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Huh. Thanks so much for all this input. I am a computer idiot, even tho I've been online since the 80s, and this kind of stuff really baffles me. I just want the thing to work. Just work, Bill! Now, it's doing some other weird stuff. Now it's "updating" Windows itself, which it never did...

Ugh. Reinstall Windows? I don't even think I have the original disk for this XP install. (The guy who config'd my computer might be able to do this.) Gad, I hate "Windows." What the heck is "svchost.exe"? Where is Bill Gates? MC

Ok, honored computer techs, I can't figure something out and I need your help. I appreciate it. I'm wondering why my usually quick laptop is running slow, why the hard drive light is constantly on, why I hear it spinning in there even when I'm not doing anything, why it takes a full 60+...