Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I need
help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid of these.

I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
an hour, that's how many there are.

Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.

08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact

If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a live.com
email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when junk
was tossed on system, though not sure.

Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out what
these files are and how to get rid of them?

I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so people
total. No clue if is related to above.

Thanks for your help!
casey

Remember the First Rule of Computing: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

casey511 wrote:
> Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I
> need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid
> of these.
>
> I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
> an hour, that's how many there are.
>
> Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
>
> 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
>
> If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
> anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a
> live.com
> email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when
> junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
>
> Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out
> what
> these files are and how to get rid of them?
>
> I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
> people
> total. No clue if is related to above.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> casey

Hi!

Thanks for replying, but something is broke and due to those files, my scans
are only on those, and they are microsoft related, and are causing a problem
as scans can't get thru them all.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Remember the First Rule of Computing: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>
> casey511 wrote:
> > Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I
> > need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid
> > of these.
> >
> > I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
> > an hour, that's how many there are.
> >
> > Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
> >
> > 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
> >
> > If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
> > anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a
> > live.com
> > email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when
> > junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
> >
> > Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out
> > what
> > these files are and how to get rid of them?
> >
> > I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
> > people
> > total. No clue if is related to above.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> > casey
>
>

casey511 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>Thanks for replying, but something is broke and due to those files, my scans
>are only on those, and they are microsoft related, and are causing a problem
>as scans can't get thru them all.

What folder/directory are they in?

Go to that, right click it and choose PROPERTIES

How many files does it show and how much space do they use.
>
>"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Remember the First Rule of Computing: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>>
>> casey511 wrote:
>> > Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I
>> > need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid
>> > of these.
>> >
>> > I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
>> > an hour, that's how many there are.
>> >
>> > Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
>> >
>> > 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
>> >
>> > If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
>> > anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a
>> > live.com
>> > email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when
>> > junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
>> >
>> > Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out
>> > what
>> > these files are and how to get rid of them?
>> >
>> > I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
>> > people
>> > total. No clue if is related to above.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help!
>> > casey
>>
>>

Hi!

it's in docs and settings/my name/Contacts/my email/Ignored

my name and my email of course are replaced.

13,325 files 5.14mb
attributes hidden

Appreciate your help! You can see with this number of files, that scanning
is impossible. Even tho the size it takes is small if 5 mb are small.



"PD43" wrote:

> casey511 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >Thanks for replying, but something is broke and due to those files, my scans
> >are only on those, and they are microsoft related, and are causing a problem
> >as scans can't get thru them all.
>
> What folder/directory are they in?
>
> Go to that, right click it and choose PROPERTIES
>
> How many files does it show and how much space do they use.
> >
> >"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Remember the First Rule of Computing: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
> >>
> >> casey511 wrote:
> >> > Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I
> >> > need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid
> >> > of these.
> >> >
> >> > I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
> >> > an hour, that's how many there are.
> >> >
> >> > Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
> >> >
> >> > 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
> >> >
> >> > If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
> >> > anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a
> >> > live.com
> >> > email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when
> >> > junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
> >> >
> >> > Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out
> >> > what
> >> > these files are and how to get rid of them?
> >> >
> >> > I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
> >> > people
> >> > total. No clue if is related to above.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help!
> >> > casey
> >>
> >>
>

casey511 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>it's in docs and settings/my name/Contacts/my email/Ignored
>
>my name and my email of course are replaced.
>
>13,325 files 5.14mb
>attributes hidden
>
>Appreciate your help! You can see with this number of files, that scanning
>is impossible. Even tho the size it takes is small if 5 mb are small.

I doubt that you'd hurt anything if you merely deleted them. If you
are concerned about deleting them, first copy them to someplace else
(a flash drive?) and then delete them.


>
>"PD43" wrote:
>
>> casey511 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi!
>> >
>> >Thanks for replying, but something is broke and due to those files, my scans
>> >are only on those, and they are microsoft related, and are causing a problem
>> >as scans can't get thru them all.
>>
>> What folder/directory are they in?
>>
>> Go to that, right click it and choose PROPERTIES
>>
>> How many files does it show and how much space do they use.
>> >
>> >"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Remember the First Rule of Computing: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>> >>
>> >> casey511 wrote:
>> >> > Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I
>> >> > need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid
>> >> > of these.
>> >> >
>> >> > I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
>> >> > an hour, that's how many there are.
>> >> >
>> >> > Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
>> >> >
>> >> > 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
>> >> >
>> >> > If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
>> >> > anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a
>> >> > live.com
>> >> > email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when
>> >> > junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out
>> >> > what
>> >> > these files are and how to get rid of them?
>> >> >
>> >> > I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
>> >> > people
>> >> > total. No clue if is related to above.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your help!
>> >> > casey
>> >>
>> >>
>>

Hi Map,

They are a problem. When running scans, scans run forever as are checking
every one of those files.

