HD lite on for no reason

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When I leave my computer unattended for 10-15 minutes or so, the hd lite
comes on (as stays on for up to 30 sec) indicating some sort of data
transfer is taking place. My modem shows little or no activity. What's
going on?

TIA

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

When I leave my computer unattended for 10-15 minutes or so, the hd
lite comes on (as stays on for up to 30 sec) indicating some sort of
data transfer is taking place. My modem shows little or no activity.
What's going on?

TIA

Many programs and services detect idle time to do background updating of
their files. It could also be the Indexing Service, anti-virus software or
dozens of other things? When you see this activity, press CTRL+ALT+DEL once
to bring up the Task Manager. Click the Precesses tab to see what program is
using the CPU cycles.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User

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