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Unknown Program Randomly Runs Briefly

I am running Windows XP Professional. I have a program or process that apparently runs (minimumized) briefly, about every 15 minutes or so. I first noticed about 10 days ago that my screen saver was not running or that the monitor was not in powersaving mode even after a couple hours of not using the computer. Sometimes while I'm using the computer, I see a minimized box come up for about a second or less, then disappear. I've tried to "right click" the minimized program when it come up to try to find out what it is, but with no success. I am running current virus and internet security programs. I regularly run AdAware, Spybot, and Spyware Doctor, but they do not find anything malicious. Any ideas on what it could be or how to find out?

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Rich Rumble

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rayfig

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I think the random program is not seeking the internet. I am running Norton Internet Security 2005 w/Antivirus and Firewall. They are both up to date (I have autoupdate set). I even temporarily disabled Norton and installed ZoneAlarm, but no programs popped up as trying to go to the internet. My scheduled tasks are a virus scan weekly and Symantec NetDetect every 4 hours. I did not see anything in the registry or in msconfig that alerted me. I will try to scan in safe mode.

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rayfig

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Thanks for all the good suggestions. The apparent culprit was the hpcmpmgr.exe file. Since it was disabled everything is back to normal.