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    loading sign on e1705

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by rizmo, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. rizmo

    rizmo Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys i just got my e705 but for some reason my pointer keeps having have loading sign where the hourglass shows up every 15 seconds or so, and i dont even have that many processes running, why does the hourglass keep showing up like that. it comes up all the time and im not even doing anything, what could it be? help pleaseee!!!! :eek:
     
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    bjdcdjsa Notebook Guru

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    maybe an update or background process you can't see is happening
     
    bjdcdjsa, Aug 3, 2006
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    it might be xp indexing your HD. i turned it off on mine.
     
    drumfu, Aug 3, 2006
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    Yeap, was like that for mine too and then I turned it off.
     
    galaxy121, Aug 3, 2006
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    Try removing Google Desktop if you have that. Several users have similar complaints and found that removing Google's Desktop which is preloaded on most Dells seemed to fix the problem.
     
    Amber, Aug 3, 2006
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