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Kevy Baby · 03-23-2011, 08:49 PM

Before TiVo was even invented, we kept three VCRs in our living room: two dedicated to recording and one to playback. For the most part, we would watch them sequentially, but it was an ongoing task to go through each tape as it was finished to note the time of the beginning of each show to go with the list of shows on each tape.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 03-28-2011, 06:20 PM

Anyone know why the pointer on my screen keeps switching from an arrow to a circle like really fast? Did Virus/malware checks. Nothing. Any ideas?

Moonliner · 03-28-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Anyone know why the pointer on my screen keeps switching from an arrow to a circle like really fast? Did Virus/malware checks. Nothing. Any ideas?

Windows 7? It sounds like some process running wild. Start task manager (ctrl-alt-del) click on "processes s" and then CPU. See if some task keeps coming and going.

Kevy Baby · 03-28-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Start task manager (ctrl-alt-del)...

Actually, ctrl-shift-esc takes you right into Task Manager. ctrl-alt-del requires an extra step.

Betty · 03-29-2011, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Actually, ctrl-shift-esc takes you right into Task Manager. ctrl-alt-del requires an extra step.

This is my learning something new today moment. How could I not know this already?

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 04-10-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Windows 7? It sounds like some process running wild. Start task manager (ctrl-alt-del) click on "processes s" and then CPU. See if some task keeps coming and going.

So it's doing it again. Seems I have 93 process's going on. Any idea how to weed these?

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 03-28-2011, 08:04 PM

Hmmm, it stopped. Ive got Windows Vista. Next time it starts I'll see what's running in Task Manager.

Thanks!

Morrigoon · 03-30-2011, 02:24 PM

new trick!

Motorboat Cruiser · 03-30-2011, 03:18 PM

Didn't know it either. Thanks for sharing!

Kevy Baby · 03-30-2011, 03:31 PM

Wow - I actually contributed something useful for a change.

Happy to help

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