XPost: microsoft.public.sqlserver.server   
   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:17:21 +0100, "Dan"    
   wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >Check the event logs on the server - look for anything around that time,   
   >such as Volume Shadow Service events, that would indicate maybe a backup   
   >running?   
      
        Microsoft Security Essentials is the bugaboo on my XP system.   
   Yesterday, my system started dragging.  It was MSE doing an update.   
   While I can set when to do a scan, I can not set when to do updates.   
   Sometimes, it happens when I am busy on my system.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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