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I've got the same problem with my desktop. In the task manager under the
processes tab, I found that "cisvc.exe" was cranking away, and I searched for
the program file and found it in WINDOWS\SYSTEM32, and three other windows
files, but these were modified 8 months ago or so, and this churning business
only started a couple of months ago. Maybe it has to do with a recent Windows
update I installed?

"mikey" wrote:

> My notebook hard drive churns continuously when I'm logged in, all day. It
> negatively affects performance of all productivity apps that I run. I run
> AdAware and Spybot frequently, I've cleaned out startup, checked applications
> and services in MSConfig, all with no help. If I log in as a different user,
> the hard drive is quiet.
>
> How can I identify what may be running from the registry when I'm logged in
> as me, but doesn't run when I'm logged in as someone else?
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