how to tell when the computer is process data

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Dear Sir:
If I turn the computer on and began to work on it. While I am working on the computer and I pause or stop, without me keying in any information. the little light starts to blink and the computer hum or is making noises like when you are downloading something on to the computer. After is stops, I start having trouble with the software package I am using. Can this be someone hacking into my computer. I thought you had to key in something to make the computer react.
Sometime I just boot the computer up and then the little light starts blinking and the computer hum like when you are downloading something.
Please help.
sincerely,
rgsport9

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I suggest the programs you have running are too much or too big for your current capacity.

Sometimes there can be programs running as background that you dont see.

Too many programs in your strtup folder will also clog your computer.

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rgsport9 wrote:

Dear Sir:
If I turn the computer on and began to work on it. While I am working on the computer and I pause or stop, without me keying in any information. the little light starts to blink and the computer hum or is making noises like when you are downloading something on to the computer. After is stops, I start having trouble with the software package I am using. Can this be someone hacking into my computer. I thought you had to key in something to make the computer react.
Sometime I just boot the computer up and then the little light starts blinking and the computer hum like when you are downloading something.
Please help.
sincerely,
rgsport9

There is almost no point in time when a computer, when turned on, isn't processing something. Just because you aren't typing at the keyboard doesn't mean that the computer isn't doing anything.

Typical operations systems all perform numerous tasks "in the background" like cleaning up and indexing your hard drive, virus scans, checking for software updates, etc...

The little light you see and the humming you hear are the system "processing". That is the system accessing the hard drive and there are several hundred reasons why that might happen while you aren't typing anything. The main reason being that Wiinodws or your program is saving whatever you currently have open or adjusting the swap file around. There are completely normal system operations.

Could it be someone hacking into your PC? Sure. It could be. But the odds are pretty slim. It would be much more likely that your system is just doing it's normal "housekeeping" chores.

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It could be autosave. Your computer software might be set-up to automatically save your data every so often. This would cause the light and the humming.

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A handy, free (no-charge registration and/or operating system validation may be required) tool that will help you figure out, real-time, what your machine is doing -

Microsoft: MSDN TechNet/Sysinternals Process Monitor

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Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.

Process Monitor runs on Windows 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista as well as x64 versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista.

Naturally, you should read, understand, and follow exactly and completely all instructions before deploying any tool or any other application or software.

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