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From: LD55ZRA on 14 Mar 2010 22:29
HeyBub wrote:

>LD55ZRA wrote:
>
>
>>Windows have the tendency to keep indexing your files on the HDD so
>>this could be the cause. Also, if your disk is very old then it too
>>will show such symptoms due to wear and tear of your HDD. Microsoft
>>monthly patches are the biggest cause of such things because your old
>>files are replaced with the new ones because Steve Ballmer of
>>Microsoft thinks these files with new dates will keep your system
>>secure!. This is balderdash and one should switch off Automatic
>>Updates immediately because these patches are the cause of serious
>>problems to people's computers.
>>
>>
>
>Steve Balmer is the CEO of one of the largest companies in America. That
>company has more CASH in the mattress than the total public debt of
>California.
>
>
>
Are you sure about it? How did that company make all that money? Or
what exactly is your point here? Are you suggesting that piracy on a
grand scale does pay if this article is anything to go by:

<http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176223.asp>

Please clarify!!! Or just forget it if you have no solution to OP's query.

hth
From: Peter Foldes on 14 Mar 2010 22:34
Set it to Stop not Manual

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"Steve Evans" <look(a)my.sig> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:35:01 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Go into Services and stop the Indexing Service and see if that is the cause. Post
>>back with result
>
> Indexing service was set to manual a long time ago and isn't running
> at the moment, so it isn't that.
>
> Here's the services that are running after a reboot.
> http://www.steveevans.org/photos/services.jpg
>
>
> -
> steve <AT> steveevans <DOT> org
> -

From: glee on 14 Mar 2010 22:53
What a useless and idiotic response....or are you trying to make sure
the poster does not have updates installed so he can more easily become
infected? Unpatched systems are the easiest target.
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"LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Windows have the tendency to keep indexing your files on the HDD so
> this could be the cause. Also, if your disk is very old then it too
> will show such symptoms due to wear and tear of your HDD. Microsoft
> monthly patches are the biggest cause of such things because your old
> files are replaced with the new ones because Steve Ballmer of
> Microsoft thinks these files with new dates will keep your system
> secure!. This is balderdash and one should switch off Automatic
> Updates immediately because these patches are the cause of serious
> problems to people's computers.
>
> hth
>
> "Steve Evans" <look(a)my.sig> wrote in message
> news:ejdqp5pmd890qpr149an95btq03nf5jtmr(a)4ax.com...
>> Hi all,
>> Despite keeping a lean, mean and clean XP install, the HDD light on
>> my
>> PC briefly flashes once per second, all of the time.
>> Being slightly bothered by this activity, I ran process monitor and
>> traced it down to the registry access shown in the screenshot below.
>> Process monitor doesn't show any hard drive access that coincides
>> with
>> the light flashing, so my questions are:
>> Why is the light flashing for non HDD activity?
>> What do those registry values do and can I stop the constant access?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>> -
>> steve <AT> steveevans <DOT> org
>> -
>
>

From: LD55ZRA on 14 Mar 2010 23:00
glee wrote:

>
> What a useless and idiotic response....or are you trying to make sure
> the poster does not have updates installed so he can more easily
> become infected? Unpatched systems are the easiest target.

Show me the evidence? I can show you ample evidence to suggest that
patches are crippling people's systems! this evidence is there for
everybody to see on Microsoft newsgroups!

hth

From: Ken Blake, MVP on 14 Mar 2010 23:40
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:00:28 +0000, LD55ZRA <LD55ZRA(a)MAIL.COM> wrote:

> glee wrote:
>
> >
> > What a useless and idiotic response....or are you trying to make sure
> > the poster does not have updates installed so he can more easily
> > become infected? Unpatched systems are the easiest target.
>
> Show me the evidence? I can show you ample evidence to suggest that
> patches are crippling people's systems! this evidence is there for
> everybody to see on Microsoft newsgroups!


The mark of a troll--continually changing the name and e-mail you post
under to escape people's kill files.

But no big deal. I can killfile you again even more quickly than you
can change how you post.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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