Why does my timer icon keep flashing every 4-5 seconds?

[tutorman1510]

My egg timer icon flashes all the time (regularly every 4-5 seconds) while I
am using my computer. It doesn't seem to affect the performance of the
machine but it is so irritating. Can anyone suggest how I can stop it?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Uninstall the egg timer or post to a more appropriate group.

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After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:

| My egg timer icon flashes all the time (regularly every 4-5 seconds)
| while I am using my computer. It doesn't seem to affect the
| performance of the machine but it is so irritating. Can anyone
| suggest how I can stop it?

 

[tutorman1510]

I appreciate the response but I do not understand your reply. The egg timer
I refer to is the standard timer icon that appears on the screen whenever the
computer executes a command. It appears that my computer is trying to do
something every few seconds and failing. I think your response refers to a
piece of software called Egg Timer. Thanks again.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Then you must mean the cursor that turns from an arrow to an animated
egg-timer, correct? Use Task Manager to see what is going on - sort the
display by CPU usage. If you have a desktop search installed, it could be
indexing.
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After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:

| I appreciate the response but I do not understand your reply. The
| egg timer I refer to is the standard timer icon that appears on the
| screen whenever the computer executes a command. It appears that my
| computer is trying to do something every few seconds and failing. I
| think your response refers to a piece of software called Egg Timer.
| Thanks again.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Uninstall the egg timer or post to a more appropriate group.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:
||
||| My egg timer icon flashes all the time (regularly every 4-5 seconds)
||| while I am using my computer. It doesn't seem to affect the
||| performance of the machine but it is so irritating. Can anyone
||| suggest how I can stop it?

 

[tutorman1510]

Thank you - yes, I should have said cursor. I looked at Task Manager as you
suggested and I now see that my 2 internet security programs (Trend PC-cillin
and Software Doctor) are running .exe files every few seconds. The main
offending file seems to be TMAS_OL.exe (Trend Micro Anti Spam - Outlook) as
the problem only occurs when I have Outlook open. I will modify the settings
and see if the problem resolves itself. My thanks again.

 

[tutorman1510]

At the suggestion of Trend Micro, I deactivated the AntiSpam Toolbar that
comes with their PC-cillin software and this has indeed stopped the flashing
cursor. Thanks again.

Thank you - yes, I should have said cursor. I looked at Task Manager as you
suggested and I now see that my 2 internet security programs (Trend PC-cillin
and Software Doctor) are running .exe files every few seconds. The main
offending file seems to be TMAS_OL.exe (Trend Micro Anti Spam - Outlook) as
the problem only occurs when I have Outlook open. I will modify the settings
and see if the problem resolves itself. My thanks again.

Then you must mean the cursor that turns from an arrow to an animated
egg-timer, correct? Use Task Manager to see what is going on - sort the
display by CPU usage. If you have a desktop search installed, it could be
indexing.
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:

| I appreciate the response but I do not understand your reply. The
| egg timer I refer to is the standard timer icon that appears on the
| screen whenever the computer executes a command. It appears that my
| computer is trying to do something every few seconds and failing. I
| think your response refers to a piece of software called Egg Timer.
| Thanks again.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Uninstall the egg timer or post to a more appropriate group.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:
||
||| My egg timer icon flashes all the time (regularly every 4-5 seconds)
||| while I am using my computer. It doesn't seem to affect the
||| performance of the machine but it is so irritating. Can anyone
||| suggest how I can stop it?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Further, if you want to avoid problems with Outlook, remove the AV integration with Outlook. It is redundant, causes send/receive problems, multiple received mail on your end and your recipients, etc.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 asked:

| Thank you - yes, I should have said cursor. I looked at Task Manager
| as you suggested and I now see that my 2 internet security programs
| (Trend PC-cillin and Software Doctor) are running .exe files every
| few seconds. The main offending file seems to be TMAS_OL.exe (Trend
| Micro Anti Spam - Outlook) as the problem only occurs when I have
| Outlook open. I will modify the settings and see if the problem
| resolves itself. My thanks again.
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Then you must mean the cursor that turns from an arrow to an animated
|| egg-timer, correct? Use Task Manager to see what is going on - sort
|| the display by CPU usage. If you have a desktop search installed,
|| it could be indexing.
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:
||
||| I appreciate the response but I do not understand your reply. The
||| egg timer I refer to is the standard timer icon that appears on the
||| screen whenever the computer executes a command. It appears that my
||| computer is trying to do something every few seconds and failing. I
||| think your response refers to a piece of software called Egg Timer.
||| Thanks again.
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Uninstall the egg timer or post to a more appropriate group.
||||
|||| --
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|||| without reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, tutorman1510 wrote:
||||
||||| My egg timer icon flashes all the time (regularly every 4-5
||||| seconds) while I am using my computer. It doesn't seem to affect
||||| the performance of the machine but it is so irritating. Can
||||| anyone suggest how I can stop it?