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by mofuggga

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I have a few XP boxes at work, some networked, some standalone. Several times a day the hard drive starts doing something whether anyone is at the computer or not. Can anyone tell me what the computer is trying to do, is it trying to connect to a server some where? It really bogs down the networked computers and slows down the stand alones as well. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

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by yacco

Check to see if any tasks are scheduled, i.e. Windows update, defrag, virus updates, virus scans,etc..Do the machines wake up from a network request and search for network recources (printers and such)?

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