Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is
checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and
Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity.
Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity.

Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity.
Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks
Charliec
******************************************************
Charliec

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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"Charliec" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is
> checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and
> Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity.
> Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity.
>
> Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity.
> Any help is really appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Charliec
> ******************************************************
> Charliec

>On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:01:44 +0100, "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

I'm using Norton Internet Security with Norton AntiVirus. You think
they might be involved in this situation?

Thanks
******************************************************
Charliec

I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a
resource
hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What
is your processor speed?

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



"Charliec" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:01:44 +0100, "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?
>
> I'm using Norton Internet Security with Norton AntiVirus. You think
> they might be involved in this situation?
>
> Thanks
> ******************************************************
> Charliec

The system is a Dell Dim 8300 Pen 4 @ 3GHz with 2 GB memory. I've
used Norton for many years with no problems. I also run AdAdware, Spy
Sweeper and Spybot on a weekly basic manually. I ran them all
yesterday and found nothing more then tracking cookies, which I had
them deleted.

Any other thoughts?
Thanks

>On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:50:39 +0100, "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a
>resource
>hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What
>is your processor speed?
>
>http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
******************************************************
Charliec

Charlie

Is your computer standalone or networked?

Download Process Explorer.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image
producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
each service does.

You will find further information on Services here:
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
tab allow it a little time to display the information.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Charliec" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The system is a Dell Dim 8300 Pen 4 @ 3GHz with 2 GB memory. I've
> used Norton for many years with no problems. I also run AdAdware, Spy
> Sweeper and Spybot on a weekly basic manually. I ran them all
> yesterday and found nothing more then tracking cookies, which I had
> them deleted.
>
> Any other thoughts?
> Thanks
>
>>On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:50:39 +0100, "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I am not sure to what extent Norton protects against spyware. It is a
>>resource
>>hog which puts many computers under pressure. How much RAM? What
>>is your processor speed?
>>
>>http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
> ******************************************************
> Charliec

>On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:44:22 +0100, "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Charlie
>
>Is your computer standalone or networked?
>
>Download Process Explorer.
>
>For further information about Process Explorer see here:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
>
>To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the image
>producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
>Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
>each service does.
>
>You will find further information on Services here:
>http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12
>
>To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
>service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
>usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
>are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
>tab allow it a little time to display the information.

Gerry,
Thanks so much for the reply. I have a 4-port router that I have used
for years to allow my laptop to access one of the drives on my
desktop. Has functioned without problem for a couple of years. It is
hooked up through a DSL line with the desktop as the main point.

I will take a look at Process Explorer and see what it provides me.

Thanks for the tip - any other thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks
Charliec
******************************************************
Charliec

I posted the message below a few days ago, received a couple of
replies, but have not resolved my problem. One suggestion was to
install Process Explorer to ID the active programs. I did that and it
appears most of the activity is coming fome "serveral instances of
SVCHOST.EXE" - what is the purpose of this program - can I safely
stop it or would that damage my system. Another program is something
called LUCOMS~!.exe (what is this program?)

Thanks for any suggestions and/or tips.

Charliec

>On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:35:37 -0700, Charliec <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is
>checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and
>Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity.
>Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity.
>
>Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity.
>Any help is really appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Charliec
>******************************************************
>Charliec
******************************************************
Charliec

Charlie

LUCOMS~!.exe
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ibrary/lucoms/

SVCHOST.EXE

You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
of svchost.exe.

Download Process Explorer.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost
producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
each service does.

You will find further information on Services here:
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
tab allow it a little time to display the information.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Charliec wrote:
> I posted the message below a few days ago, received a couple of
> replies, but have not resolved my problem. One suggestion was to
> install Process Explorer to ID the active programs. I did that and it
> appears most of the activity is coming fome "serveral instances of
> SVCHOST.EXE" - what is the purpose of this program - can I safely
> stop it or would that damage my system. Another program is something
> called LUCOMS~!.exe (what is this program?)
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and/or tips.
>
> Charliec
>
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:35:37 -0700, Charliec
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Every few seconds, I get hourglass activity as some program is
>> checking or polling for something. I looked through MSConfig and
>> Services but can't determine what program is causing this activity.
>> Nothing in my Start-up group should have this type of activity.
>>
>> Is there a way to determine which program is causing this activity.
>> Any help is really appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Charliec
>> ******************************************************
>> Charliec
> ******************************************************
> Charliec

I'm still trying to isolate this activity. Following suggestion, I
looked at the 2 most active SVCHOST.exe and one says "Windows Image
Acquistion" and the other says "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) /
RPCSS.dll. Any ideas on what the programs are and what they are used
for. I searched the link you provided but did not find information on
them.

Thanks
Charlie

>On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:11:18 +0100, "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>
>Charlie
>
>LUCOMS~!.exe
>http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ibrary/lucoms/
>
>SVCHOST.EXE
>
>You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
>of svchost.exe.
>
>Download Process Explorer.
>
>For further information about Process Explorer see here:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
>
>To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost
>producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
>Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
>each service does.
>
>You will find further information on Services here:
>http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12
>
>To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
>service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
>usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
>are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
>tab allow it a little time to display the information.
******************************************************
Charliec