hi general, thank you for the response. i did manage to solve the problem about 2 days back. turns out that it was system watcher in kaspersky that was the culprit. so you are right. it IS one of the possibilities you mentioned. who would have guessed though that it was this particular service...
Hi folks. My system specs are -
Compaq Presario SG3470IL Desktop PC
windows 7 ultimate service pack 1 32-bit
intel core 2 duo @2.60 ghz
4gb ddr2 ram
sapphire radeon hd 6450 1gb ddr3 dx11 graphics card
motherboard - msi boston 7525/775 LGA socket PCI-Ex 1.0
chipset - p35/g33/g31...