Calling all Tech Gurus! Alert Bubble Keeps on Flashing - It's Annoying

[Duggo]

I thought I cured it today. Famous last words.

For the last two days, (that I've been actively working on trying to fix it,) there has been what I guess is an alert bubble. It's only there for a fraction of a second, so I can't read the content of the bubble. This happens every10 minutes or thereabouts.

I put up with it for a long while, then it just got annoying and distracting.

SO, first I tried a system restore. It reported back error # 0x08007005. So, I did a System Recovery, took off all the bloatware, that they put on (HP) and put the programs I had installed back on.

*ACAD 2010
*Office 2010
*FireFox 7.0.1
*Avira

I temporarily Installed *Malwarebytes to see if I had any malware. Report came back negative, so to speak.

The temporary install of Hitman Pro confirmed Malwarebytes findings

Avira, after running a full scan reported finding No viruses.

So, yesterday, I did a second System Recovery. I kept all the bloatware, except Norton, so Avira could run. Then uninstalled the programs I installed one by one and looked and waited to see the effect.

So far so good.

Then I reloaded the each program one by one to see the effect

So Far so good
I installed CCleaner this go around, because of my problems with System Restore.
I also installed Chrome. (I heard it was faster than FF, and I have to agree.)

Now, Chrome is Uninstalled Firefox is on, as I used that configuration, (ACAD and FF on the same machine) with no problems for months.

So, now, well actually 30 mins ago - the bubble flashed again, right over around where my clock is (lower left hand corner.) Now it flashes "on the 4's" every 10 minutes.

I also have ***all*** the windows updates. No new drivers that they recommend for my system, though. HP Update says all my drivers are up to date.

I apologize for the length of the post.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

[rajagra]

What OS?
Maybe Event Viewer will give a clue as to what the pop-up is.

[Duggo]

What is the "Office Source Engine"? They say it "entered the stopped state"?

[rajagra]

What is the "Office Source Engine"? They say it "entered the stopped state"?

"Saves installation files used for updates and repairs and is required for the downloading of Setup updates and Watson error reports."
Might help to go into Services, and change the startup type. On mine it's set to Manual, but Automatic might be worth trying.

[Duggo]

Good news!

I called iYogi, and I think they figured it out. He turned on a service that was stopped. I've only seen the annoying bubble once or twice today. I can live with that. He also said the states "running vs. stopped" is controlled by the OS; and that I shouldn't go in there messing around. I should call them and have them do it.
But so far, so good. I hope it keeps up.