Disk Space and a cry for help

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I tried XP a couple of years ago ... wasn't happy with it .... went back
to Win2K. Just got an app that will only run under XP, had a spare 7.5G
partition so thought I'd dig out the CD and try again. Perhaps it'll
grow on me.

CD was slipstreamed to SP1. Installed it plus the needed drivers and
windows security updates and other updates (but not SP2 at this stage).
No apps installed but 4G+ of my 7.5G is gone (including 1.2G pagefile).

Installed SP2. Now 5G+ is used. I'm appalled. What can I do to reduce this?

1. In the \Windows directory, there are a bunch of uninstall folders. I
realise these are there for insurance, but this installation is by way
of a limited testbed that I want to keep fairly small (I also have image
backups at various installation stages). Will it hurt Windows if I
delete these directories? Are there any other things that I can delete,
bearing in mind my objectives.

2. I also have another partition with Win2K installed (actually I have
two other Win2K installation). Is it possible (and safe) to have XP and
one (or both) of the Win2K installations share a page file on an
independent partition. How would I do this?

.... Oh Yeah - the cry for help.

How can I stop those infuriating balloons that keep popping up from the
systray? I've turned off "Show popup description for folder and desktop
items" in folder options but it hasn't affected the tray. I've changed
to "Windows Classic" and that didn't help.

Since SP2 it just got worse. I now have a security icon that repeatedly
pops up to remind me that I have the Windows firewall turned off.
Apparently it isn't smart enough to notice that I turned it off
deliberately (I have an external firewall) and feels I should be told
about every 30 seconds. Cancelling it doesn't help. How can I stop these
balloons altogether .... and while I'm about it, how can I get rid of
this icon in the systray altogether?
 
There is not much you can do. It sure looks like you need more hard drive
capacity.
 
Try DiskCleanUp, More Options, remove System Restore points and see if
it helps.

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Hope this helps.

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TweakUI XP PowerToys will stop the balloon tips popups.

You can tell the security center that you have an external
firewall and it won't bother you anymore.

You can delete the uninstall info, use add/remove to do it,
don't just delete folders. You can use Disk Cleanup/more to
do this and that will help you out.

You can install your applications to a different partition
to save space.


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|I tried XP a couple of years ago ... wasn't happy with it
..... went back
| to Win2K. Just got an app that will only run under XP, had
a spare 7.5G
| partition so thought I'd dig out the CD and try again.
Perhaps it'll
| grow on me.
|
| CD was slipstreamed to SP1. Installed it plus the needed
drivers and
| windows security updates and other updates (but not SP2 at
this stage).
| No apps installed but 4G+ of my 7.5G is gone (including
1.2G pagefile).
|
| Installed SP2. Now 5G+ is used. I'm appalled. What can I
do to reduce this?
|
| 1. In the \Windows directory, there are a bunch of
uninstall folders. I
| realise these are there for insurance, but this
installation is by way
| of a limited testbed that I want to keep fairly small (I
also have image
| backups at various installation stages). Will it hurt
Windows if I
| delete these directories? Are there any other things that
I can delete,
| bearing in mind my objectives.
|
| 2. I also have another partition with Win2K installed
(actually I have
| two other Win2K installation). Is it possible (and safe)
to have XP and
| one (or both) of the Win2K installations share a page file
on an
| independent partition. How would I do this?
|
| ... Oh Yeah - the cry for help.
|
| How can I stop those infuriating balloons that keep
popping up from the
| systray? I've turned off "Show popup description for
folder and desktop
| items" in folder options but it hasn't affected the tray.
I've changed
| to "Windows Classic" and that didn't help.
|
| Since SP2 it just got worse. I now have a security icon
that repeatedly
| pops up to remind me that I have the Windows firewall
turned off.
| Apparently it isn't smart enough to notice that I turned
it off
| deliberately (I have an external firewall) and feels I
should be told
| about every 30 seconds. Cancelling it doesn't help. How
can I stop these
| balloons altogether .... and while I'm about it, how can I
get rid of
| this icon in the systray altogether?
 
See below.


WoofWoof said:
I tried XP a couple of years ago ... wasn't happy with it .... went back
to Win2K. Just got an app that will only run under XP, had a spare 7.5G
partition so thought I'd dig out the CD and try again. Perhaps it'll
grow on me.

CD was slipstreamed to SP1. Installed it plus the needed drivers and
windows security updates and other updates (but not SP2 at this stage).
No apps installed but 4G+ of my 7.5G is gone (including 1.2G pagefile).
Click to expand...

Force WinXP to use the same paging file as Win2000 (assuming that
you now have both OSs on the machine).
Installed SP2. Now 5G+ is used. I'm appalled. What can I do to reduce this?

1. In the \Windows directory, there are a bunch of uninstall folders. I
realise these are there for insurance, but this installation is by way
of a limited testbed that I want to keep fairly small (I also have image
backups at various installation stages). Will it hurt Windows if I
delete these directories? Are there any other things that I can delete,
bearing in mind my objectives.
Click to expand...

You can safely delete uninstall folders.
2. I also have another partition with Win2K installed (actually I have
two other Win2K installation). Is it possible (and safe) to have XP and
one (or both) of the Win2K installations share a page file on an
independent partition. How would I do this?
Click to expand...

