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October 28, 2011

 
 
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What's with all the activity on my PC, when I'm not doing anything?

Dear CNET members,

Happy Friday! I hope this newsletter finds everyone happy and healthy. This week's topic is about Alan's spooky and mysterious PC, which on its own does some intense internal computing even when nothing is active. And he wants to know what it could be!

Well, if it were my guess, Alan, it would be all the restless ghosts and goblins prepping for Halloween. Ha! But disregard my silly guess, as we have a bunch of helpful members with tricks and treats in this week's discussion. They are offering what they believe could be the cause of all that unexplained activity. I have a few selected member responses in the Q&A section, but please do read them all. And Alan, if none of those great answers seems to help explain those mysterious activities in your machine, well then--maybe my guess isn't too silly after all.

Have a great weekend and a happy Halloween everyone! Thanks for your continued contributions to helping others out in this community. You are all superstars!

Cheers!
-Lee


 
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   TOPIC OF THE WEEK
  Q: What's with all the activity on my PC, when I'm not doing anything?
Good Day, I have a Gateway GT5428 computer, running Windows Vista Home premium that works reasonably well for all my needs. Recently it has started doing some intense internal work while connected to the Internet and while sitting inactive for hours. What could be causing all of the apparent computing when nothing is active? I have shut off every non important program that I can find in MSCONFIG but still it sounds overly busy. Is finally goes quiet if disconnected from the internet for about 10 minutes or more. I have scanned it with every conceivable software to see if there is something odd inside but I can't find anything out of the ordinary. I am running Avast free antivirus and it has never suggested anything wrong.

   -- Submitted by: Alan P.
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"TOO MUCH ACTIVITY IN VISTA "
-- Submitted by: GEO2003
"TOO MUCH HARD DRIVE ACTIVITY IN VISTA - FOLLOW UP "
-- Submitted by: GEO2003
"Try this... "
-- Submitted by: ebbtides
"I Agree"
-- Submitted by: ajtrek
"Similar issue for me and suggestions "
-- Submitted by: glen271
 
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