As a follow-up to my earlier message, I searched the Microsoft Knowledge
base, and here's how to "OFF2000: How to Turn Off the Find Fast Indexer"
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q199/7/87.ASP
This may or may not be the cause of your problem, but it's probably worth
looking at.
73, ke5c
> This was addressed some time ago on the TrLog reflector. As I recall, the
> problem is a file called fastfind.exe which is periodically run by
Windows.
> As I understand it, this builds a list periodically to help Windows later
> find files more quickly. The fix was to search your hard drive for this
> file and either delete or rename it to something else in case you want to
> later restore it. I just renamed it to xfastfind.exe. As always,
remember
> this free advise is worth what you paid for it.
>
> 73, ke5c
>
> > At times the hard disk will start whirring and take focus away from
> > the Pegasus control program. If you are sending CW at the time, it
> > will not send for a second or two. Needless to say, this isn't good.
> >
> > I called the tech support line and they said it was Windows updating
> > settings automatically and nothing could be done to shut it off.
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