Here is a fun piece of software. You never know when this might come in handy. The Fake Progress Bar will display a progress bar on your screen to make it appear you are waiting for some important process to finish.
Then clicking on the gear on the left of the screen will show you the options. You can have it say about anything you want to while it’s “working”. Even “Formating Hard Drive!”.
You can get the Fake Progress Bar from www.digitalvolcano.co.uk