Occasional "hourglass" cursor

Matt_PNEtownend · 04-22-2007, 07:08 AM

Every so often, but with regularity (about two secs every 8), my cursor changes to the hourglass. My system isn't really making any unusual processing noise, and the CPU usage, according to the Task Manager, doesn't really fluctuate much, and certainly never much above 5%. Is this something to be worried about, or is this usual? For the record, I'm using a Dell P4 3.0GHz, with 1Gig RAM, and Win XP MCE 2005 as my OS.

geek73 · 04-22-2007, 07:14 AM

howdy Matt,

When the hourglass pops up this usually means it is thinking.. Do you get any pop-ups or anything like that?

Does this happen all day or just at particular times?

Go into your control panel..Click on printers and other hardware..Mouse..Pointers and see what the hourglass means in your situation.. Also try changing the default pointer options see if that helps. If not please post back.

Matt_PNEtownend · 04-22-2007, 07:19 AM

No pop ups or anything of the sort. It seems to be whenever the computer is on, and whether or not it is connected to the net. The pointer I get is an arrow with an hourglass next it it, which apparently means "working in the background", as opposed to the full hourglass (which I don't get), which means "busy" on my system.

geek73 · 04-22-2007, 07:27 AM

Just to make sure I would follow the link below and post a HJT log in the HJT forum so our experts can check it out just in case there is somthing up in that department..
http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...sting-log.html

Matt_PNEtownend · 04-22-2007, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek73

Just to make sure I would follow the link below and post a HJT log in the HJT forum so our experts can check it out just in case there is somthing up in that department..
http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...sting-log.html

Ok, will do. Thanks!

04-22-2007, 07:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Matt_PNEtownend Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 26 OS: WinXP	Occasional "hourglass" cursor Every so often, but with regularity (about two secs every 8), my cursor changes to the hourglass. My system isn't really making any unusual processing noise, and the CPU usage, according to the Task Manager, doesn't really fluctuate much, and certainly never much above 5%. Is this something to be worried about, or is this usual? For the record, I'm using a Dell P4 3.0GHz, with 1Gig RAM, and Win XP MCE 2005 as my OS.

04-22-2007, 07:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
geek73 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 694 OS: SuSe Linux My System	Re: Occasional "hourglass" cursor howdy Matt, When the hourglass pops up this usually means it is thinking.. Do you get any pop-ups or anything like that? Does this happen all day or just at particular times? Go into your control panel..Click on printers and other hardware..Mouse..Pointers and see what the hourglass means in your situation.. Also try changing the default pointer options see if that helps. If not please post back. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

04-22-2007, 07:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Matt_PNEtownend Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 26 OS: WinXP	Re: Occasional "hourglass" cursor No pop ups or anything of the sort. It seems to be whenever the computer is on, and whether or not it is connected to the net. The pointer I get is an arrow with an hourglass next it it, which apparently means "working in the background", as opposed to the full hourglass (which I don't get), which means "busy" on my system.

04-22-2007, 07:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
geek73 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 694 OS: SuSe Linux My System	Re: Occasional "hourglass" cursor Just to make sure I would follow the link below and post a HJT log in the HJT forum so our experts can check it out just in case there is somthing up in that department.. http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...sting-log.html __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]