DISC CLEAN UP HANGS UP AND DOES NOTHING

[KEITH]

JUST GOT MY H.P BACK FROM REPAIR SHOP AND NOW I CANNOT DO
A DISC CLEANUP. IT JUST GOES A LITTLE THEN STOPS. CAUSING
PC PERFORMANCE TO GO TO 100% AND WONT STOP UNTIL SHUT
DOWN.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings --

Try the following web sites:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, scroll down to Line #48. In
the right-hand window, click on "Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes"

Simply click on Kelly's fix, download the registry fix, then run it

Also View:
Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812248