When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of compress
files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
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Thanks,
EOW

No it's not OK, you need to identify the files that are compressed as they
could be anything from valuable data files to junk.

JS

"EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> compress
> files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
> --
> Thanks,
> EOW

As JS suggested - NO - majority of those files are thos you "use less" than
others (but still use) and are compressed transparently to save space.

"EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7268B80D-D58C-4AF1-813F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> compress
> files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
> --
> Thanks,
> EOW

Another thought - do Start>run>Type "%temp%" and delete the files -
deletionmay stop at a file (being in use) - just reselect the files
following and delete.

Reason for there being a lot of "temp' file is that XP does not immendiately
send files to the Recycle Bin - it thinks maybe you will want them back so
it sends them to a temp folder for a period of a week or so and then moves
them to the Recycle Bin.

"EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7268B80D-D58C-4AF1-813F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> compress
> files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
> --
> Thanks,
> EOW

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:32:00 -0700, EOW <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
>disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of compress
>files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?



The fact that the files are compressed is irrelevant. The issue is
whether *they* need those particular files, and nobody here can answer
the question for you.

There's nothing particularly special about files that are compressed,
other than that they may not have been used for a while. So your
question translates to something like "My parents have of a bunch of
files that they may not have used for a while. Is it OK to delete
them?"

Also realize that whether they delete them or not probably has no
bearing on the speed of the computer.

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Boy - I don't know why I do not think of these things at one time - however
consider what and how many programs are being loaded and/or run at boot.
Check the right side of the task bar - how many icons?.

Also if Norton's Sysytem Works (McFees Security) is installed and running
many times the tasks are running in the background will "slow" the computer
down.


"EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> compress
> files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
> --
> Thanks,
> EOW

How do you remove programs from being loaded at boot?
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Thanks,
EOW


"AJR" wrote:

> Boy - I don't know why I do not think of these things at one time - however
> consider what and how many programs are being loaded and/or run at boot.
> Check the right side of the task bar - how many icons?.
>
> Also if Norton's Sysytem Works (McFees Security) is installed and running
> many times the tasks are running in the background will "slow" the computer
> down.
>
>
> "EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7268B80D-D58C-4AF1-813F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> > disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> > compress
> > files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > EOW
>
>
>

Use msconfig (Start/run/msconfig) or
Try Autoruns from the MS Windows SysInternals site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../Autoruns.mspx
This will show all apps/etc. that load/run when you first boot and
selectively allow you to stop any that you don't want.

Note: To get additional details on an item in the list you may need to
highlight the item (right click) and use the 'Search Online' option to get
the details, especially useful for the more obscure items in the list.

JS

"EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> compress
> files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?
> --
> Thanks,
> EOW

R-click the Icon in the notification area, and then set your preference
for that program.

EOW wrote:

> How do you remove programs from being loaded at boot?

"EOW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When my parents computer is extrememly slow so I told them to start with a
> disk clean up. The disk clean up show an extremely high amount of
> compress
> files. Is it ok for them have them removed using disk clean up?

Are you sure it's showing a high amount of compressed files? My Disk
Cleanup shows the amount of space that can be saved by allowing cleanup to
compress them.

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