"MAP" wrote:

> casey511 wrote:
> > Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000,
> > and I need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how
> > to get rid of these.
> >
> > I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for
> > about
> > an hour, that's how many there are.
> >
> > Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different
> > numbers.
> >
> > 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
> >
> > If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never
> > downloaded anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had
> > to have a live.com email so i got one and that was months back and
> > since then, appears when junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
> >
> > Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding
> > out what these files are and how to get rid of them?
> >
> > I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
> > people total. No clue if is related to above.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> > casey
>
>
> They are not a problem leave them alone.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier
>
> http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/CLSID-List.htm
> --
> Mike Pawlak
>
>
>

"casey511" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

> there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I need
> help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid of
> these.
> I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
> an hour, that's how many there are.
> Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
> 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact

Do a Google search on "WindowsLiveContact". The files seem to be related to
Windows Messenger.


--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

Thanks.. I'm a little nervous at that. I have a real old ibm'er pc. Can't
even get the a drive to work for a emergency disk, but at least it lights up
at boot. hehe

The other poster, below, gave some links, which I quickly looked at, was
kind of him, but of course don't understand a bit of it.

But you feel fairly confident is not a problem to delete?

Do you think these files in a sense representative of incoming email? That
addy, surely hasn't had 13, thousand incoming pms. At least I rather doubt
it. I did notice creation date was july 07, when may have been when I
updated to the newer msn, and created that addy for it.

Thanks again for your help,
take care,
casey



"PD43" wrote:

> casey511 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >it's in docs and settings/my name/Contacts/my email/Ignored
> >
> >my name and my email of course are replaced.
> >
> >13,325 files 5.14mb
> >attributes hidden
> >
> >Appreciate your help! You can see with this number of files, that scanning
> >is impossible. Even tho the size it takes is small if 5 mb are small.
>
> I doubt that you'd hurt anything if you merely deleted them. If you
> are concerned about deleting them, first copy them to someplace else
> (a flash drive?) and then delete them.
>
>
> >
> >"PD43" wrote:
> >
> >> casey511 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi!
> >> >
> >> >Thanks for replying, but something is broke and due to those files, my scans
> >> >are only on those, and they are microsoft related, and are causing a problem
> >> >as scans can't get thru them all.
> >>
> >> What folder/directory are they in?
> >>
> >> Go to that, right click it and choose PROPERTIES
> >>
> >> How many files does it show and how much space do they use.
> >> >
> >> >"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Remember the First Rule of Computing: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
> >> >>
> >> >> casey511 wrote:
> >> >> > Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000, and I
> >> >> > need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how to get rid
> >> >> > of these.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for about
> >> >> > an hour, that's how many there are.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different numbers.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never downloaded
> >> >> > anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had to have a
> >> >> > live.com
> >> >> > email so i got one and that was months back and since then, appears when
> >> >> > junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding out
> >> >> > what
> >> >> > these files are and how to get rid of them?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
> >> >> > people
> >> >> > total. No clue if is related to above.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks for your help!
> >> >> > casey
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>

casey511 wrote:
> Hi, there are files in my system, which must number close to 1000,
> and I need help to know which microsoft forum to ask for help in how
> to get rid of these.
>
> I noticed them first when spyware scanner was scanning this area for
> about
> an hour, that's how many there are.
>
> Here is one of them and they all look the same, just different
> numbers.
>
> 08E84DB0-66CF-4546-B510-8A6B12D9BF8B.WindowsLiveContact
>
> If is related to windows live, I dont' know what that is, never
> downloaded anything to do with it. Microsoft or hotmail said i had
> to have a live.com email so i got one and that was months back and
> since then, appears when junk was tossed on system, though not sure.
>
> Can someone direct me which forum to go to to get help with finding
> out what these files are and how to get rid of them?
>
> I have maybe 15 people in my msn im for addresses and im just 3 or so
> people total. No clue if is related to above.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> casey


They are not a problem leave them alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier

http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/CLSID-List.htm
--
Mike Pawlak