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Cleaning up PC 3
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In My Computer go to the properties of the C: drive, you will find a tab called Tools. Go to disk cleanup and get rid of temporary internet files, temporary files and empty the recycle bin.
From Start > Run type msconfig and in the utility you get up look at all the programs that are loading with Windows and uncheck any you do not want to start automatically.
Run scandisk and defrag Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.
All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.
From Start > Run type msconfig and in the utility you get up look at all the programs that are loading with Windows and uncheck any you do not want to start automatically.
Run scandisk and defrag Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.
All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.
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If you want to go deeper, you could delete some more stuff, but only from DOS. This involves restarting in MS DOS mode, and at the prompt, typing the following lines, pressing the return key after each line:
DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1
DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\HISTORY
DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\COOKIESWARNING!!
It is vital you get this right, or you could delete goodness knows what!
Also, you may wish to keep your browsing history, and your cookies - you decide.
What these lines do is to delete an invisible (except in the case of the latter) index.dat file, which can grow enormous in size, and is also a quick way to purge these locations.
Deleted folders/files are re-created on re-boot, the index.dat files returning in a small, empty form. My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.
DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1
DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\HISTORY
DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\COOKIESWARNING!!
It is vital you get this right, or you could delete goodness knows what!
Also, you may wish to keep your browsing history, and your cookies - you decide.
What these lines do is to delete an invisible (except in the case of the latter) index.dat file, which can grow enormous in size, and is also a quick way to purge these locations.
Deleted folders/files are re-created on re-boot, the index.dat files returning in a small, empty form. My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.
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Also, there are some good batch files located here
Basically what hotfusion wrote above only in a small down load. I've been using these for a year or two, to clean things up
Basically what hotfusion wrote above only in a small down load. I've been using these for a year or two, to clean things up
oops try here sorry 'bout that
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