[CS-FSLUG] [OT] Windows XP does something fishy

[Jukka Y]

?? - it is "calling home" to Redmont..?? (joke :-) 

(I have heard that with linux it means something relating to system 
maintenance, but with windows - I do not know)

Jukka

On Thursday 20 May 2004 23:37, N. Thompson wrote:
> I've noticed in Windows that when its left on and I haven't been on it
> in a while the hard drive comes into use for extended periods of time. I
> do not think Windows XP is defragmenting during its idle time because
> I've checked the disk fragmentation after its done that for a while, as
> far as I can tell I also don't have any spyware or adware or viruses on
> my computer as this has been happening for a long time and I've been
> keeping my anti-virus, anti-trojan and anti-spyware software up to date.
>
> I have a firewall in Windows, I also have anti-virus, anti-trojan and
> anti-spyware software installed so what could be causing windows to work
> the computer so hard when its supposed to be idle?
>