When the computer is performing a background operation, how can I find out what it is doing?Sometimes these background operations are causing the computer to run slow, I might want to cancel the operation and restart it later.1 person needs an answerI do too

Have you considered Ctrl-Alt-Del to open Task Manager?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Task_ManagerAlso, this article explains how one might schedule tasks in XP:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308569