Constant Registry access in XP?
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From: LD55ZRA on 14 Mar 2010 16:07 Windows have the tendency to keep indexing your files on the HDD so this could be the cause. Also, if your disk is very old then it too will show such symptoms due to wear and tear of your HDD. Microsoft monthly patches are the biggest cause of such things because your old files are replaced with the new ones because Steve Ballmer of Microsoft thinks these files with new dates will keep your system secure!. This is balderdash and one should switch off Automatic Updates immediately because these patches are the cause of serious problems to people's computers. hth "Steve Evans" <look(a)my.sig> wrote in message news:ejdqp5pmd890qpr149an95btq03nf5jtmr(a)4ax.com... > Hi all, > Despite keeping a lean, mean and clean XP install, the HDD light on my > PC briefly flashes once per second, all of the time. > Being slightly bothered by this activity, I ran process monitor and > traced it down to the registry access shown in the screenshot below. > Process monitor doesn't show any hard drive access that coincides with > the light flashing, so my questions are: > Why is the light flashing for non HDD activity? > What do those registry values do and can I stop the constant access? > > TIA > > > - > steve <AT> steveevans <DOT> org > -
From: Jose on 14 Mar 2010 17:42 On Mar 14, 3:34 pm, Steve Evans <l...(a)my.sig> wrote: > Hi all, > Despite keeping a lean, mean and clean XP install, the HDD light on my > PC briefly flashes once per second, all of the time. > Being slightly bothered by this activity, I ran process monitor and > traced it down to the registry access shown in the screenshot below. > Process monitor doesn't show any hard drive access that coincides with > the light flashing, so my questions are: > Why is the light flashing for non HDD activity? > What do those registry values do and can I stop the constant access? > > TIA > > - > steve <AT> steveevans <DOT> org > - We don't know anything about your system, perhaps you have some malicious software and we can't see your screenshot. Without more information you can only get guesses as a response. Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs: Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/ SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/ They can be uninstalled later if desired. Click Start, Run and in the box enter: msinfo32 Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste back here. There would be some personal information (like System Name and User Name) or whatever appears to be only your business that you can delete from the paste. If you want use to see your screenshot here, you need to do something like this: To create and email/post/print a screenshot: Press the Print Scrn button to copy your entire screen to the Windows clipboard. Press Alt Print Scrn to copy just the active window to the Windows clipboard. Open MS Paint: Start, Program Accessories, Paint When Paint opens, press CTRL-V to paste the clipboard, save the new Paint file to your desktop or someplace you can remember. JPG files take up less hard disk space than BMP files and just as readable. Make as many screenshots as you need. Practice makes perfect. Be careful your screenshot does not contain any personal information. Practice viewing your images before you upload them to be sure they are okay. Some sites will let you attach a file directly to your post. If the site has some kind of attachment/upload function it is usually easiest just to use it. If there is no such function in your message board to upload files, then use a free third party image hosting WWW site. Create a free account on some free picture hosting web site. You can always remove your account later if you want. Here are some free image hosting sites: http://www.imageshack.us/ http://photobucket.com/ Using your free account, upload your screenshot(s) (the JPG or BMP files) to the site and it will return to you a URL web address (a Direct Link) for your new image(s) which you can paste the Direct Link in a message post, email, etc. When you are done, what you post for others to use should look something like this: http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9074/processexplorer.jpg
From: Peter Foldes on 14 Mar 2010 20:35 Go into Services and stop the Indexing Service and see if that is the cause. Post back with result -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Steve Evans" <look(a)my.sig> wrote in message news:ejdqp5pmd890qpr149an95btq03nf5jtmr(a)4ax.com... > Hi all, > Despite keeping a lean, mean and clean XP install, the HDD light on my > PC briefly flashes once per second, all of the time. > Being slightly bothered by this activity, I ran process monitor and > traced it down to the registry access shown in the screenshot below. > Process monitor doesn't show any hard drive access that coincides with > the light flashing, so my questions are: > Why is the light flashing for non HDD activity? > What do those registry values do and can I stop the constant access? > > TIA > > > - > steve <AT> steveevans <DOT> org > -
From: HeyBub on 14 Mar 2010 21:55 LD55ZRA wrote: > Windows have the tendency to keep indexing your files on the HDD so > this could be the cause. Also, if your disk is very old then it too > will show such symptoms due to wear and tear of your HDD. Microsoft > monthly patches are the biggest cause of such things because your old > files are replaced with the new ones because Steve Ballmer of > Microsoft thinks these files with new dates will keep your system > secure!. This is balderdash and one should switch off Automatic > Updates immediately because these patches are the cause of serious > problems to people's computers. Steve Balmer is the CEO of one of the largest companies in America. That company has more CASH in the mattress than the total public debt of California. If you post your bona-fides, we can make an intelligent judgment as to whose advice to follow.
From: LD55ZRA on 14 Mar 2010 22:29
HeyBub wrote: >LD55ZRA wrote: > > >>Windows have the tendency to keep indexing your files on the HDD so >>this could be the cause. Also, if your disk is very old then it too >>will show such symptoms due to wear and tear of your HDD. Microsoft >>monthly patches are the biggest cause of such things because your old >>files are replaced with the new ones because Steve Ballmer of >>Microsoft thinks these files with new dates will keep your system >>secure!. This is balderdash and one should switch off Automatic >>Updates immediately because these patches are the cause of serious >>problems to people's computers. >> >> > >Steve Balmer is the CEO of one of the largest companies in America. That >company has more CASH in the mattress than the total public debt of >California. > > > Are you sure about it? How did that company make all that money? Or what exactly is your point here? Are you suggesting that piracy on a grand scale does pay if this article is anything to go by: <http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176223.asp> Please clarify!!! Or just forget it if you have no solution to OP's query. hth |