Hourglass flashes every couple of minutes

[Guest]

Dont know if it something i wavent noticed before but every few minutes the
hourglass appears beside the pointer it is just a flash but i monitoredthe
task manager and very time this occurs msmsgs processes is this normal or is
it something i should be worrying about

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Messenger shouldn't be doing this; can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "msmsgs
processes"? aka what kind of usage is it using (assuming that's what you're referring to) and
what happens if you kill the Messenger process?

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Associate Expert
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[Guest]

What hapens hour glass flashes. on task manager msmsgs.exe (user) cpu = 2,
mem usage 4,768K, schost.exe (network service) cpu =1, Mem Usage 4,172K,
csrss.exe (system) cpu = 1, mem usage 3,560K. When i select to end process
for msmsgs it gives me a warning Terminating a process can cause undesired
results. andasks me to continue i selected yes. The process stoped then came
right back.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Do you have Norton Antivirus installed? If so, To open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the
Norton Antivirus icon in the Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton
Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger or
Windows Messenger (depending on version) and click OK.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thank u this stopped the hourglass flashing and removed msmsgs from the task
manager. Just one more question how safe is it to use msn v 7.5 without
norton monitoring it. As the check box is recemended by norton.

Thanks again

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Actually this feature will only work with Windows Messenger (which is what msmsgs is), it's
not protecting MSN Messenger. Either way, all it does is scan files once they've been
received. This is rather pointless as after you receive a file you typically view it
immediately anyway, and Norton will scan it then, regardless if this "feature" is on or not.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.