you know the light that blinks away when your on the net or downloading, but my light blinks when i start up my computer when there's nothing running. plus can i do this misconfigure thing please tell me more about lt like how to use it and does it speed up my computer
2006-12-26 22:05:18 · 10 answers · asked by star ray 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The flashing light is simply you hard drive led telling you that it's working, a PC is never really idle so it will flash, it's when it stops flashing that you know you have a problem.
Using "msconfig" from the "run" command in you "Start" menu is a good way of stopping programmes starting when Windows boots but beware!
Really only use the "Startup" menu and then onkly choose non essential programmes such as quicktime, realplayer and the such. Do NOT touch anything to do with anti-virus or spyware software. If you turn off one programme at a time and see how that affects you machine you can always remember which one it was to turn it back on again. As with anything Windows treat with care and take your time.
2006-12-26 22:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by David Computer Guy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well the blinking thing has nothing to do with the internet. Its the hard drive light, it blinks when you write to the hard drive, or read so when you are downloading it goes blink blink, same thing when you open a program or start windows.
The miscon..... i dont get it do you mean the msconfig from run. well it can stop programs starting up, but you should know what you are doing. or you will mess things up
2006-12-26 22:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by jaffarkelshac 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is likely to be the hard drive light. It comes on twhen the drive is being read, or written to. Mostly it. you will be using the hard drive a lot of the time, just ignore it.
'msconfig' should not be altered by anyone who doesnt know what they are doing.. It's good that you want to explore some of the deeper functions of your PC, but a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. This is not a good forum to get deep answers about msconfig.
2006-12-26 22:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 19:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by carmean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok it has nothing to do with anti virus or internet/downloads it means that ur pc is in working progress wot is good.
some times when u running heavy software or loading windows lite blinks very often wot means that it reads data from HDD(hard drive)
there is nothing wrong with ur pc.
um must have P3 or old version of P4 cos this king of lights were made on pc years ago.
2006-12-26 22:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by No_Ki 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think unwanted program(s) are running in the background of your computer, I will advice you to run anti virus/spyware check on a safe-mode on your computer.
2006-12-26 22:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by Kings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me as if your base unit has decided to go on the game and has become a prostitute....
Just be careful that you don't drive by it slowly or you'll be in the newspaper!
2006-12-26 22:10:55 · answer #7 · answered by jonti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like either an electrical fault or something is running (eg an antivrus update)
2006-12-26 22:09:00 · answer #8 · answered by Scotty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is your computer antivirus doing an auto scan what is running check
2006-12-26 22:06:50 · answer #9 · answered by me and you 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you being serious lol
2006-12-26 22:14:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