Paging file sizes and locations can be set in the Control Panel / System
area.
... Oh Yeah - the cry for help.

How can I stop those infuriating balloons that keep popping up from the
systray? I've turned off "Show popup description for folder and desktop
items" in folder options but it hasn't affected the tray. I've changed
to "Windows Classic" and that didn't help.

Since SP2 it just got worse. I now have a security icon that repeatedly
pops up to remind me that I have the Windows firewall turned off.
Apparently it isn't smart enough to notice that I turned it off
deliberately (I have an external firewall) and feels I should be told
about every 30 seconds. Cancelling it doesn't help. How can I stop these
balloons altogether .... and while I'm about it, how can I get rid of
this icon in the systray altogether?
Click to expand...

- Control Panel / Security Centre
- Recommendations
- Tick the box that says that Windows will not monitor your firewall
 
Pegasus said:
Force WinXP to use the same paging file as Win2000 (assuming that
you now have both OSs on the machine).
Click to expand...

This will help quite a bit actually (probably more than anything else)
.... I was just concerned whether it was safe. Looks like it is but it
begs one further question: Must I set the pagefile sizes the same in
Win2K and XP. Or can I (or indeed, should I) just let Windows handle the
pagefile size?
 
Jim said:
TweakUI XP PowerToys will stop the balloon tips popups.
Click to expand...

Sounds good ... I'm downloading it as we speak.
You can tell the security center that you have an external
firewall and it won't bother you anymore.
Click to expand...

OK, done that - looks good
You can delete the uninstall info, use add/remove to do it,
don't just delete folders. You can use Disk Cleanup/more to
do this and that will help you out.
Click to expand...

Nothing there in add/remove about the backup folders - just a couple of
drivers and uninstall for SP2
You can install your applications to a different partition
to save space.
Click to expand...

Wanna think about that. Trouble is with three bootable OS's it can get a
bit confusing (for me at least) installing to anything other than the
boot partition.

Thanks for this, Jim.
 
Glad to help even a little bit.

You could install all apps on a partition, and reinstall for
each OS...I think. OS1.OS2,OS3, Apps.


Another post had instructions on deleting the folders, I
guess it is OK to just delete them.


| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| > TweakUI XP PowerToys will stop the balloon tips popups.
|
| Sounds good ... I'm downloading it as we speak.
| >
| > You can tell the security center that you have an
external
| > firewall and it won't bother you anymore.
|
| OK, done that - looks good
| >
| > You can delete the uninstall info, use add/remove to do
it,
| > don't just delete folders. You can use Disk Cleanup/more
to
| > do this and that will help you out.
|
| Nothing there in add/remove about the backup folders -
just a couple of
| drivers and uninstall for SP2
|
| > You can install your applications to a different
partition
| > to save space.
|
| Wanna think about that. Trouble is with three bootable
OS's it can get a
| bit confusing (for me at least) installing to anything
other than the
| boot partition.
|
| Thanks for this, Jim.
 
WoofWoof said:
This will help quite a bit actually (probably more than anything else)
... I was just concerned whether it was safe. Looks like it is but it
begs one further question: Must I set the pagefile sizes the same in
Win2K and XP. Or can I (or indeed, should I) just let Windows handle the
pagefile size?
Click to expand...

No need to set the sizes the same - let Windows handle things!
 
Taskbar and Start Menu



| "Jim Macklin" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
| >TweakUI XP PowerToys will stop the balloon tips popups.
|
| Which part? I've looked at every single subment and I
can't find
| it.
|
| --
|
| Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York,
USA
|
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
 
WoofWoof said:
Installed SP2. Now 5G+ is used. I'm appalled. What can I do to reduce this?

1. In the \Windows directory, there are a bunch of uninstall folders. I
realise these are there for insurance, but this installation is by way
of a limited testbed that I want to keep fairly small (I also have image
backups at various installation stages). Will it hurt Windows if I
delete these directories? Are there any other things that I can delete,
bearing in mind my objectives.
Click to expand...
Hi

For folders you can consider deleting and other disk cleanup tips
after a successful SP2 installation, take a look here:
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=#[email protected]
 
WoofWoof said:
CD was slipstreamed to SP1. Installed it plus the needed drivers and
windows security updates and other updates (but not SP2 at this stage).
No apps installed but 4G+ of my 7.5G is gone (including 1.2G pagefile).

Installed SP2. Now 5G+ is used. I'm appalled. What can I do to reduce this?
Click to expand...

Use a 20 gig drive/partition at least for XP.
 
in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
| "Jim Macklin" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
| >TweakUI XP PowerToys will stop the balloon tips popups.
|
| Which part? I've looked at every single subment and I can't find
| it.
Click to expand...
Taskbar and Start Menu
Click to expand...

Thanks! I don't know ow I missed that one.
 
There are a ton of pages, easy to miss one.


| "Jim Macklin" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
|
message
| >| >| "Jim Macklin" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
| >| >TweakUI XP PowerToys will stop the balloon tips
popups.
| >|
| >| Which part? I've looked at every single subment and I
can't find
| >| it.
|
| >Taskbar and Start Menu
|
| Thanks! I don't know ow I missed that one.
|
| --
|
| Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York,
USA
|
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
 
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