<g> Fastfind otherwise known as WhatDoesItDo?
I've had experiences with it too in the past - a few years ago it kept on accessing my A: in a similar way... Mmmm maybe it's a similar problem..Thanks Jim.


>Hi Will,
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>I had a similar problem on Win98 and tracked it down to a utility called FindFast. I *think* it installed with Office.
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>In any case, once I found it and set its options to 'never' (or maybe some very long interval) it stopped. I also noticed *no* impact otherwise (still not sure exactly what it was doing for me).
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>good luck,
>
>JimN
>
>>Hi all,
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>>This is not a VFP related question, but I thought someone may be able to shed some light anyway...
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>>If I leave my laptop unused, the HDD goes into sleep mode after about 5 minutes, but something in W2k access the HDD every 10 minutes or so.. causing the the drive to spin up again..
>>I have tried closing down all non essential tasks, but it still does it.
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>>This especially winds me up if I am watching a DVD on the laptop, because the HDD startup causes the video to stutter (every 10 minutes) and also makes a bit of noise.
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>>Anyone got any ideas?
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>>TIA
>>
>>Will