Re: Hourglass flashes every couple of minutes

Hi,

Thank u this stopped the hourglass flashing and removed msmsgs from the task
manager. Just one more question how safe is it to use msn v 7.5 without
norton monitoring it. As the check box is recemended by norton.

Thanks again


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do you have Norton Antivirus installed? If so, To open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the
> Norton Antivirus icon in the Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton
> Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger or
> Windows Messenger (depending on version) and click OK.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
>
> "Zero_Kelvin" <ZeroKelvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:82E55E84-8046-4871-A6FA-AA407FE1C0D3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > What hapens hour glass flashes. on task manager msmsgs.exe (user) cpu = 2,
> > mem usage 4,768K, schost.exe (network service) cpu =1, Mem Usage 4,172K,
> > csrss.exe (system) cpu = 1, mem usage 3,560K. When i select to end process
> > for msmsgs it gives me a warning Terminating a process can cause undesired
> > results. andasks me to continue i selected yes. The process stoped then came
> > right back.
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> Messenger shouldn't be doing this; can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by "msmsgs
> >> processes"? aka what kind of usage is it using (assuming that's what you're referring to)
> >> and
> >> what happens if you kill the Messenger process?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
> >> Associate Expert
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> >> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "Zero_Kelvin" <ZeroKelvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:FC596C27-1BC9-4E78-B9B5-C725CA7965A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Dont know if it something i wavent noticed before but every few minutes the
> >> > hourglass appears beside the pointer it is just a flash but i monitoredthe
> >> > task manager and very time this occurs msmsgs processes is this normal or is
> >> > it something i should be worrying about
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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