed. Does this help to
find my trouble with
the flashing hour-glass trouble I have. Everything seems to work fine, I
just noticed this new look and it
seems wrong. No other computer I have seen with XP has this condition.
Thanks
 
Check to see if there is a process in the process list that keeps jumping to
a high number or maintains a particular number. NOTE: it is normal for
System Idle Process to be in the High 90s, the above applies to any other
process in the list.
 
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