Joel,
Since you seem well versed in this sort of activity, I would like to see if
you have ever noticed one peculiarity that I see each day. I use Norton,
and just updated to the 2010 version. With both the 2009 and 2010 versions,
I note that, on the first email that I click on each morning, the computer
disk activity light is on for 30 to 60 seconds, before the email content is
displayed. After the first one, all is normal. ( I turn my system off at
night, and restart each morning.)
Does this have an easy explanation?
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT Windows XP PC question
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes, I have also wondered why the computer frequently shows disk
>> activity,
>> when really there seems to be no reason why. Sometimes it goes on for
>> many seconds.
>
> I tend to watch most activity using the already-mentioned Zone Alarm,
> and the most frequent items that ask for access are Apple's Bonjour
> service, Java, and AVG, which all seem to want to phone home. This is
> appropriate for those services, so no problems. There is a free
> utility called Startup Inspector which allows you to tweak your
> startup folder stuff. I still use it on the family computer (which I
> don't monitor very much), though I prefer just to evaluate requests on
> the computers I use a lot by letting Zone Alarm do its thing.
>
> AVG 9.0 appears to be quite active. I assume most virus checkers are.
> I also notice when there is disk activity that the ZA icon is active,
> and as long as I see that, I don't worry as I do allow known good guys
> to phone home to check for updates, etc.
>
> Joel W.
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