Explain this symbol

I'm accustomed to the WinXP Home, IE7 display occasionally showing an
hourglass while the computer is running a behind the scene process. But
recently I've noticed a similar delay but with the display showing a red
circle with a diagonal line through it - like a European "no parking" sign.
Functionally the computer behaves as though it were an hourglass - nothing
works until the symbol disappears

Just curious.

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PT

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PT wrote:
> I'm accustomed to the WinXP Home, IE7 display occasionally showing an
> hourglass while the computer is running a behind the scene process. But
> recently I've noticed a similar delay but with the display showing a red
> circle with a diagonal line through it - like a European "no parking"
> sign.
> Functionally the computer behaves as though it were an hourglass - nothing
> works until the symbol disappears
>
> Just curious.

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"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message
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> I'm accustomed to the WinXP Home, IE7 display occasionally showing an
> hourglass while the computer is running a behind the scene process. But
> recently I've noticed a similar delay but with the display showing a red
> circle with a diagonal line through it - like a European "no parking"
> sign. Functionally the computer behaves as though it were an hourglass -
> nothing works until the symbol disappears
>
> Just curious.
>
> --
>
> PT
>

Could your computer be infected with malware?
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

PT wrote:
> I'm accustomed to the WinXP Home, IE7 display occasionally showing an
> hourglass while the computer is running a behind the scene process. But
> recently I've noticed a similar delay but with the display showing a red
> circle with a diagonal line through it - like a European "no parking" sign.
> Functionally the computer behaves as though it were an hourglass - nothing
> works until the symbol disappears
>
> Just curious.
>