Flickering "egg-timer" icon/Hard Drive light

[Steve]

I have noticed recently that the "egg-timer" icon often
keeps flickering on and off just to the right of the
mouse cursor arrow, while the Hard Drive light flickers
on and off at the same time. Is there a problem?
Everything seems to be working OK.

Thank you for your time and trouble.

Steve

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Steve,

Monitor what program is running in the background [causing this] using Task Manager:
HOW TO: Use Windows Task Manager in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323527

Microsoft Windows XP - Task Manager overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/taskman_whats_there_W.asp?frame=true

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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I have noticed recently that the "egg-timer" icon often
keeps flickering on and off just to the right of the
mouse cursor arrow, while the Hard Drive light flickers
on and off at the same time. Is there a problem?
Everything seems to be working OK.

Thank you for your time and trouble.

Steve