Hi Friends -
Earlier this evening, i sent my first message from gmail - a test message
sent from FireFox browser logged in to gmail.
Shortly afterwards, i logged out of gmail and closed FireFox.
I noticed the disk activity light on the laptop panel flashing continuously
and vigorously for a long long time, but i was not running any active programs
at the time. Taskmanager showed nothing unusual running, but the disk seek light
kept going and i could hear the drive thrashing about as though the entire thing
was being scanned (ok, call me paranoid for coming to that conclusion, but that
is what it felt like).
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You are paranoid!
:-)
I think with good personal reason BUT
I feel it is not real . . . (Paranoia is not real after all)
The usual reason this happens is background tasks (such as
defragging)
I have had this and it is very disconcerting NOT KNOWING
I no longer have lights attached to the (almost silent) HD
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I unplugged the dsl cable dongle entirely from the computer to take it off
the internet, but the flashing and thrashing continued. I plugged back in and it
continued even longer.
Finally after about 5 more minutes, the following message appeared in a
dialog box:
connection go google terminated prematurely; some data may have been
transferred...
Now, i know that gmail is a google product, but i was not running anything
that would cause google to want to transfer any data - i was not downloading
from them and i expect they were not downloading from me.
Any gmail users out there have a similar experience, with disk thrashing
and unexpected data transferring to google ( or from google ).
Thanks in advance for assistance.
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You read the google gmail agreement and I bet they have
authority to be sent anything
and do anything but you have no rights or expectations from them
Google is losing the plot . . .
but I do not know what is happening - maybe someone can suggest?
I do not know what or why this is happening
but a similar story will perhaps illustrate the
ludicrous situation . . .
Recently I upgraded some microsoft security patches from the MS site
the first thing these patches seem to have done is reactivate
ports and services that were insecure . . .
Thanks MS there is a security problem and YOU ARE IT
or another example a security product that found 8 supposed viruses (false
positives)
how were these non-existent viruses to be removed?
- why buy there 'full' product of course
- the product (quite legal - forget the name - is 'legit' - m m m . .
.
Or another example there was a time when the best way
of messing your system was to use Norton Utilities (they were good - went
bad - now I hear they are on track again)
which sorted some problems but in the process added loads of its own .
. .
(PC tools were the same for a while)
It is a bit like the American military training the terrorists (OBL
was CIA trained)
who now are causing them problems
or Buddhists saving us from a Dukkha that we were blissfully unaware of . .
.
LOL
(more examples on a postcard)
:-)
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love and peace,
joyce
PS - I learned something new tonight. Had heard of freeware and shareware,
but not until now did i know about postcardware! Tucows explains it like
this:
"Postcardware is a kind of freeware that requires only that the user send
the software author a postcard as payment. This shows the software provider that
someone is actually using the software and lets the user thank the provider
personally. The postage stamp also indicates where in the world the software is
being used."
I think that's fun!
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yes a nice idea
corporates are not bad they just work
independently of
the original intent (very often)
Good to have a balance
:-)
hope you sort things out
I was working on sending email (to myself as a test) in assembler
language
with Shadows help we now have a menued program - BUT it has jumped
in size
so have to get it small again . . .
Lobster
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